Student Film Research.

An analysis of the student produced film "Inside".

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The clip is an opening to a thriller film. The opening is important as it is what hooks the viewers to watch the film. I personally found this to be a very good opening, as even with it only being 3 minutes long I would be interested to watch a whole film like this. The use of technical elements create a good clip all together.

There are a variety of camera techniques used in this clip, there are two distinguished types of camera shots in this clip, ones that directly focus on the actors, and others to emphasize the location. Long and wide shots were used to show the viewers that this clip is being filmed in the populated city of London, showing it from many different view points, but capturing landmarks (such as the Gherkin building) and black cabs, double decked buses as well as the red telephone boxes. The use of camera movement inside the telephone box portrays the character who is on the phone as scared, or paranoid, due to her constantly looking around. The use of the mid shot on the suited character, showing his garments and brief case, however not his face, until the end, creates an interesting air about the character and leads the viewers to question his importance. The closeups of the cellular devices allows the viewers to get a jist of what is going on, without the characters needing to speak.

The mise en scene is used to create the look of a busy city central, by capturing the one of the main characters in a suit, the packed streets and the surrounding area. The use of the red phone box, opposed to using a mobile phone is interesting, as it creates two different responses  one of the phone box being red, and red being a colour that represents danger, the other being it creates anonymity from the caller, making you wonder who is calling.

Sound is used perfectly in the opening clip. There is no audio from any of the characters, and the only digetic sound is the ringing of the phone booth, showing its importance in the story line. The non digetic sound is also used in a very good way. The back music creates an eeiry mood for the viewers, they are put on edge and begin to question what is occurring due to the music, the use of a Doppler effect sound that signifies the slowing down and speeding up of time.

Editing is used on screen with the names of the cast, this coincides with the sound effect causing the speeding up and slowing down. The use of linking shots, i.e the girl looking around in the phone box, is edited in a way to allow the users to fully grasp what is occurring.