The film I looked at was called “Run”. I think the initial
idea is very good, and keeps the viewer(s) immersed in the scene very well,
with the sounds, the lighting, the setting and also the shots used. The film
starts off with facts about women being assaulted and how long the average
police response time is. This then initiates a timer of 36 seconds (average assault
on a women) this instantly gets you into the short film without any characters
even being introduced to us as viewers.
The woman (main character) appears to just be out for a jog,
goes to a part to warm up, and gets assaulted.
The scene then switches to in a woods, the camera is in
first person view and has a distorted effect, as if she has just woken up. We
then see a mid-shot of both the woman and the assaulter, were he says “Run”
which significantly is the only word said throughout the entire film, which I think
adds a good effect as it shows the danger she is in. Next is a series of shots
which show her trying to escape from the assaulter, but failing. She then
manages to hide behind a tree, and jump out and kills the attacker with his own
weapon. She then makes her way to the road were a car stops for her, a man gets
out and says “are you ok?” however the sound is faded out, which signifies the
fear and shock that the woman is in after turning from a victim to the
attacker. The man then re-appears and the screen fades to black, only hearing
the sound effect of the woman being hit by an axe.
The next little scene is very effective, it shows another
woman running through the same park as at the beginning, linking the two
together, she then stops at the same park and warms up, and the music and video
all fade to black.
There are a few long shots at the beginning to let us know
the scene, to help us vision more outside the view of the camera, and as the
music escalates, the shots get more and more interesting, closing in on the
woman and not letting us as the audience see exactly what is going on around
the woman, this is a very good trick with editing, because it lets us wonder
when the assault will take place, without revealing it to us. If on the other
hand it happened on a long shot, we would see the attacker and the shock would
be minimal in comparison to a close up shot of the woman.
There is also another interesting shot when the woman wakes
up from being knocked out, she is laid down and the man is knelt above her,
showing the power of the character and who is more dominant. However there is
also another shot later on were this is switched, when the woman knocks the man
down, she stands above him and hits him with the axe, in this shot, she is
looking down on him and she is the more dominant character. Then again later
on, after the man has got out of the car, the assaulter is filmed with a low
angle, high tilt shot, were it makes him look the most dominant.
The lighting used in the film is simple outdoor lighting,
however I think that it did have an impact, letting us know that this would
still happen during the day, were it would be the least expected time for
someone to be assaulted.
I think that the use of sound is very effective in the short
film, throughout the entirety; there is an upbeat soundtrack, which makes us as
the audience fear for this character that we don’t even know. There are also
some good sound effects like when she sits up and there is a shot of the man sat
in front of her, there is a high pitched screeching sound, which I think is
effective as it makes us jump and again, fear for the girl in the film.
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