The second film I'm reviewing is called Unlocked. Its an 11 minute drama about a woman who is getting over the loss of her mum to cancer. She meets a man on the street who is asking for help towards his cancer charity. But things aren't quite what they seem. The film can be viewed below:
I thought this would be a good short film to review as its a drama about 2 people meeting in a melodramatic situation which is similar to what my short film is. At first the film relies on a lot of dialogue to tell the narrative of the story. Towards the end the film gets more intense and it changes to a more visual approach. This is done to help the narrative flow as it sets up the story and then allows to effectively create tension by what we are seeing without getting lost as an audience.
The types of camera shots used are mainly close ups allowing us to connect with the characters emotions but also to show that something is important. One particular scene that I thought this was done very well was the part where he was cutting off her hair. It was zoomed very close into her face as we could see the fear but also keeping what was going on a mystery as we could not see entirely what the man was doing and how much of her hair he was cutting off.
Whats also interesting about this scene is the lighting. Its very dark but only half of their faces are illuminated. This could convey a different meaning for each character. For her it could be that she is a good person but whats happening to her is dark and sinister as the cutting of the hair starts from that side. For him it could be that he appears to be nice but he has a very dark and evil side to him.
when in conversation the 180° rule is used throughout the film making sure both characters are in the right place and there is plenty of over the shoulder shots that focus on what character is speaking at the time.
As I'm using a phone to tell a part of my story there is a scene which shows a close up of a phone call coming in from the protagonists dad so I will use a similar technique.
When focusing on audio it contains diegetic use of dialogue and natural background noise to help the film seem more real. With non-diegetic audio there is the intense sound of the clippers after she has her hair cut off and she's reliving the moment. The sound starts off quiet and gradually gets louder and louder creating an unnerving feeling to the audience.
Overall I love the style of this film as it has a lot of drive behind it all the way through keeping the audience hooked and intrigued.
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