Hakan's Film Blog

 In depth analysis of the cinematography used in the introduction to Rick's Bar scene Cinematography The scene starts with an establishing shot which consists of the sign for Ricks Bar the sign however reads 'Rick's Café Americain' we will find out however that this is more of a bar than anything else the camera then slowly pans down and starts to move forward, this is to make the audience feel like they are walking in as the camera is moving quite slowly and is just below head height quite like an over the shoulder shot as it is seen to be one until the actor moved out of frame now the lighting outside the bar consists of being very dark however this entices the audiences eyes to Rick's Bar as it has got a massive neon sign. The framing in the establishing shot at the start of the film really wanted the audience to focus on the sign, I think that they've done this to portray the name as is isn't really a café and they want you to know that. The camera throu...

   Plot Twist-High Maintenance In the short film High maintenance there are many different red herrings however to the audience at the start of the short film you would portray that there would be none as the 'people' used within the short film are normal and don't put off a sense of worry amongst the audience as to there being anything suspicious about the short film. The first red herring I would like to point out is the name of the short film 'High Maintenance' this name alone could suggest a many things such as the title is coming from the main male or female within the short film and could mean that the relationship is very 'high maintenance' and that they need to keep on top of it and as the short film starts it really portrays this idea of the couple having to keep their relationship together unwillingly as the woman has a problem because the male would not drink any wine which makes her angry in which she throws her drink over him but just as that ha...

  Mise en Scène A Quiet Place   A Quiet Place is a horror film- The use of a quiet place being a horror film is it inflict fear amongst the audience watching this portrays a world in which the audience would live as the characters scaring them and giving them more of an incentive to watch the film most films within the horror film genre consist of something supernatural for example the use of withes ghosts vampires, however a quiet place has used aliens with a distinct sense of sound and blinded vision this gives fans of horrors a different approach on a horror film as it tends to lean away from the normal conventions these can also implement psychological distress / the creation of a psychological fear.   A Quiet Place Summary- A family amongst monsters that are blind but are extremely noise sensitive trying to live their lives, forcing them to communicate via sign language to keep the monsters from   invading their abode. In depth horror film conventions analy...