Unremarkable- https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/05/24/unremarkable/
'Unremarkable starts as a mystery which is first shown through non diegetic mysterious sound with a sad tone which is foreshadowing something. It then goes to a close up of a middle aged woman, clearly in distress. Exits her car and a long shot of her promptly collapsing in a parking lot. There is diegetic sound of her in pain which is basically telly us she is hurt. She is dead. The long shot becomes a long take which continues for 40 sec. In the long take a stranger approaches asking if she is okay. What is the
cause? Was she involved in criminal conspiracy of some sort? Is she patient
zero for some new pandemic? The answer, slowly revealed, is much more mundane'
Unremarkable has the genre of a crime drama. This is what our film
genre is going to be. When watching this short film, the sense of unknowing is
what i like. She's collapses but why ?
The next shot has a dark lighting, low angle shot of the back of the ambulance. I really like the use of all props like the flashing lights, the paramedic and the van. I will try as producer to recreate a real looking scene like this in my film. It follows with a tracking shot that ends with a crime scene tent in the background. I definitely want this in my film as it will make the scene more tense as a crime scene tent connotes with death. In the same shot, they appear to use steady cam to create real like movement from the crime scene. Almost as if we as an audience member are a detective looking at the scene from a point of view. Also in terms of mise-en-scene, i really like the busy atmosphere created by having lots of people there. For example the crime scene photographers, medics, policeman and spectators. A shot I really like is the worms eye, close up view of the medics lifting the body as if the audience member is the victim. Still from the point of view from the victim, the sheet is pulled over the victim to the victim being in the autopsy room which shows really good continuity which i hope to include in my film. The diegetic sound of the beeping of machines and the blue gloves of the doctors continues the theme of crime and medical drama even though we as the audience cannot see anything. This is a good budgeting scheme as you feel like your in a busy hospital and you don't have to show one.
A series of shots (high angle, low angle, close ups) show us the morgue scene and the victim. This creates a tense scene. The mise-en-scene in the morgue scene
The funeral parlour scene creates more sympathy for the character as you realise the victim has a family with children.
A tilt down from a high angle of the top of a hotel shows the victim looking at a hotel with a couple bags. Realising it is in reverse chronicle order, we understand we are going to learn how she dies. The dialogue helps us to realise it is an accident as she mentions she has to leave. She alone goes back to the car, this is a mistake as there happens to be an argument brewing in the car park. This is shown from dialogue from the close up of the victim again. The close up is the same as the starting shot which makes us believe its near the end. To avoid CGI, they smashed the window whilst adding a dietetic gun shot sound so we know the bullet has entered the car. Our victim just to dives down to avoid the bullet. Then we are back to the start , learning that she was shot in the process.
Why is she having an autopsy?
The next shot has a dark lighting, low angle shot of the back of the ambulance. I really like the use of all props like the flashing lights, the paramedic and the van. I will try as producer to recreate a real looking scene like this in my film. It follows with a tracking shot that ends with a crime scene tent in the background. I definitely want this in my film as it will make the scene more tense as a crime scene tent connotes with death. In the same shot, they appear to use steady cam to create real like movement from the crime scene. Almost as if we as an audience member are a detective looking at the scene from a point of view. Also in terms of mise-en-scene, i really like the busy atmosphere created by having lots of people there. For example the crime scene photographers, medics, policeman and spectators. A shot I really like is the worms eye, close up view of the medics lifting the body as if the audience member is the victim. Still from the point of view from the victim, the sheet is pulled over the victim to the victim being in the autopsy room which shows really good continuity which i hope to include in my film. The diegetic sound of the beeping of machines and the blue gloves of the doctors continues the theme of crime and medical drama even though we as the audience cannot see anything. This is a good budgeting scheme as you feel like your in a busy hospital and you don't have to show one.
A series of shots (high angle, low angle, close ups) show us the morgue scene and the victim. This creates a tense scene. The mise-en-scene in the morgue scene
The funeral parlour scene creates more sympathy for the character as you realise the victim has a family with children.
A tilt down from a high angle of the top of a hotel shows the victim looking at a hotel with a couple bags. Realising it is in reverse chronicle order, we understand we are going to learn how she dies. The dialogue helps us to realise it is an accident as she mentions she has to leave. She alone goes back to the car, this is a mistake as there happens to be an argument brewing in the car park. This is shown from dialogue from the close up of the victim again. The close up is the same as the starting shot which makes us believe its near the end. To avoid CGI, they smashed the window whilst adding a dietetic gun shot sound so we know the bullet has entered the car. Our victim just to dives down to avoid the bullet. Then we are back to the start , learning that she was shot in the process.
Why is she having an autopsy?
The main character is the women and she is dead for most of the
film. We see her alive near the end though as we are reliving her last moments,
maybe discovering the cause of her death.
At the very start, we hear diegetic sounds like the car door
opening and her moaning. This gives a sense of suspense as we dont know why she
looks and sounds so worried.
During the autopsy , a high pitched non-diegetic beat comes on.
Its quite a quick beat which creates a sense of mystery. The music moves the
story along as the scenes changes from room to room by pulling back the white
sheet.
The dialogue in this is very clear. For the most part is very
simple, for example the doctor talking to her about skiing. Even though she is
dead.
The narrative to this piece is non-linear as it uses rewinds and
it isn't in a chronological order. We see her death, autopsy and then how she
dies.
Due to the nudity and the violence, id say the target audience is
16+.
This is a summary rather than an analysis Sam - you need far more detail. Is this for plot and character, editing, camerawork & MES or sound and music?? Look at my blog for your instructions.
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