Duncan Owen- Film Technique

 

Bunny: In the first film, viewers watched an older bunny frantically bake a cake before falling asleep. At some point during her slumber, she was awakened by the oven and looked inside before climbing inside it. After she climbed inside, she was transported into an alternative universe before being drawn to the light. Eventually, the bunny transformed into a moth, similar to the one that was flying around her kitchen earlier in the film. The bunny, now moth, then was reunited with her husband in the afterlife. The religious elements connected to this film were the afterlife and what life is like after death. In addition, the music choices used throughout the short, known as clesmic music, added to the mysterious plot of it. 

Harold and Maude: In this film, viewers are caught off guard with the context of suicide intertwined throughout the plot. Specifically, viewers watch gasoline poured all over an individual, before the scene cuts out. The music used throughout the short added to the theme of death through the use of jumpy mysterious tracks. 

Northfolk: In this film, viewers watch as multiple different angles are shot in the film to observe the coffin on the car along with the mountains in the background. The religious theme throughout the film revolves around the concept of death, as individuals process and grapple with death. 

Paris Texas: In the film, viewers watch as a man struggles to get over a state of grieving and loss. In addition, viewers watch as the same man visits a contemporary hotel and communicates with female escorts in a one-way mirror style brothel. In this film, one of the filming techniques used throughout the film is the use of aiming the camera to capture wide distances and angles of the deserts. 

Pink Floyd: In the film, viewers watch dramatic scenes tied in with the soundtrack to convey the deep messages throughout the plot. Specifically, one scene that stood out to me was the use of the song “Another Brick in the Wall” in which the film critiqued the education system and its ability to create mimicked and a lack of originality in its students. Through this lack of individuality, the students in the school become trapped in the system of being used.

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