CONSTRUCTION: ANALYSIS OF OUR SHORT FILM
ANALYSIS OF OUR SHORT FILM
We used mise-en-scene to symbolise the difference from a regular stereotypical home compared to a shattered and harmful place we have depicted in our short film. This is able to include the house being represented as being an uncomfortable and damaging place to live in. Whereas in reality someones house is seen as a place of comfort and a savehaven. We then try and show moments where cracks start to appear throughout our film. The place where people would usually feel the safest, would be you bed. The most pivotal moment is from Alice's bed where she realises what her dad is doing.
Another example of how we used mise-en-scene to symbolise the horror and hardship in the house would be how the photograph shows a family member missing each day. Showing how the dad is keeping secrets, with photos with the mother have been scribbled out. This shows how the father is plotting, having private plans and how he has a secret agenda. Keeping his study completely private, not allowing anyone in there. Which shows how he has complete control over the house. Showing how disastrous it is for Emily to be caught in Gary's secretive study.
Another way in which we created tension throughout the short film was by having the father, Gary's, shadow loom over Alice. We set the lighting in this way in order to show the dominance Gary has over Alice. This creates tension between the two, as they are now the only two left in the house, which shows how shattered and distant the father and daughter relationship is.
The penultimate scene allowed for us to show how shattered Alice is. She closes the door of her bedroom and slides down it slowly, showing how the only place she feels safe is her bedroom. She has no where else to go and does not know what to do, as when we leave her, she is crying at the bottom her her bedroom door.
We used mise-en-scene to symbolise the difference from a regular stereotypical home compared to a shattered and harmful place we have depicted in our short film. This is able to include the house being represented as being an uncomfortable and damaging place to live in. Whereas in reality someones house is seen as a place of comfort and a savehaven. We then try and show moments where cracks start to appear throughout our film. The place where people would usually feel the safest, would be you bed. The most pivotal moment is from Alice's bed where she realises what her dad is doing. 
Another example of how we used mise-en-scene to symbolise the horror and hardship in the house would be how the photograph shows a family member missing each day. Showing how the dad is keeping secrets, with photos with the mother have been scribbled out. This shows how the father is plotting, having private plans and how he has a secret agenda. Keeping his study completely private, not allowing anyone in there. Which shows how he has complete control over the house. Showing how disastrous it is for Emily to be caught in Gary's secretive study. 
Another way in which we created tension throughout the short film was by having the father, Gary's, shadow loom over Alice. We set the lighting in this way in order to show the dominance Gary has over Alice. This creates tension between the two, as they are now the only two left in the house, which shows how shattered and distant the father and daughter relationship is. 
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