Reflective Analysis Essay
Reflective analysis
For my coursework, I created a storyboard of a short supernatural thriller film. The narrative of my film consists of a boy who is at home alone and he is watching television then he gets up and walks out of the room and sees a ghost, he then runs away from the ghost but it follows him and it is not clear what happens to him in the end.
The main micro-features I was focusing on are Cinematography and mise-en-scene.
I used cinematography throughout my piece of work, in the first cell I used an establishing shot to show the audience the setting of the diegesis, which is a normal suburban street, It also shows the time of day and whether anyone is home. I also used the cinematography to my advantage in cell 6 and cell …show more content…
In cells 7, 8 and 10 I would use a forward tracking shot following the bay as …show more content…
I also used low-key lighting in cell 7 where the boy is running towards the kitchen, he is in the shadows of the corridor and you can see the light at the end of the corridor, which shows that he thinks he will be safe if he runs away. When he gets into the kitchen he is in high-key lighting which shows that he thinks he is safe but then he looks back and sees the ghost so we know that he was not actually safe, this gives the audience a false sense of hope for a few seconds. I used framing shots throughout my work, mainly to show how the boy was trapped in the house with the ghost. In cell 4, I used the glass door and the mirror to frame the boy. The door has vertical and horizontal lines which look like bars that are trapping the boy and this is reflected in the mirror to extend it and this makes it seem as if he is trapped but still has quite a bit of space and freedom. I also used a framing shot in cell 12 where the ghost is framed by the doorway, this makes it seem as if she is blocking the exit and has the boy trapped. Finally, I used the reflection in the door in cell 8 to show that he thinks that he is safe but deep down he is unsure and there is something that he does not know about the situation he is
For my coursework, I created a storyboard of a short supernatural thriller film. The narrative of my film consists of a boy who is at home alone and he is watching television then he gets up and walks out of the room and sees a ghost, he then runs away from the ghost but it follows him and it is not clear what happens to him in the end.
The main micro-features I was focusing on are Cinematography and mise-en-scene.
I used cinematography throughout my piece of work, in the first cell I used an establishing shot to show the audience the setting of the diegesis, which is a normal suburban street, It also shows the time of day and whether anyone is home. I also used the cinematography to my advantage in cell 6 and cell …show more content…
In cells 7, 8 and 10 I would use a forward tracking shot following the bay as …show more content…
I also used low-key lighting in cell 7 where the boy is running towards the kitchen, he is in the shadows of the corridor and you can see the light at the end of the corridor, which shows that he thinks he will be safe if he runs away. When he gets into the kitchen he is in high-key lighting which shows that he thinks he is safe but then he looks back and sees the ghost so we know that he was not actually safe, this gives the audience a false sense of hope for a few seconds. I used framing shots throughout my work, mainly to show how the boy was trapped in the house with the ghost. In cell 4, I used the glass door and the mirror to frame the boy. The door has vertical and horizontal lines which look like bars that are trapping the boy and this is reflected in the mirror to extend it and this makes it seem as if he is trapped but still has quite a bit of space and freedom. I also used a framing shot in cell 12 where the ghost is framed by the doorway, this makes it seem as if she is blocking the exit and has the boy trapped. Finally, I used the reflection in the door in cell 8 to show that he thinks that he is safe but deep down he is unsure and there is something that he does not know about the situation he is