The short film ‘The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon’ follows Jack, a mantrying to live a normal life but is tormented by a supernatural force who beats him with a spoon for

all eternity. After an unspecified number of time, and unable to cope or explain the attacker, hevisits a spirit guide who explains that the Ginosabe, as it is known, will never stop. Jack eventually

resorts to armed violence, using all manners of guns and explosives in his attempt to stop the attacker.However, he is still unable to stop it, and eventually surrenders to his fate; to be beaten by the Ginosabe

until he is dead.

Mise En Scene Camera Work

Editing Sound

* Dark colours such as black, muted lighting and dark clothing (long cloak, stereotypical of horror characters) to emphasise murderous aspect.

* Man is wearing normal clothes to highlight supposed verisimilitude and signify the predicament he finds himself in can happen to anyone.

* Guns introduced later on to highlight the growing absurdity of the situation. It also is a staple and symbol of the changing genre; from horror to action.

* Amplified use of spoons, as in the end when he opens his coat, highlights the comedic aspect of the film.

* Number of low angles used on killer to show power and imposing presence. Number of high angles used on victim, such as the start in which the spoon is first shown.

* Number of close ups on both faces and the spoon to show emotion and significance; an example being when Jack lies on the floor bleeding at the end of the film

* Establishing shot for each location to show epic proportions of journey, such as when Jack arrives in places such as the Great Pyramids and Paris.

* Pans and tracks used to show fluidity in movements of characters.

* Straight cuts used throughout; speed heightens throughout to exemplify drama.

* Synchronous with the changes in tempo of non-diegetic music.

* Non-diegetic music, including voiceover and suspenseful music, evolve and continue to change as the tone of the film heightens.

* Dialogue is exaggerated throughout in pitch and dialogue used.

‘The Black Hole’ is about a man who is having a long night at the office. The photocopier stops working, so after experimenting with kicking the machine, a piece of paper with nothing but a giant black circle prints. He makes nothing of this until he puts his cup

down and it falls through the paper. Seeing scope for advantageous situations, he uses the ‘black hole’ to take chocolate from a vending machine. He then goes on to open a

locked door and tape the paper onto the safe inside. After taking a large amount of money, he then goes to reach the rest of the money from the back of the safe and climbs through the hole. Just as he clambers in, the paper falls down. The film ends with him knocking on

the safe as he is trapped inside it.

* No dialogue, just non diegetic sound

* Starts with sound of just the printer, photocopier and other office sounds you would expect to hear.

* When he picks up his cup and then comes on the ominous sound that comes from ‘the black hole’

Mise En Scene* Set in a office. Props used are things such as obvious office equipment for example; computers, office cubicles, chairs, lamps a vending machine and the main object of the photocopier that produces ‘the Black Hole’. All these add to the verisimilitude and makes it more believable and real.

* Costume consists of shirt, tie and trousers. Working late is evident as there is no one around in his office and that his clothes are all scruffy. This links to him being an everyday person and that it could happen to anyone.

Editing* Includes a lot of straight cuts.

* Keeps up with the pace his movement while he walks around the office with the sheet of paper that contains the Black Hole.

Camera Work* Includes a lot of close up and medium shots. This shows us him and the black hole together at pretty much all times. As the shots are not too long this means that we can see all that is going on.

* Opens with a pan, showing the setting, which eventually focuses on the main character showing he is the main person in the narrative.

* Aerial shot of photocopier to show it is not working, also an aerial of the black hole as it comes out of the photocopier this shows it clearly which links to the next shot.

Sound

The short film ‘Plastic Bag is the story of a solitary plastic bag who aims to find its lost ‘maker’ who took it home from a store and gradually discarded it. The plastic bag encounters new sights, creatures, people, the loss of its maker and even falls in love in the sky. Eventually the bag makes its way into the ocean and into the pacific ocean trash vortex – a utopian world in which it can rest with its own kind and let the memories of its owner fade away.

Mise En Scene Camera Work

Editing Sound

* A voice over which is the voice of the plastic bag.* Diegetic sound is mixed with the voice over to get the natural sound of the camera shots.* When there is no voice over and there is just images of the bag floating in there is a music soundtrack which gives the film motion and excitement.

* The settings on the plastic bags journey are standard realistic settings such as streets, shops, houses and even the beach this adds to the verisimilitude of the film, and therefore makes an emotional attachment with the bag more understandable as you can relate it to the world we live in* As there are no characters there is generic props which appear and make the film more realistic such as the tractor in the landfill site and the shopping items at the start of the bags journey

* There are a lot of fades which are used to show a passing of time and to elongate the bags journey, this fits with the pace of the film and gives a tedious and flowing feel.

* The film contains a variety of different camera angles, shots and distances which is needed as the film is just solely about a plastic bag* At the opening of the film the shot is a medium shot of the plastic bag on a beach which is placed in the bottom left third of the shot to show its isolation * There are a lot of tracks when the bag is being blown by the wind to emphasise the bags movement.