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Attempt It (Short Action Film)from Giannis JR Kritikos

I believed it would be for the best interests of the group if I continued researching, even throughout our filming work to see if there are any possibilities to gain ideas on all different aspects of filming in a similar short film. Within these categories, I researched the camerawork, soundtrack, editing and mise en scene of my chosen short film.

All of these are needed to create a successful film so I believed I should research a successful short 5 minute film to gain some insight to these aspects. Although this film is just under 5:00 minutes it still adds emphasise to our group about how important these aspects are, especially in a confined time period.

Sound

The soundtrack throughout this production varies to different situations within the plot. It starts with an eerie, unusual music, most likely to lead the audience into a false sense of security creating an enigma effect as we as the audience are unaware of what is to come.

Yet, when the plot progresses, this changes to a fast paced, techno music because of the action beginning to unfold. This draws in the attention of the audience, expecting something to happen more prominently, especially some action.

The diagetic sound also used is emphasised, used most effectively when the protagonist character breaks the neck of an individual outside of the terrorists building. The audience tingle after hearing the sound because it is realistic and gruesome.

Mise en scene

I also took note of the clothing they were wearing, especially the terrorist characters. They all seemed to be in dark colours, with balaclavas and also scarves. This emphasises the stereotypical view that these characters are criminal and feel the need to hide their faces to the hostage. They also have illegal dangerous weaponry, making the scene seem realistic and what the audience would expect from these criminals.

More importantly would be the setting of the film. The majority exists in an urban, graphitised environment with the walls crumbling and the floors covered in dust. This information is perfect to what we would like to implement within our film and adds to the effect of the reader that these are criminals and they do business in squalor linking to the underworld they find themselves in.

Camera work

The majority of the film was taken with a handheld camera, to emphasise the chaotic situation and the fear from the hostage. It was also used to create tension with the action scene so the audience are left clinging to their seats to find out what the results of the fighting will be. Our group has already decided on implementing this into our production because we feel it will draw in the audience and bring emphasise onto the fear from our characters.

The shots all vary within this film some being long establishing shots, while others being close ups. The establishing shots being very broad show the setting and thus the audience can have a fuller understanding of where these criminals are and are more interested.

Editing

This has quite possibly made the most impact on our film. The other three aspects, the majority we had all ready thought of and used for our film but now the editing showed different and improved ways to add to our film post filming. Firstly would be the flash backs that take place. These are increased in pace and show what has already but in reverse and at high speed to a key point which brings attention to that particular point. As our group was thinking about creating something similar with the flashbacks, this could be how we could implement it into our production.

My chosen short film is by Giannis JR Kritikos, from Chania in Greece. Where he is from would normally have little importance to the film, but within this film, there are subtitles in English to translate the Greek language. Our film also contains subtitles because of the terrorists, as it was great to see another film/editor using subtitles with the same effect due to the terrorists within this film (although this is quite possibly indirectly due to actually being Greek).