Short film - Prosopagnosia

by Zoe Ellis 02:41 0 comments Gifs Research Short Film

I looked at the short film Prosopagnosia as this film had a police and crime genre. The short's plot was told mainly my dialogue and this is how we are basing out film off so it was good to look at how a short film has done so successfully. 

The main setting for this short film is in an interrogation room. This is identical to my short film. Here low key lighting is used to create a dark background with the character's faces illuminated. This creates a serious connotation. It also helps the audience to focus on the character's faces and helps to define the emotions.

The other main character in this short film is the DCI. This is characterised by the officers costume and near by props. He is wearing a suit and has a file open which suggests that he has information has displays a typical modern inspector theme. 

Another point is that the two characters have very different postures. Here the witness is sitting forward and has a very tense body language where as the DCI is leaning backwards and is more relaxed.

The use of the low key lighting helps to emphasise the character's facial expressions. Having the contrast puts the audiences attention straight onto the face. This is useful in this film because there is a lot of dialogue so seeing the character's expressions helps to understand how the character feels about what is being said. This can also help the audience to decide themselves if he is guilty or not.


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