Depict Research

DEPICT RESEARCH

Portrait of a painter – the sound/ music creates suspense from the start. At the beginning you can only really hear the paintbrushes it creates an eerie silence. Then the music stops when you see the painting disappear. The use of sound through this whole short film makes me as the viewer on edge. When it stops I know that something bad is going to happen.

Family dinner – I like how relatable it is. I image this as me and my family. There’s always multiple conversations going on at one time but somehow they all flow and all join together at some point the two younger children remind me of me and my brother too I really like that, it makes me happy. I also like the way that it was shot. The spinning around the table because everyone’s sat in a circle it proves that you don’t need a massive set or multiple different places to create a good film and it also shows how together the family are.

Lighter – I like how this short film opens your mind to what some people go through. The voices at the beginning get louder and more aggressive the further you get into the video but its all negative nobody wants to help. I like how they all echo and they are all voice over it makes you think that everyone’s comments all echo around his mind. I also like how dark this film is until the voices stop it makes you listen to the voices. Then the music stops and all you can hear is the ambient sound happening there and then. It makes me feel like even if nobody is there at the time whatever is said during the day sticks in his mind and he can’t get rid of all of the negative comments, its actually quite sad and a very good eye opener.

Parrot Peeter Aureliu – I like how this short film begins with a black screen and a voice over it really makes you think about what the man is saying. Then it cuts to him talking to his parrot. I actually had to watch this video twice to understand that in the background his wife is actually leaving him. The man is saying over and over again that life is beautiful but the parrot won’t echo it back. It makes me feel that the man is only trying to convince himself. There is some background music but the ambient sound, the crunching and snapping of the carrot, the pearls on the floor and the sounds of the phone and the door are all emphasised to the point they are unnatural it makes me feel like the room is supposed to be eerily quiet.

Echo – this short film is focused around the sound. First you could hear the echoes in the tunnel then you heard something with her. Suddenly you can see the girl moving her mouth but no sound comes out you can’t hear anything then something grabs her and you can’t even hear her scream. I really like how the sound is used and I like how the ‘thing’ is in the dark the whole time. The use of shadows is well done.