Deconstructing shortfilms-3

) CONCEPT:The next film that i selected is an award winning short film based on the topic: A Day Without Light.the reason i choose this film is to find variations that i can include in my own short film.

This short film is comedy based and is a story about how three boys pass their time when there is no electricity. the opening and ending is similar to any film with just the title in the opening and the ending credits in the last.

Opening of the short film

Ending of the short film

The film starts with different shots of different appliances and then shifts to showing the characters playing games. The camera neither pans or tilts. these shots are transactional.this gives the audience a general idea and an introduction to what the movie is about.

General lighting is being used through out the video. The props and the characters are such that compliment the script. for example all main props are electronic products such as laptops, television, games and mobile phones.

The movie has both stationary camera movements as well as traveling camera movement.

For example:

The first image is the zoom in of the boy. The second image is a bit zoomed out of the same boy.(helps us read the expression of the character and the overall environment.)

The third image is a tilt down.

Whereas the image above is a still from the a following shot. The camera follows the boy as he enters the room.

Also, this short film has used all the possible angles. these include high angle, low angle,birds eye view.

the first picture is a birds eye view, the second a worms eye view, third is a low angle and the last is a high angle.

Similarly, talking of the continuity shots, they have used match on action and shot reverse shot.

Shot reverse shot

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In this scene the boy calls an officer(picture 1) from the electricity office(picture 2) complaining about the electricity breakout. Frustrated by the response he throws his phone.(picture 3) These continuity shots were important to

Match on Action

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The first picture shows that the boys are pushing one of their friend and this is later matched in the next shot when the boy is found fallen on the ground.

The video represents a specific social class and specific age group.

On one hand they address the upper class whereas on the other hand the represent the general youth population.

SEMIOTICS:  in this film all appliances used such as the air conditioner and the laptop etc can be denotated as electronics however they connotate luxury and comfort.