Roses are Red is a short film published on vimeo by Dean Atkinson. The film uses a variety of effects to convey it's message in a short time as this is something short films have to do. Some interesing shots used are the angled and long shots when the main character is taking photos. The crew selected a very dynamic setting for this filming which creates really good effects and makes good use of the location. The abstract of the building could be seen to reflect the obscure world he was in.
Another good shot in the close up of the rose that is paired together with an editing technique of a blur. This we thought reflected the welling up of tears in the characters eyes whilst looking at the flower as it obviously trigger memories.
An over the shoulder shot of the main characters computer screen when he is looking a his photos makes you feel as though your prying in his business. The common etiquite that pearing over someones shoulder is rude can be felt in this scene and does reflect the fact he wouldn't want anyone else in his business.
Thoughout the exract non-diegetic music is edited on. The continous repeatition of a minor key piano peice automatically adds sorrow and heartache to the film. Being a short film the music is very important as it is hard to convey a feeling through dialogue in that short a time but the music easily creates the mood the director intended.
Other sound in the extract includes a non-diegetic voce over. The voice is that of the main character and both times we hear it he says 'a pictures worth a thousand words' which is a theme in the film as he believes to have captured a picture of his dead girlfriend which turns out to be obviously wrong. This picture maybe reinforcing to him again that the girl is gone and also linking to the photo he retrieves from a broken frame in his room.
Another thing that must be really consider when making a short film is the mise en scene. You notice that the main character who we find out seems to be mourning a death is dressed in dark, dull clothes. This reinenforces his sorrow and state of mourning.
A prop used in the film is a red rose, this links to the title of the film and also the reason for the protagnists sorrow as the girl that was killed was called rose. The red of the flower can be also linked to death as red is commonly linked with danger and blood but also with love with is another running theme in the film. This is also an emotion linked with roses.
There are no really noticable cuts in the film as there are no dramatic scenes and I believe the director is trying to create a sense of realism by using real locations and quite tame filming.
After looking at this short film and others I do really like them and think the concept of them is really good but my knowledge in them due to a lack of exposure is limited. In this circumstance I'm leaning towards doing a Music Video as my main task. Despite this I have looked at some short films and my favourite I've put below. I really like this as I think it's so clever and makes you think. Things like this really appeal to me.
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