RESEARCH - Film Openings - Four Walls (Student Work)

Four Walls

SOUND
The non diagetic sound used was very disjointed and very chopped makes you feel uncomfortable. It had a slow pace.
Foley sound was used, for example, the scream and banging on the wall and when the character was cutting their fingers. This made me pay more attention to what was happening in the shot and showed it may have been important scenes. The scream made me think there was something wrong with the character, that she may be crazy or unstable.

EDITING
This opening is highly edited. There is use of a lot of transitions, for example,fade from black and the shot where her face was made blurry and went in and out of focus makes the character seem freaky and a bit mad. There were cross cuts to old papers with writing, a bracelet in her hand and photos. There was one part in fast motion contrasting with the sound which was at a slow pace.

MISE EN SCENE
The lighting in this opening was very low-keyand the only two shots that were outside it was still dark. The costume was ripped and bloody and this made me think maybe something bad has happened or there's something wrong with the character. The space were it was filmed looked like a confined space or maybe it was portrayed as one. It made me think, why she's in that space? Is she trapped?
The facial expressions made me feel uncomfortable and uneasy as it was weird and she also showed emotions of anger and frustration which scared me a little. The makeup also set the character up as weird and unstable.
The characters body language when she was on the floor made her seem scared and timid as it was drawn towards her and not away from her.

CAMERA
There was heavy use of close-up's and medium close-you'd which have us an idea of who the main character in the film may be. It made me feel uncomfortable and weird. The camera tilted up and showed she had minimal clothing and this made me think again about the idea of her being trapped. Some high angle shots were used, maybe to show that this character might be a subordinate character.

Overall, the best thing about this opening is that the editing is really good and this sets the unease into the audience and also the choice of sound also creates an uneasy atmosphere. The mise en scene is quite in your face and makes you feel uncomfortable.