This case study is based on another example of a short film extract as its based on a middle aged, asian guy whose always mysterious and curious on the things thats happening around him. Tension starts to build up as he keeps on having strange dreams, such as waking up with blood on his white duvet- but he's unsure whether it's real or his living in the dream. Only we, the audiences for this short film extract, can judge and interpret our own way of understanding the plot of the movie; whether its right or wrong.
The target audiences for this short film extract are teenagers who are slightly mature, around 16 year olds and above as most of the people in the age group prefer mysterious and thriller events happening rather than a drama based genre; which I can relate to as well.
The genre for this short film extract is thriller as the mise-es-scene, camera techniques, sound and editing is used to portray something to scare and frighten the target audiences well.
The first scene for this 'Scrambled' short film extract opens with an opening title as it reads out, 'Scrambled' in a suitable type of font style that would link well with the genre, which is Thriller. Also, take a note on how the background portrays multiple of blood dripping slowly, one by one on the white floor which indirects and hints that there may show a scene in relation to blood. This would give the target audiences a warning as it will terrify them, especially on younger audiences; as it may not be suitable for them to watch a type of genre like this. In addition, you can also spot how the video had not filled in the whole screen as there's two black borders (down and up) in order to create a more serious and dramatic effect towards the target audiences to take in.
The next scene moves along with the main character, as mentioned above, appears to be a middle aged, asian man who happens to be in a hotel relaxing when suddenly- some strange and mysterious events starts to happen; as he confuses whether is just illusion or its really happening in real life. In addition, a hand held camera technique is being used from a high to a low angle shot when the man got up from his seat in order to show a more surreal portray of the mans character as what he's going to do next. Also, extreme close ups on the tv showcases what the man was watching alone in the hotel room as the sound of the tv can still be heard, slightly, as an act for the background noise in oder to make it more believable in reality. There's another camera technique used as the camera at times tries to focus on the background of the man's hotel room then pull focus on the man itself; as he got up from his seat whilst being on the laptop and watching the tv. This will be a great effect when trying to portray a horror or thriller types of genre due to the fact that it creates tension more and more towards the target audiences nor viewers.
Furthermore, the screenshot image above represents the man having a phone call off someone as it leaves the viewers a mysterious feeling on who could it be, since there's no dialogue used for this short film extract included as well. A hand held camera technique can be seen when the man was holding the phone.
Onto this next scene, a high to low angle is used between the man and the camera as the audiences are able to watch this part of the scene looking down on our eyes as if we're next to the man that accidentally cut himself with a knife and started to bleed. This is also at the peak of the short film as it links back to the first opening scene where blood starts to drop one by one, which it all works and blends together.
As the scene goes on, the man starts to become more and more intrigue by the fact that he kept collecting pieces of letters as they were random until the word 'Scrambled' was figured. A close up shot had been used for this scene in order to captivate the man's facial expression as its letting the audiences know how he must be feeling at the time in order to relate to us as well.
Based on all of the screen shot images above, a variety of camera techniques and angles are being used and composed in a way that will be relevant to the type of genre this short film extract is trying to portray.
Also, the lighting used is artificial light as its using the room and hotel's light sources as an act for the whole full scene in order to make it seem more surreal and believable towards the main target audiences.
for the sound effects, since it's no dialogue used- you can hear diegetic and non-diegetic sounds as you can hear the sound of the tv when the man woke up from his 'dream' and non-diegetic from the sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect and rise in tension.
The editing techniques for this short film cut rate is quite quick and fast, as it may be twice as fast as it takes us to every angle of the set for tension. This way, it will be suitable for the genre since its horror/thriller as you don't know what's coming next. Also, the editor must've purposely blurred most of the background elements when it's only focusing on the man or an object in particular; as its a way of telling us the hints and it also tells us who to focus mainly on.
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