Monday, 8 September 2014

Textual Analysis of previous A2 media films


Eidolon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKuzSozJAEY

Uploaded in April 2013, Eidolon is obviously intended to be a horror/psychological thriller. The spooky house, remote location, dark creepy caverns. Even the name 'Eidolon' means spectre or phantom.
The mise-en-scene of the piece is typically very dark, low key lighting, and successfully communicates to the audience the location is more forbidding than welcoming.

The Camera Work of the piece is lacking slightly. It still however translates the magnitude of the areas the characters are in by wide sweeping shots, tight handheld camera holds and more high/low angle shots to demonstrate the power held by each character.

Editing is very fluid, designed to show the most prominent character talking/acting at any given moment. The speed of each cut if also highly dependant on the action going on at the time in the scene e.g. more suspense in the scene, the faster the cuts. This would be to provide extra effect to the scene and keep the audience in tune with the action.

Sound is very detailed despite maybe in need of being compressed in some cases. It outlines the location very well by ambient noises of rivers, the sea, wind, creaking floorboards etc. It aids in maintaining the audiences interest in the film.

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