Film analysis

nvaders Analysis  

https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2015/11/24/invaders/

The short film invaders is about 2 robbers who plan to rob a family Christmas dinner. The film was produced by a company called 45 year old productions.

The title sequence of this short film is a close up, of a doormat with the name of the film. The name of the film is in the centre of the shot, making the viewer have full attention to it.  With it having no music, just the dietetic sound of the wind and the leaves. The shot fades out in a black screen.

Then after, fades back into a different scene. This long shot of the car and house shows two different pieces of action happening in one scene. The first piece of action is that in the house, there a family celebrating Christmas round a table. The house is all unlit apart from the dining room where the family.

The other bit of action in one shot is the two robbers in the car, talking to each other. The car is also dark and slightly lit to unclearly see them.

The shot after this, uses a medium shot to look into the window of the house. The voices are not clear but it is enough for the viewer know what is happening in the scene. The other more noticeable sound is the crickets in the background making noise, to portray that is it late in the night.

The camera diverts to the two men in the car, the camera doesn’t show their face straight away, but you can hear them, talk. One of the first shots is a close up of the car. The car is old, dated and tatty which shows that the people doing the robbery may be from a lower social class. 

The next shot is point of view shot from the end of the knife. This is effective because it shows you the person holding the knife and what he is wearing.

After choosing the mask, the pair of robbers use this cartoon cut out face. The focus pulls from them walking to the car and the camera is at the door. The non-diegetic festive music reflects what they are about to do by setting the scene. 

In the short film, there are many POV shots this makes the audience feel like he is seeing what the character is seeing. This makes the film more immersive.

After one of the characters is stabbed in the head, the camera goes to a long shot where you can see everything happening in the scene. From the car, to the family in the house still having the dinner even though there are two men outside with axes.

After one of the characters fondles for the car keys. The camera goes to a close up of a mask on the floor, and then you see the charter slide and fall over the mask. This shows the viewer what is happening and the cause for the next events.

The robber then falls over and slices his neck with the keys he has in hands. This shot is filmed on a medium shot, this is show the viewer what has happened can even see the blood and the expression of the character’s face.  

The film shows then various number of shots, showing the results of what has happened. This medium shot of the door makes the viewer see the blood the amount blood on the door. But in the shot you can see the family has moved from the front left window, so this could imply that they have gone sleep or switched rooms.

Towards the end of the film the camera zooms in to his face as he spits out some of teeth. Blood dripping down from this neck and onto his suit. This mise-en –scene shows how bad the cut is and that he is dying from the loss of blood.

To conclude the analysis, the short film uses a range of shot to portray the action that is happening in the scene.