SHORT OF THE WEEK ANALYSIS

KEY FEATURES Complete the sections below, add screengrabs to help

illustrate your findings.
NARRATIVE The short is set in a dystopia. And it’s a fictional
documentary about a fictional VR junkys and not wanting to
How does the story adapt to society.
conform to what you’d
expect to see in sci fi?

MISE EN SCENE Old dilapidated house, raged clothes for the junkys and black
military equipment for the VR scenes. Broken building for the
What mise en scene is war scenes.
being used to convey
meaning? Is it
conventional to what you
expect to see?
CINEMATOGRAPHY The shot types alternate between LS CS & MS and there are
some hand-held scenes for the war scenes and some panning
What cinematography is shots.
being used to convey
meaning? Is it
conventional to what you
expect to see?
AUDIO Dialogue, and foley like computer glitch sounds gun fire
footsteps monster sound effects and music to complete the
What music and sound scene.
effects are being used to
help support the visual
and narrative features?
SYNTHESIS The concept was good the CGI and a lot of the cinematography.

What can you take from

the film, has it inspired
you with certain ideas?