For our groups 2 minute short film, as the editor, I have included bit of the film where it goes a bit distorted to emphasise that everything is going a bit crazy. I did this by cutting bits of clips very short and sticking them together. I included a couple of clips which show her tied up which is in the 2nd part of the film. Blink and you will miss it. Its not important to miss it but it links in really well with the second part. It also gives it a quick, sharp look to it which builds up tention and atmosphere. Films that do this sort of thing are mainly horror movies. We are constantly building up for something to happen. We do this with the use of sound as well as what is on screen. Most horror films, if you press mute whilst playing, the tension is lost and it doesn't become scary. Our film isn't suppose to be scary but I want to draw the audience into the film as much I can through the edit.
The film below is a short just over 10 minutes which I come across when looking at the film maker Vincent Laforet. A friend from home recommended him to me and found his work absolutely amazing. He is a three time winner at the prestigious 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and a Prize winning photographer who is known for his forward thinking approach to image making and story telling. His short film Reverie was the first 1080p video shot with a still camera (Canon 5D Mk II). It was viewed more than 2 million times in the first week of release in 2009.
The film below is a short just over 10 minutes which I come across when looking at the film maker Vincent Laforet. A friend from home recommended him to me and found his work absolutely amazing. He is a three time winner at the prestigious 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and a Prize winning photographer who is known for his forward thinking approach to image making and story telling. His short film Reverie was the first 1080p video shot with a still camera (Canon 5D Mk II). It was viewed more than 2 million times in the first week of release in 2009.
Apart from this short being beautifully shot, the editing stands out for me. Like I mentioned above about the quick fire editing, Laforet does the same thing when the man in the hospital bed in picturing his daughter walking him down the corridor. It works reli well transitioning from one shot to another. Again it builds up tention, we have distortion from when we are in first person of the man in bed and the use of sound is really clever. I love how constantly hes got us thinking throughout the 11 minutes and even at the end of the film we are left with something to think about. Im not 100% sure about the ending and what was going on but after a couple more viewing im sure I will pick it up.
I do think the color grading is done really well. Avery dark, bluey, monotoned colour for the scenes where they are in the corridor with the bright light at the end of the corridor. It emphasises that the footage thats being shown, is either a dream or it shows that he is dying walking towards the light.
The video below is the first film he made with the 5D Mk II that went global in less than a week
