MONSTER SHORT FILM LOCATION AND LIGHTING THE FILM

MONSTER SHORT FILM

LOCATION AND LIGHTING • THE FILM IS SET IN A SMALL CONFINED HOUSE WHICH SEEMS TO BE QUITE CRAMPED AND DIRTY AS THERE ARE MANY BUGS AROUND THE HOUSE ESPECIALLY IN THE KITCHEN AREA. THIS ALSO MAKES THE LOCATION SEEM ODD AND IT LOOKS AND GIVES A FEELING OF BEING TRAPPED DUE TO IT BEING CRAMPED. • THE LIGHTING IS QUITE SHADOWY AND THERE ARE DARK CORNERS, THE SHORT FILM IS IN BLACK AND WHITE SO THERE AREN’T MANY COLOURS, WE CAN SEE WHERE THE DARK(BAD) AREAS ARE WHICH GIVES A SENSE OF DANGER AS THERE IS SUSPENSE AROUND THOSE PLACES WITHIN THE HOUSE E. G. UNDER THE STAIRS.

COSTUME • THE MOTHER IS DRESS IN NEARLY FULL WHITE TO SHOW THAT SHE IS PURE AND CLEAN AND SO SHE IS ABLE TO FIGHT THE DARK/BADNESS, WHERE AS THE MONSTER IS FULL BLACK AND THE MONSTER SEEMS TO BE A VERY LARGE NIGHTMARE BIRD WITH TALONS FOR FINGERS AND VERY LARGE TEETH, THIS MAKES US IMAGINE WHAT THIS THING IS CAPABLE OF. • THE DOLL IS ALSO VERY DARK WITH LONG BUSHY HAIR, THIS IS USED AS IT MAKES THE DOLL LOOK ALMOST EVIL AND CONSIDERING ITS AND CHILD'S TOY ITS QUITE NIGHTMARE INDUCING AND WE ALMOST UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHILD ATTACKS THE DOLL.

PROPS • PROPS SUCH AS THE DOLL ARE USE BECAUSE THE DOLL IS THE MONSTER JUST AN EMBODIMENT OF THE DOLL, THE DOLL IS ALSO VERY DARK AND EVIL LOOKING SO IT GIVES US A BAD FEELING AND UNEASY, ALSO AS THE BOY ATTACKS THE DOLL SHOWING THAT HE DISLIKES IT VERY MUCH AND EVEN SAYS ABOUT THE DOLL BEING REAL AND THAT IT WILL EAT HIM WHICH THE MOTHER JUST DISMISSES. • THE SWORD IS USED BY THE CHILD WHICH HE USES TO BEAT UP THE DOLL THE SWORD SYMBOLIZES HEROISM AND BRAVERY, THIS IS IMPORTANT AS BRAVERY IS NEEDED BY THE MOTHER IN ORDER TO DEFEAT THE MONSTER. • THE GLASS OF MILK IS A PROP AND IS IMPORTANT AS IT SEEMS TO KEEP THE MONSTER CALM AND AT BAY, BUT ALSO BY GIVING THE GLASS OF MILK IT SHOWS THAT SHE SEES THE MONSTER ALMOST AS HER CHILD? AND LOOKS AFTER IT?

MOVEMENT OF ACTORS • THE BOY MOVES VERY QUICKLY AS HE RUNS AROUND WITH HIS SWORD CREATING MESS PROBABLY DUE TO HIM BEING A CHILD AND HAVING A LOT OF ENERGY, THE MOTHER MOVES SLOWER A MORE TRIED AS SHE IS DRAINED FROM LOOKING AFTER HIM AND CLEANING UP AFTER HIM. • THE MONSTER MOVES VERY QUICKLY AND BIRD LIKE AS THE MONSTER JUMPED AND PERCH ON THE END OF THE BED RAIL, THIS IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE CREATURE LOOKING LIKE A BIRD.