Short film research: Hysteric

This film in its entirety is about a family, as the two daughters are seen in bed they are risen to curiosity when they hear a mysterious noise come from their home. It all turns out to be their mother who was stricken with madness and these two daughters and left to fight on their own for their own safety and survival from their mother who is out for blood. The most common camera angle seen in this film was a medium angle camera shot which mostly only focuses on the upper half of one of the daughter’s body as we see the actions she takes to uncover the mystery of the sound. Tracking shots were also extremely common as we follow the same daughter getting up and walking towards the noise that was being made as she investigates, when she discovers her mother killing her father the tracking shot goes from the mother back to the daughter. These tracking shots make it look like it was all shot in one large take which really makes it look as if the audience were following the daughter right beside her. Ambience was the most prominent in this film as we hear only the loudness of the rain falling from the sky and hitting the windows of the home as well as the mysterious noises coming from the other rooms that the mother had been making. Dialogue is present but its only present for a few words as the girl calls out for her father and how the mother protests how she’s going to kill her daughters as well, this film can almost be considered a silent film with the lack of dialogue. The only outfits that were seen for the actors were lounge wear such as pajamas and night gowns, since this film only takes place in one setting and at night time there is no wide variety of clothing that the actors are able to use for this film. The use of props were very little, but out of the two one of the props that were used were really effective for the story which was the wooden and or metal horse that was being used to assassinate.