Message In The Bottle Analysis.

MESSAGE IN THE BOTTLE from Morbid Film on Vimeo.

This is a long shot this make the character look isolated and dull as the lightning used here is low key lightning which makes everything look dull editing has been used to add a filter to this shot to make it dull, also in this scene there are a lot of non- diagetic sound which are used to create ambiguity or tells the viewers that something is wrong something out of the ordinary is happening. The shot also tells us that the character is isolated and hardly associates with the world as she is the only person in the woods its also shows that the character is depressed cause most depressed people like to be alone in weird places. The Genre used here is thriller we know this from this shot and the rest because the arrangement of shots and also the narrative that is been used.

The long shot above cuts directly to this shot which is a medium mid shot which doesn't have any relationship with the first long shot which makes the viewers not  know what is going on also it backs up my point about it been a non-linear narrative as we don't know the beginning or the end its a bit distorted. Also editing has been used to make everything in the scene black and white and leaving the characters red shirts colour left which signifies blood, fear or death.  Also there are a lot of diagetic sounds of the wind blowing this can be argued to be non diagetic because the sound effect can be created in the studio. Also in the shot there's a very tall tower which meaning can be read into to mean that it means isolation because its the only thing in the scene that alone and so is the character which means they are both isolated.

This is a master shot/ long shot it captures all characters on screen and also gives away the location of the set and at the same time. as we can see in this shot the character is alone isolated from the world the barrier she is standing behind demarcates her from the world like she is in a prison or she is not accepted by the world has the world is on one side and the road is another. Editing has been used also to make the pace of the shots to be a lot quicker and also the shot has been edited to remove colour from the world except her red shirt again.

 

As the long shot or master shot is going a red bus passes by only showing things that the colour are red this is done by editing or adding a filter, this signifies that the bus can be a blood of death or a bus to hell. Also a car drives by after and theres a sound like the car crashed into the bus.





Then the shot cuts to this shot of this abandoned building where the barbed wire has been blurred out to an extent by using the pull focus on the camera. The pull focus allows the viewers to put their attention on the building adding significance but the barbed wire has also been blurred for a reason but still visible to show us that the building is old and abandoned and hasn't been visited in along time as the barbed wire has began to rust and its also shows that the building is isolated. The camera has been placed at an high angle to get the building to also add some importance to the building this editing technique uses kuleshovs style of editing as it shows two shots one of the character and another of the building with no relationship between them but allows the viewers to work that out themselves which is intellectual montage. Also there a alot of non diagetic sound, a very disturbing sound plays in the background that give viewers the feel that this building has a mysterious or weird importance or attraction to it suggesting what might have happened in the building or why its important to the character and why it has been abandoned.

The next shot that it cuts to is the shot of the building from another angle if not a better view. This shot makes the building look more weird and isolated and also shows that its lifeless or who ever is living their is wired, the camera has been placed at a very high angle to give the building a very big look that can signify that this was once a very might building that commanded respect but now its isolated and nearly reduced to nothing.

The next shot is an extreme close up on a card the queen hearts which also has been edited to have its red colour which tells us that either her love used to live in this building or was murdered in this building which shows or tells us why she behaves so isolated from the world or it could also show us that she is the queen of love but some things gone wrong to put her in this present state either she cant remember what's happened to her. The camera has also been used here to apply a pull focus to add significant importance to the queen of hearts and how it relates to the character also the surrounding of the shots also tell us that this is inside the building which looks very much abandoned for over a very long period of time.                        

  

The next shot is an extreme close up of a character's feet stepping on the queen of hearts which sends out a lot of mystery and suspense as the viewers have no clue who this character is or how the character has any relationship to the other character also editing has been used to add filter to the video to make or put it in a black and white format also there is a non diegetic sound that sends out a very weird feeling as the character steps on the card.

It then cuts to a shot of a character walking the abandon building like she knows the building very well she probably been to the video for a very long time which means she familiar with the building and she alone which shows that she isolated herself form people to be in this building. Also it shows an eye on one of the walls which shows that the character is a talented artists or someone else visits this building or that she is been watched.

This is a low angle shot that makes the character look superior and in charge of her situation of situation also giving her power as she puts a n object in her bad. behind her is a cracked old wall that shows her location. Throughout the whole clip there are more uses of non diegetic sound which were used to create suspense and mystery. There are also alot of montage editing found throughout the clip also editing has been used to add filter to take out colour from the world to make it look dull and unattractive but they have also added colour to significant objects in the clips to add importance and meaning to them.