DepicT Research 2: Parasomnia

Parasomnia is an animation about what it feels like to suffer with sleep paralysis. I found this particularly interesting and really thought that contrast of no dialogue and black and white to screaming and multicolour after the tension builds to be really effective and captures the feeling of sleep paralysis perfectly. Another part that I think creates an effective, on edge atmosphere is the beginning, where she is sleeping and the camera doesn't appear to be steady and she is looked down on in a birds eye view, suggesting that she is in fact being watched. Another highlight was after the tension built, as well as the animation of her springing into colour, it zooms into her face to give the effect of the panic falling around her and intensifying. Overall, I thought this was a really capturing and well put together piece. 

DepicT Research: How To Tell When A Relationship Is Over

"How to tell when a relationship is over" is a slightly comical take on what happens at the end of a relationship. In the short film, it displays different stages of a relationship breaking down, it shows an accurate side to it, and a slightly more ridiculous side to it, which adds the element of comedy whilst also displaying how strange the situation can be in a more lighthearted manner. I liked the setting of this film also, they remained in the kitchen throughout and one character (the man) appears to be staying in the same seat whilst is partner is moving around, until eventually he is sat there alone almost to represent the fact that she was restless and unhappy whereas he wanted things to stay the same. One scene I really liked was when it says "you feel like you're in a french film" before she leaves him, this is because it shows the huge contrast from the beginning by the lighting. In the beginning, the room appears to be light and bright and warm whereas in these scene, the room appears dark, it is filmed in black and white and has a much colder feel to it. Another thing that caught my attention to this short film is the fact that I recognized the actor (Julian Barratt) which surprised me. Here is the link: How To Tell When A Relationship Is Over 

Evaluation of the Induction Task: Change of Hands.

The aim of our induction task was for us to meet a brief stating that we needed to maintain continuity whilst creating a very short film only lasted a few minutes which contained 20 different types of shots and a package changing hands.

After viewing our final product, I have come to the conclusion that we managed to meet the criteria asked of us with only a few errors remaining, and I feel confident that I would be able to avoid these issues reoccurring in our next project after this experience. Our main issue was clothing, which could possibly have messed with our task of keeping continuity due to the fact we filmed over the course of three days, and did not think about the people we were filming’s different clothing choices on each of those days. Luckily, this didn’t impact our work too much as after the first time we filmed and went to start back up again we realized and requested that everyone wear the same or similar clothing so that viewers of our work wouldn’t pick up on it.

Overall, I believe that we met the requirements of our task, from maintaining continuity where possible and creating a small story including a package changing hands.

Induction Task: Change Of Hands