Real Gone (a short film by Seth Worley)
To start with, a couple transitions of shots occur in this movie, such as the transition between the logo and the sun. There is a shot attracted me a lot. At the beginning, a man was standing at the beach. After that, he backed to reality because of the CPR device. The character actually was lying down. It gives audience illusion because it filmed vertically. It works well and provides a spectacular effect to the audience.
Secondly, this movie is good at controlling details. For instance, the volume and effect of first aider’s voice are different when the man woke up and became conscious. At first, the voice of the first aider is like a little far away, such as the feeling after the plane just taking off. After a while, the voice gets clearer and louder when he said some important sentences about the story.
Next, there is one moment that the audio comes before the video. I haven’t noticed this in other movies. In my opinion, it can service the transitions of shots well. It is kind like a hint which can make the audience feel more acceptable about the change of shots. Besides, It also can get the attention of the audience. I afraid that I might misunderstand or miss some points. Thus, I did a research. I haven’t found an article about the advantage of it. However, I find its name called J-cut or pre-lapping.
Besides, I learned some tips about filmmaking. Firstly, we can do some trick by using the camera in filming. For example, they shot the shadow on the wall with sound to indicate the man jump from a building. Another one is they shot in the car. Because of blurred glass, the audience only can see the change of shapes and hear the sound to know the man fall down. Both of them works well in this movie.
Finally, the problem of this movie can not be ignored. At the beginning, there is a little mistake of props. When the man mixed juice and gasoline, the juice is even less than it when he drinks. It may because they shot the scene of drinking first then shot the scene of mixing. It’s not a big mistake because it’s not obvious. The other one is about a transition of shots. At 1:59, the camera is pushing forward to the man. It’s a close-up. Then the frame change to the flashback of him. When back to reality, it becomes to extreme close up. The shot changes too much for me. However, I am not sure if it is my own problem.