Research into similar films

Before we created our film I looked online for some other short films with similar genres or storylines. We thought this could give us some inspiration or tips to help ensure our film worked correctly or show us what mistakes not to make.


The baby monitor
This is a short film about a mother who puts her baby to bed and then has some kind of psychological break down. This short is similar to ours in the sense that she seems very isolated, it has a very overall confusing message and there is no final explanation the audience gets to interpret for themselves what they think is happening.

Darkened room

This short film similar to ours creates a confusing and un nerving atmosphere that makes you feel psychologically uncomfortable. It uses long takes in a single isolated location to create this atmosphere and also has no final explanation. The film is made uncomfortable by its unnatural use of constant and repetitive sounds.

Doodlebug

This is a noir styled surreal film with a simple story line, however the scenario doesn't make sense which creates the weird mysterious atmosphere. The use of a good actor has created a nervous and thrilling story as you feel the characters discomforts as he tries to squash a smaller version of himself. Yet again this film has no final explanation.

Overall we feel these films are very effective and are good examples of some of the criteria we would like to use in our film. Also we can see what element we feel aren't effective or that could be improved on to help achieve similar moods and atmospheres.