alien abduction short film: analysis

cinematography:
I really like the cinematography in this short film. they open with a nice establishing shot of the scenery and where the short film will be based. the location choice is also very good because corn fields have been used in other alien movies such as signs. then it changes to a long shot of the subject walking closer to the camera. the film also used lots of un-steady camera work to give it a sense of realism and make you feel like you are there. then it uses an aerial/crane shot to get an overview of the subject running into the field. then a close up of the dogs collar, this indicates that the dogs has gone missing or taken.


sound: the sound at the beginning is a very lonely sound, with the noise of crickets and birds, this suggests that there is not anyone around and gives a sense of enigma and mystery to what is going to happen. then a very high pitch piano tune comes in with a mixture of violin, this gives a very creepy and dark feel to the scene. then the sound goes to diegetic sound of the wind building up and sounds of a storm and the dialogue. the sounds of the building storm represents the building of tension in the current moment of the film.


titles: when the title is shown in the opening sequence it shows the words 'alien abduction', but the way it is shown is very clever, the camera is in a Point of view (POV) shot looking up through the field of corn towards the sky and the title is coming down from the sky. the words alien abduction could represent a UFO coming down from the sky to come and abduct someone.