There is a brilliant use of mise-en-scene in this film. Firstly, the low key lighting used creates a mysterious atmosphere through the continuous use of shadows being created; there is a blatant sense that something bad is about to happen - 'but what?' the audience asks themselves - this makes them feel uneasy, on edge, yet excited at the same time. The best factor of mise-en-scene used within this film would have to be the spectacular use of the singular prop - the car. In this scene we can see a hit and run, where the car smashes into the main character and kills him. This is where his 'ghost' or 'spirit' comes back, however he now realises his life and relationship with his younger brother, Ali, is now over. Using the car as a prop in this short film we can see how it is made much more realistic and extremely dramatic - the sudden shot of a car smashing into a man surprises and shocks the audience, in this jaw dropping scene.
The camera work in this film is also nicely used. Once again, the emotions created in the car accident scene are reinforced by the effective use of camera work; the positioning of the main characters distorted body lying in the centre of the frame gathers all the audience's focus - we can see that the main character is fatally injured and helpless - we, as an audience feel sad and sorry for him. Another use of camera work would be the point-of-view shots. When the main character stumbles into the kitchen in search for his brother, a point-of-view shot is used. This marks the characters confusion as he looks around where he notices a note written by his brother. Again a P-O-V shot is repeated when he reads the note; the audience are put in his shoes as a voiceover of his brother reads out the run-away note. As an audience an insight to what he may be feeling is created, this being guilt and loneliness.
The soundtrack within this film is also very important. Following on from the previous point, the voiceover that has been used when the character reads his brothers note is extremely effective in portraying the character's guilt. As his brother is of a very young age his voice sounds sensitive and vulnerable, this not only pulls on the heart strings of the character, but also the audience. In addition, much of the soundtrack used is slow and sad. Slow tempos combined with softness and quietness evokes the feelings of sadness throughout the scenes. This occuring music is introduced after the car accident: as he comes back and realises his life and family are precious, the combination of the music states a powerful epiphany.
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