Depict Reviews

Scarecrow:

https://www.depict.org/2018/scare-crow/?category_request=2018

When watching this short film, I had a particular interest in certain elements of it that I feel, made it very sucessful. I liked the unique and wide variety of camera angles that was used in order to give the film a sense of professionalism. They used drone shots, shallow depth of field shots, tracking shots and many more. I also thought the narrative was fairly interesting, keeping me enticed for the entire length of the film. I liked the way that at the start, a happy serene atmosphere is created. This is then contrasted from the rest of the film, as much more tension is built through the use of the music, dark lighting effects used and quick, short clips that were edited together to build the tension even further. Overall, in my opinion it was a good film with an understandable narrative and an effective and unpredictable ending.

Cool Unicorn Bruv:

https://www.depict.org/2013/cool-unicorn-bruv/?category_request=picks

I liked this film mainly due to its large use of comedy throughout. The narrative uses many jokes from all characters during the film that helps to create the comedic effect. In my opinion the personas that the characters perform make the narrative and jokes much funnier. The use of a small variety of normal clips such as close ups, medium shots, and long shots help to maintain the focus on the characters to make the narrative much more understandable. Although the narrative is not extremely complex or out there, it definitely highlights the comedic element sucessfully and the concept is amusing.