'The Ganzfeld Procedure' - by Keith McCarthy

http://www.youtube.com/futureshorts?has_verified=1#p/u/14/1a5XOQ5dE0E

The short film starts with the mise en scene showing us that it is set in an experiment setting with a voice-over explaining the procedure; therefore giving us a better understanding of what's going on. As the music starts we can see that its going to be a fun/enjoyable journey as the music is upbeat and nice.

We get what look like memories or old tape recordings of the females past as a young girl, as they are slightly unclear and miss sections out it shows that her memory is slightly hazing which adds realism to the film as when your young you don't remember everything. As lots of low angle shots are used it shows they are point of view shots looking up at her relatives as a young girl which suggests that it is her memories of the past. Due to there being lots of colours suggests that she is still young and seeing things all bright and cheerful. It also suggests how difficult it is for her to try and remember the past, its all blurry and uncertain. The use of the non-diegetic sounds of 'swishing' show that time has pasted.

One of my favourite shots is the close up shot of her bare skinned against a black background, with a slight hint of pink lip gloss on and smoking a cigarette (blowing out smoke), its effective as she is sucking it in not blowing it out which shows that the effects have been reversed and creates a sense of time going backwards.

Another shot i feel that is affective is the close up shot of her drinking wine from a wine glass and the light shinning on her face and the glass, as as we have seen her childhood we are now experiencing what she does as an adult and the dangers of growing up and not being vulnerable and naive. Over these few different clips of her drinking there is a sinister/dark sound effect which emphasises the idea of as you grow up your not safe any more.

The quick cuts between different memories creates an effective and realistic view of what's going on in her head and how quick other thoughts/memories take over other ones, it creates a very powerful sense of us as the viewers understanding what she is going through. As the memories are of normal things, like putting lipstick on as a young child it makes it target a large amount of people and draws them in as it reminds us of out childhoods.

I feel that the genre of this short film is a romantic mock documentary as we get flashbacks of the girls life and how she meets the other man - it follows her through her journey. The target audience for this short film would be a possible age of 16-30 as its unique and fun and shows memories that most people have experienced making it add realism.

Overall i feel this short film is very unique and effective by the use of flashbacks and makes me think that flashbacks would be a good effect to use in my short film as i want viewers to feel how i did towards 'The Ganzfeld Procedure' in my short film.