Lovefield – (Ratthe)
1) Thriller- |
Syntactic Codes
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Semantic Codes
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Rapid Editing to build tension
Typical theme of death/murder although
that
changes due to the untypical ending of a thriller
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Crow
Tattoo
Knife
Mysterious Soundtrack
Blood
Dark Lighting
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Drama-
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Syntactic Codes
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Semantic Codes
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Slow editing
Typical themes used
Typical ending of a happy ending
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Light Natural Lighting
Happy, Smiley Facial Expressions
Joyful Soundtrack
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2) Lovefield repeats conventions of its genre to help the
audience recognise the genre that is being conveyed. These conventions are used
in most typical genres such as in a horror dark settings are used, this
instantly represents a typical genre. Although Lovefield used typical
conventions in the short film via the thriller codes such as a crow and a
bloody knife it also varied the conventions by having untypical ending to the
film, this made the audience question the genre of the short film as it has an
opposite ending to what was expected.
The short film format is a variation on feature length films
as it condenses the conventions, syntactic and semantic codes into a 5minute
short film rather than a 2hour film. This shows that codes and conventions if
used in the right way can convey a genre quickly and effectively simply by
using typical understandable effects.
3) This short film is a good example of a classical hybrid, it
starts off by making the audience feel uneasy and thinking the film is a
thriller due to the conventions and codes used through the majority of the
film, including the tattoo on the man’s arm and the fast editing used,
throughout the film we as an audience feel as though the short film is a
thriller about murder it’s not until the last 45 seconds that our opinions
change about the man’s character and realise he has helped a women give birth,
it is then we realise the film is not a thriller after all.
