Monday, May 9, 2016

I chose a short piece titled Chalk a short film. More specifically, I believe the editing of this film has made a significant contribution to the storytelling and feeling. There is a relationship of sounds to the images. Further, there is a non-diagetic sound such as a metaphoric sound (piano) added to the background. There are no people to be seen inside the school, but outside the school adds a metaphor of love between the boy and chalk drawing of a woman (mother). The sound provides an idea of unconditional love to the viewers. However, the content of this film focus on a boy using a chalk to draw, express the importance of love and being loved. The shots were organized in terms of the content through point of view sequence. First, the boy is running, stops before entering an empty classroom surprised. Second, he is staring at the chalks held in his hand while leaving the room. Third, a school security reacts in disbelief while looking at the boy chalk drawing on the floor. There are smooth and quick transitions of certain shots in the film. Also each shots focus on the movement of the boy moving place to place with a chalk. The cuts are obvious because it match the action between shots of the boy drawing on the floor. There are cuts taken from a long shot to a medium close up. Consequently, a full shot is placed at the end focusing on the boy and drawing.

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