The skin I live in.
Point: We are looking at how you can denote the genre of a film without the dialogue.
What do we see?
- The man with tattoos on his face is watching a woman through a screen. - creepy and surveillance.
- Low key lighting is used. - dark at mysterious atmosphere is created.
- The woman is looking at a camera, she looks scared. - possibly kidnapped / fighting for her life.
- Distorted body types, writing on a body. - medical procedures.
- Man in a suit walks through somewhere that has a lot of trees and finds a woman on the floor.
- He uses a hose on a man who is chained up. - violence and unwanted procedures.
- Man looking at cells through a microscope. - symbolic of medical procedures, possibly futuristic technology.
- Women in a nude bodysuit tries to escape but someone outside is attempting to stop her.
- Girl hiding under a bed. - scared / kidnapped
- There is presence of guns. - violence and this prop indicates action and crime.
- Red, black, and white colour palette. - symbolic of dark content possibly a thriller.
Genre:Psychological thriller.
Analysis:
Man bites dog.
- Guns
- Violence
- Action
- Dead bodies
- Isolated locations Crime, gangster > elements of comedy > black comedy
- High speed chases
- Facial expressions
- Body language
- Non-diegetic sound
Narrative:
Serial killer Being followed by a group of filmmakers who make a film of his life
Analysis: