ashley moren

My ideas for this film came from dreams, and our bodies reactions to them. As we are dreaming we are watching helplessly because our muscles are momentarily paralyzed. Although the reason for dreams is unknown there are still symbolic meanings behind some of the things we are seeing and hearing while we dream. For my connection with winter, I wanted to connect the water shots with the flooding issues that have been going on around the state. To see water in your dreams symbolizes your unconscious and emotional state of mind. Different forms and types of water stand for different things. Running water represents meditation and reflection, clean calm water represents you are in tune with your spirituality. I wanted the clips to flash in and out of the woman sleeping and show the static and blurry visions that we have when we dream. And also to raise the question.. What does a dream look like outside of our sleep?

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"Lovefield"

In this short film it is separated into drama, suspense and horror parts to create this up and down of emotions throughout the different scenes. Most of the clips are slower at first to make you feel like your leading up to the drama that’s about to happen. Up until the very end of the film you think something bad is going to happen because of the disturbing noises coming from the woman and the dead cell phone. The crow is always calling out to something throughout the whole film and I think its trying to tell the old man that something bad is happening, which gives it a more creepier feel. When the knife gets stabbed into the ground we assume that the man has killed the woman because of the low, dark music. Towards the end when we find out that the woman was actually in labor, the soothing music and smiling of the characters gives a sense of relief because we then know she was not being harmed.

As for the sound, there was no dialogue throughout the whole film. Both the diegetic sound and the non-diegetic sound is what made the film have suspense and drama. Some of the diegetic sounds were from the crow, the squeaking of the sign, the knife, cell phone, and the laughing towards the end. The non-digestic sounds were throughout the whole film as well, which was more scary and horrific during the beginning and peaceful at the end. Some of the diegetic sounds seem to start before the subject was actually in the picture, such as the cell phone, the woman crying, and the sign squeaking. I think this is what makes the suspense really strong because the viewer is waiting to see the sound, and the camera is moving so slow that I was expecting to see a sudden movement or noise.

The lighting throughout most of this film seems to be natural except for the part where the farmer opens the trunk. There seems to be some sort of set up lighting because his whole body is shinning in an odd way. Also when he kneels down to hand the blanket to the woman, his whole body seems to be lit up in a really awkward way compared to the woman and her baby. The lighting on him seems to be more shiny and not as warm and natural, which is under-lighting.

The beginning couple seems where the grass is swaying through the wind is very slow and the camera moves from a variety of different angles, such as low-angle, high-angle, and close ups. Some of the editing devices used are the dissolve, such as in the beginning when the camera is moving through the field. At the end when the woman has her baby, she and the farmer look at each other and smile, which is a reaction shot, we get to see the reactions of both characters. The farmer is dressed in overalls and looks dirty and sweaty, just as a normal farmer would. The viewer doesn’t get the confirmation that he is an actual farmer until the end when the camera zooms out of the area they are in and you can see the tractor and its tracks where he must have saw the woman and stopped to help.