Short Film Research: Etreintes (Embraced)

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a. Common Sound in your genre

This animation was scored with a dark and heavy violin. The somber aesthetic of the music helps to illustrate the woman's inner conflict, as she is torn between her husband and lover. The dietetic sounds of rain also help to frame her sadness and fit it into a box of the convention: rain=sad.

b. Common Mis-En-Scene (CLAMPS) in your genre

As this was an animated short, none of the traditional mis-en-scene will have the same conventional application it would with real live actors. The biggest thing for me is the way that the artist played with light. They created a very somber and dark world made of shades of black, white, and grey, which I haven't seen the likes or beauty of since I went on a 1920's movie binge.

c. Common Editing in your genre

The editing in this short was mostly comprised of cutaways/flashbacks to when the woman was with her lover. There were also a lot of Closeups, which showed the tension in the short. The woman's inner conflict and her husband's confusion/anger.

d. Example films of your genre

Hotel Desire

All Too Well: The Short Film 

Munchausen

La Jetée

Hotel Chevalier 

Antoine and Colette

In a Heartbeat (II)

e. What elements of the genre that you like?

I liked that this short was animated in the way it was. I like how the sound was so delicate yet said so much about the characters.

f. What elements of the genre do not appeal to you?

I did not love the concept of this short. Although it was beautiful, and i'd even go as far to say heart-wrenching, it's not necessarily a romance of love. It's a romance of doubt and deceit


, which made it a hard watch

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