wild tales 2 : the rats/las ratas

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Film 2: The Rats/Las Ratas 

What did you like about the film? I enjoyed watching the film because of the narrative and characters.  What didn’t you like? I didn’t like the abrupt ending as it left me confused on certain aspects of the plot. 
What ideas could you use? Narrative or style? I would use the space that was used as it was a good location.  What ideas won’t you use? Why? I would maybe add more of an ending, as it was quite abrupt, and the ending left us with a lot of unanswered questions about the plot.  

In-Depth study – Mise-en-scène 

Feature Example – how does it convey meaning or create an effect 
Set Design   The set conveys a simple American-styled diner, in which there is a kitchen and a bar that is in the diner itself. 
Costume     The costume is typical restaurant staff attire, the chef wears a cooking apron, and the waitress wears a nice dress with a short apron. The customer wears smart business wear to emphasize his business job and dark persona. 
Space     The space is based off an average kitchen diner. 
Lighting   The lighting in the kitchen is slightly green toned, perhaps to imply the sick concept of the poison. The diner, though, is dark to potentially emphasize the dark background of the character who had killed the waitress’s family. 
Composition  The diner is put together as a nice, sweet diner, this is not shown because of the dark nature of the scene and what happens. 
Hair and makeup   The hair and make-up of the characters show typical, normal hair and make-up, perhaps the dark lipstick shade of the waitress suggests her revenge and anger for the customer. 
Inspirations – what ideas did this film give you for your own short film? 
Cinematography/Sound/Editing: 
I was inspired by the cinematography as I liked the variety of shots and how they were taken, as well as the location. 
Narrative structure: 
I enjoyed the narrative of the film, so would maybe use the way that he was from her past and hurt her family which caused her revenge. 
Establishing characters, setting, plot, theme:  
I would perhaps use similar aspects of the theme of revenge in my film. 
Creating enigmas: 
The ending left a lot of enigmas, so would perhaps use a mysterious ending of mine, not the same though as I was confused with this one’s ending. 

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