Film 3: Bombita 

What did you like about the film? I liked the emotions portrayed by the actors and how it had lots of aspects of realism in it. It emphasized the plot, and it definitely works by attempting to connect to the audience, by using similar real-life struggles.	What didn’t you like? I didn’t particularly like the repetition of the same tone of the man throughout the whole short film, he just seemed miserable throughout, and it got quite repetitive, however it did show realism which I liked.
What ideas could you use? Narrative or style? I liked the variety of filming locations and set designs, it helped emphasize the narrative and made it more enjoyable to watch.	What ideas won’t you use? Why? I probably wouldn’t use the narrative, as I found it very repetitive. However, I did think it suited this film, I just wouldn’t use it for my film.

In-Depth study: All elements 

Feature	Example
Narrative structure	The short film had a very repetitive narrative structure, and lots of the scenes were at the towing companies and showed him struggling to get justice.
Establishing characters, setting, plot, theme	The characters had problems that focused on realism and were used in order to connect to the audience. For example, this scene shows him and his wife having marital problems.
Mise-en-scene	The mise-en-scene of the short film is heavily focused on the surroundings of the scenes, it emphasizes the other characters featured in the scenes, to give more of an effect to the performance of the main character.
Cinematography	An example of the cinematography in ’Bombita’ is this scene, in which the shot is taken as a POV of the ATM machine he is receiving the money from, it is cleverly used and potentially could be a metaphor for him assembling the bomb he uses to blow up the towing place.
Editing	The editing in ’Bombita’ is sudden and the scenes are shot suddenly to emphasize the quick impulsive decisions made by Simon.
Sound	An example of sound in ’Bombita’ is the explosion in the beginning, this could be used as a moment that foregrounds the catastrophe that is about to commence throughout the film.

Inspirations – what ideas did this film give you for your own short film? 

Cinematography/Sound/Editing: I got inspired by the cinematography in Bombita and how certain scenes foreground the others.	Narrative structure: From the narrative structure, I was inspired by the realism used and how the film conveys real life scenarios.
Establishing characters, setting, plot, theme:  I liked the way they involved the main character’s family because it let us view Simon in a more empathetic way, knowing his struggles at home.	Creating enigmas: I was inspired by the enigma of the ending and how it abruptly ended because of the main character’s anger and impulsive personality.

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In-Depth study: All elements

Feature	Example
Narrative structure	The narrative structure is shown in a linear timeline of events unfolding due to the plot point.
Establishing characters, setting, plot, theme	The husband being suspected of cheating is revealed by the bribe who figures out a girl he spoke to shares the number of his male guitar teacher, this as a result sends the bride into insanity. With the happy wedding getting thrown into chaos as the deception is revealed and sends the bride into further lunacy with them eventually making up to a slow dance.
Mise-en-scene	All set in a large fancy hotel, with the characters dancing in the centre of it and seats to the side, this makes the events in the film feel as if us as the viewers are amongst the guests in the crowd watching them.
Cinematography	By using rack focuses and close ups, this creates a more intimate sense between the viewer and the bride as we are seeing eye to eye the emotions she feels.
Editing	With long scenes and cross cutting editing is used to make some scenes feel longer to take in more info. With cross cutting it established a bridge between events in the film.
Sound	Trans-diegetic sound is used during the last scene as its left up to the viewers interpretation if that the music is still playing for them dancing despite the chaos caused throughout the film or it is simply non-diegetic for the viewers’ pleasure.

Tonal editing montage

Intellectual Montage

Metric Montage