Convention Research: Nuit Blanche


 This short film was very simple and short, but with a supernatural twist. Most of it takes place in slow motion and the entire film is in black and white. It begins with an establishing shot of the scene’s settings and immediately cues the non-diegetic music that plays throughout. 

There weren’t too many different types of CAMS, CLAMPS, sound, and editing in this film. Since it is in black and white, it also isn’t that easy to distinguish the types of lighting. There is a lot of cutting between each character. Each cut either features a close up, mid shot, or full shot of the person. There are some over the shoulder shots that are used since both characters are looking at each other. The costuming is a bit more old school compared to now. That is mean to match the setting which also seems to take place in an earlier time. The props like the car also give away the time period because it is clearly an older car model. There is also some uses of zooming throughout the film. It seems to be used for mostly dramatic effect.

One of the greatest parts of this short film is the black and white mixed with slow motion. It paired well with the setting as well as how there was a unnatural aspect of the film. For example example, when the lady wakes through the glass without effort or when the car ran into the man and he was perfectly fine but the car was destroyed. It was truly interesting to watch.

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