CELLMACRO-ANALYSIS

OLIVER CHATTWOOD

MISE-EN-SCENE

COSTUME• NUDE• HOSPITAL UNIFORM• OLD DRESSING GOWNWHEN THERE IS CLOTHING, IT IS FAIRLY NEUTRAL BY THE MAN AND THE VISITOR, BUT THE DR/NURSE IS IN FULL WHITE MAKING HIM A SYMBOL OF HEALTH AND HELP. THE NUDE ASPECT SHOWS US THAT HE IS IN HIS MIND AND THAT HE HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY FROM WHATEVER HE HAD.

PROPS• RAZOR BLADE- SUICIDE/MURDER WEAPON

USED TO CUT HIS EYES BECAUSE HE CANT GET RID OF THE IMAGES OF THE DYING WOMAN, SARAH, OUT OF HIS HEAD.

• PICTURES- DEPICTS HIS MEMORIES

• WHEELCHAIR- HE COULD POSSIBILITY IN A VEGETABLE STATE.

• TISSUE- HELPS WITH THE UNCONTROLLABLE DROOL BECAUSE E OF HIS VEGATIVE STATE.

MISE-EN-SCENE

SETTINGIT’S SET IN A BLACK AND WHITE PLAIN ROOM, THE ONLY COLOUR IS HIM, THE PICTURES AND THE BLOOD. THIS IS SEEN AS HIS MIND BROUGHT TO REALITY AS A HOLLOW AND EMPTY ABYSS. THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER BRIEF FLICKER AT ANOTHER SETTING OF WHICH IS A BLINDING WHITE BATHROOM WHERE THE DEATH OF SARAH HAPPENED.THE FINAL SETTING IS THE HOSPITAL TYPE BUILDING WHERE THE MAN IS BEING CARED FOR, WHICH AGAIN IS ALL WHITE EXCEPT FROM HIM AND HIS VISITOR.

LIGHTINGWHEN WE’RE IN HIS ‘MIND’ THERE IS A SPOTLIGHT THAT GRADUALLY GETS SMALLER AS YOU PROGRESS THROUGH THE FILM, THIS SYMBOLISES THE SANITY LEFT IN HIM AND WHEN HE WALKS INTO THE DARKNESS HE EMBRACES THE INSANE.IN THE OTHER TWO SETTING THE LIGHT IS VERY BRIGHT BUT NOT VERY VIBRANT AS IT IS ONLY WHITE AND IS VERY DULL.

MISE-EN-SCENE

CHARACTER MOVEMENT• THE MAIN CHARACTER BARELY

MOVES UNTIL HE HAS FLASHBACKS AND MOVES VERY SPORADICALLY.

• THE OTHER CHARACTERS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND RELAXED AS IF THEY’RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

FORMAT AND GENRE

FORMAT & GENRETHE CELL IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR

THAT HAS A RUNNING TIME OF 6 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS MAKING IT A

SHORT FILM

PURPOSE, GENERIC CONVENTIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

PURPOSE• THIS SHORT FILM WAS MADE TO GET THE

AUDIENCE THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE AS PEOPLE FIND HORRIBLE, IN THIS CASE MURDER/ SUICIDE.

• AS IT IS A SHORT FILM IT WOULD BE MADE TO MAKE NO PROFIT

• THE WAY IT FLICKERS BETWEEN VIOLENT SCENE AND THE MAN IS HOW IT SCARES THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU BARELY SEE THE DYING WOMAN HIS PSYCHOTIC OUTBREAK IS THE THING THAT’S SUPPOSED TO SCARE US.

GENERIC CONVENTIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

• THE HERO IN THIS IS THE GUY, GREG, HOWEVER HE CAN ALSO BE THE VILLAIN BECAUSE HE’S IN A FIGHT WITH HIMSELF BUT THE DARKNESS IN HIS MIND IS ALSO A VILLAIN.

• FURTHERMORE, IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT GREG IS THE PRINCESS AND NEEDS TO BE SAVED FROM HIMSELF AND THE DARKNESS WITHIN.

COMPARISON BETWEEN ANNABELLE AND CELL

ANNABELLEANNABELLE, HAVING A LARGER INPUT OF MONEY ALLOWED IT TO EXPLORE NEW REGIONS THEN CELL AND WOULD’VE ALLOWED IT TO CREATE BETTER QUALITY AND BETTER EDITED CONTENT, HOWEVER ANNABELLE ISN’T AS EFFECTIVE AT SCARING ITS AUDIENCE, IN MY OPINION, IT SEEMS VERY PREDICTABLE AND DOESN’T DO MUCH DIFFERENT THEN OTHER HORROR FILMS THAT USE DOLLS

CELL• CELL IS A VERY LOW BUDGET, LOW QUALITY

FILM WHICH EFFECTIVELY CONFUSES AND FREAKS OUT ITS AUDIENCE AS YOUR THROWN STRAIGHT INTO THE MIX WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANYTHING PRIOR AND LEAVES THE AUDIENCE THINKING, HAVING ONLY LEFT CLUES. THIS IS WHY I THINK ITS IS A BETTER HORROR THEN ANNABELLE BECAUSE IT DOES WHAT A HORROR IS SUPPOSED TO DO AND IT DOES SO VERY UNPREDICTABLEY.