Short Film Analysis 3:

'Adrian' is another short film that I found particularly entertaining which was also created by the same people who made 'Memories' and 'The Return'. 'Adrian' is about two males, one being the main character and the other being Adrian. Adrian is a fragment of the main characters imagination and annoys him continuously. The main character eventually tries to get rid of him by shooting him but as he is in his imagination, he is always there.

I feel mise-en-scene and cinematography have the least effect on the film. The mise-en-scene does portray his personality with him playing games, on his phone, eating and drinking, which can be a stereotype of male teenagers with a very simple lifestyle. Having simple mise-en-scene is good in this short because it emphasises on his simple personality, which is why he is imagining a friend.

The feature I found most prominent in this one was the sound because there was dialogue, non-diegetic, which helped create the story along with diegetic dialogue and music. The music was quite comic to show Adrian's annoyance whereas the non diegetic dialogue was to show what he was thinking, which is ironic because this film is about Adrian who is just his imagination. The diegetic dialogue comes from Adrian who is nagging the main character to show who is the irritant between them.

The second most effective and important code must be the edit. Not for the cuts between shots, although they were used accordingly, but for the short time near the end when the shot went from black and white to colour and then back to black and white. The monochrome was used to imply the torment he is in caused by Adrian but to also show his very basic, monotone, personality he has - this could be why he has imagined this friend. The moment in which the screen faded to colour was when the main character shot Adrian to get rid of him to show his sense of relief and normality. It fades back to black and white when it becomes apparent that Adrian is only in his mind and so is always there and is back to annoying him again.