Short film Analysis - Thomas Whitehead

Mise en scene:
The film is set in the present world. Based on students living in accommodation. The set takes place in 2 different flats and the outside world between the two locations. The actors are dressed very basically as they are portrayed as financially poor students. The main props are clocks, the box the main character apparently stole from his girlfriend, and also the pills the main character took at the beginning of the story but the end of the short film.

Sound:
The sound is diegetic, it is from the actual characters and along with the image it is reversed. However subtitles are provided. There is also non diegetic music in the background.

Narrative:
This is a very imaginative and I imagine difficult to film. As it involves only one camera that shoots the entire film. The film will have had to have been very well rehearsed and edited so that it works appropriately. The entire film is backwards. Meaning everything happens backwards. They have filmed the sequenced and then reversed it. However subtitles have been provided the correct way so we can tell what is happening and being said. I also like the idea that the main character is called "Emit" which is "Time" backwards.

Cinematography:
The film uses only one camera shot for the entire film. This is very well done, however we cannot try to use the technique as it isn't very cinematographic.

Titles/credits:
As the films starts, the credits are shown first which is very unusual however based on the backwards style of the film it is very suitable. As the film ends / begins a quote from Steve Jobs and the title "Tick Tock" is presented in front of a clock face.

This is obviously a film with a clear meaning, as shown by the usage of the quote from Steve Jobs.