Textual Analysis of Existing Short Film-'The Camera'

I am going to textually analyse a short film which has gave me inspiration for the storyline for my short film. The film is called 'The Camera' by Peter Lewis and has been shown at many film festivals and short film websites.

CAMERAWORK:
- starts with a long shot of her standing in the middle of a beach/desert.
- there is a low shot of her walking.
- uses a hand held shot to make her adventure more realistic.
- the camera focuses on her with the background blurred.
- then a over the shoulder shot showing the beach house.
- she opens the door and suddenly fades to black.
- a birds eye view of her walking up the stairs.
- there is many close ups on her face after taking the pictures and she gets happier every time.
EDITING:
- starts with a black screen then the title appears and cuts to the first shot with the title still in the centre.
- there are extreme cuts between different shots.
- after opening the door it fades to black.
- it jump cuts between her looking at the abandoned beach house then to walking up the stairs to the house.
- when she takes a picture on the polaroid camera the scree flashes to white to show the light.
SOUND:
- the natural sounds are extremely loud to create a realistic atmosphere of the beach.
- there is calm and peaceful music in the background all the way through.
- there is no dialogue as there is only one character.
- when walking through the grass the foot steps are loud.
- when she opens the door and music highlights it which is a good example of music visualisation.
- there is a sound effect when she takes a photo.
by the end of the short film the natural sounds have got louder e.g. her breathing to 
emphasise her rushing.
MISE-EN-SCENE:
Location
1. walking through a desert.
2. finds an abandoned house.
3. walks around the rooms.
4. the beach.
Costume- she is wearing a grey vest top with a cream vintage long skirt with bare feet to show she's on an adventure.
Lighting- is natural lighting but has light on her face to emphasise her facial expressions and emotions.

Overall I like the concept of this short film and how her imagination runs wild, this has gave me inspiration for the storyline of my own short film. I like how they have made the natural sounds louder as it makes it realistic and sets the scene of the location. I also like the idea of making a short film about an object. They used continuity editing with long takes which I didn't think was so effective. However i like the use of different distanced shots e.g. long take to close up low shot. I like the transitions they have used like fading to white or black as it creates a mystery. The camerawork was interesting as they played around with the camera focusing, i like how they would either focus on the character or the background to show the importance in the scene.