DepicT Past Short Film Entries

 Here are some of the previous years short film entries that I enjoyed and am inspired by:

1. Perfect Houseguest - By Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata

 A house is visited by a clean, organised, well-mannered guest.

 In this short film a small mouse is seen tidying up around someones house, they clean things up and set a picture frams straight on a wall in very creative ways. I really like the mix of animation and live action in this short film, the story is also quite comical and cute and I love the simplicity of it. They used tracking shots to follow the mouse's movements.

2. The Door In The Wall - By David Lilley and Stephen Gray

 Deep in the beautiful woods a little girl happens across a mysterious wall, but all is not as it seems in this enchanting short.

 In this video a little girl has found a large wall in the middle of a forest, she then hears a voice from the other side and is told to find a door because another girl is trapped, she then goes through the door and it shuts and locks behind her, leaving her in the same situation, the story then loops round to the beginning again. I really like the concept of this film and how the story is on a continuous loop which adds some mystery to it, they use eye-line matches, match on action and panning shots.

3. Finishing Touch - By Sebastian Cowan

 A housemaid gets creative when she finds two sleeping guests who have trashed their hotel room.

 In this film a housemaid in a hotel is seen entering a messy room with the two male guests still asleep in the bed, she decides to get some payback for the mess they have made by moving them into what they will find as an embarrassing position before leaving the room untouched. They use lots of zooming in this film to only focus on certain parts at a time and to not reveal the full picture till the end, they also use match on action as you see the woman changing their positions but don't see their final pose until the end, they also use eye-line matches.