Depicts Videos Analyses:

Depicts Videos Analyses:
After watching some videos from the depicts competition i have came up with two of my favourites in witch i will be talking about.

The first video i really liked was the "Le Chavel 2.1"

-Genre
To start i would say that the video Le Chavel 2.1 is a comedy. The reason i say this is because of the story behind it. On the video they tell a story of a man who wants to be free like a horse when in reality he is a cow. I think that they choose the perfect actor for this story simply because of its facial expressions really made it clear of how he was feeling, that he really wanted to be a horse, and the way he was galloping like a horse really made the video more powerful and made me think that in the end he would turn out to be a horse.

-Mise in scene
Looking at the mise-en-scene i can tell that the shots were recorded in a countryside location. Most of the shots were wide, long and medium shots. This was to capture the wide fields, trees, grass, hills, fences and rivers. In my opinion the reason this was done was to give away more of the countryside location and make it more realistic because the countryside is where we normally find horses running free like the actor was. 
-Camera
In this video there was not many camera movements used; after watching it i found one camera movement on the end which was a steady slow zoom to the main character as he walked away from us. Although there was not much camera movement there were more camera angles for example a high angle from the tree looking down on him running. However most of the shots were taken from a straight on angle with different shots distance. For me what actually made the shots really good was the use of different shot distance.
-Editing 
The editing on this video is quite simple and it follows the continuity sequence pretty well. First of all i would like to mention the fact that the video is all in black and white, this gives it a more classic feeling especially because it also fits well with his outfit witch was a black and white suit. The other method of editing was the pace of the video itself, some shots were put in slow motion to show the character dramatic actions. The first shot itself is a long tape simply because it goes on for a very long time. The 180 degree rule was followed until a point. For example he was always running from the left to the right however on the last few shots he changed direction from right to left. I think this change of direction makes it more comic because it implies that he is just running free with no destination.
-Sound
On the Le Chavel video we could find all the three elements of the soundtrack. We can find some music, some sound effect and most of all the dialogue. Well during the whole video there was a music track. The music track seemed to be done by a pianist especially made for this media. Another thing that went on throughout the whole video was sound effect. To make it look more old style they applied the burning of a fire sound into the whole of the media. Lastly the dialog which in this case was the narration, also went on during the whole video. The fact that they decide to make the narration in french made it more interesting simply because french sounds more posh.
-Narrative
The narrative on this media is very simple however it is very comic. Like i have mentioned before the story is about a man who wants to be a horse but really he is a cow. Because of the narration the story is basic and very simple to follow.Although the story is simple I think it is very interesting and it always keeps our attention; there is not a second where my mind floated away during this 90 seconds video.
-Identification
At the start of the film we see a man running down the field. To begin we do not know much about this actor, but then we are taken into slightly closer shot of him. Then we have voice overs telling us about him and how he feels. Straight away we know that he is the main protagonist for the moment. All throughout  the film we was not told who the actor is or where he comes from so identification in this short film is hard. However we know one small detail about him, all his life he wanted to be like a horse but he is like a cow. I think the way the film is constructed makes it very easy for the audience to connect with the main character.
-Suspense
As this is a short film for a competition there was not a lot of suspense into it. However I can guarantee that there was some suspense in it. As the main actor was running and the voice over was rising and getting slightly faster, there was slow suspense building because we as a audience was desperate to know if he really was a horse. This is because towards the end of the film he kept on repeating "If I was a horse", leaving the audience more hungry for the answer.


My second favourite depict video  was an animated video named "Return"