Donna Massam

After watching other different groups movies i decided to review this particular movie as it was my favorite out of them all, i liked the main idea behind it and other ideas they placed with the footage afterwards.

Ive chosen this movie from Kirsty Sheehans blog.
The members involved in this group were, Kirsty Sheehan, Diana Sowter, James Scott and Stephanie Wooley.
'The movie is called 'Voices Within
I am going to be discussing Kirsty's edit of the movie.

One thing that first caught my eye was the fact that the man and woman are silhouetted and that the top half of the frame is dark (obviously this being from the ground) and the top half is light (obviously being from the sky). I couldn't make my mind up whether this worked or not because in one way i think that the darkness at the bottom of the frame sort of loses the character a slight bit but in another sense the bright contrast makes the silhouettes stand out more. But after watching it again, i noticed that my eyes are instantly drawn to the top of the silhouette, so the contrasting of the sky over rules the bottom darkness of the frame, so i would say that this is a strength to the movie. There is two separate occasions when this occurs.

The effect starts to work a little less as the movie gets towards the ending because the contrast isn't as bright and is a lot more duller, making it hard for your eyes to focus on the character walking, it makes your sort of become confused because their not too sure where to settle on the frame. I think here it could have been improved slightly by increasing the contrast to avoid the points above occurring.


I really like the added sound, the whispering, i think that this works really well and shows a narrative to the viewer (to me the movie seem as it is about a couple, i'm guessing the bloke has hurt the woman, she runs away and wants him to leave her alone but he wants her to take him back, she don't want to but then in the end, ends up taking him back). I also like how the volume has been lowered slightly as the movie becomes nearer towards the end, i think this works as quite a clear and effective narrative. Although i like the above effects i think there is room for improvement for example the same words are being repeated over and over again, maybe more of a dialogue could have been included to express more of an in depth story.

The title and end frames are very simple, I think that using this title display that they should have been placed in the same place for both the frames as this keeps a familiar feel to to the use and allows their eyes to move around the screen with more ease. The white colour for the text works well against the black background on the titles frame as it contrasts making it stand out and easier for the viewer to read, but the end text uses a slightly duller colour making it harder to see. It is also a good idea to keep the two different titles the same font size as this can also make it familiar for the user and easier to read.


I think the placing of the two texts both work well as the title has been placed at the beginning of the left side of the frame and the ending text is shown on the right side of the frame, portraying to the viewer beginning and end.