Target Audience of connected

due to the fact that the film is all about three individuals dying due to acts of greed and selfishness, this film would be at least 16 and over.

 It also contains a lot of things that only an older individual would understand, such as why certain characters did what they did and their motives.

Connected's Techniques

Here are some of the most noticeable techniques of the short film:

Mise En Scene:

• Set: looks like a very stereotypical post apocalyptic enviornment, everything is barren and devoid of all signs of life except the three characters we see throughout the film, which gives us a clear indication where the film is set, which is after some sort of global disaster
• Costume:
•  Similarities: the costumes of all three characters are all the same and bear resemblance to the diving suit that used to be used years ago. These costumes as a whole reinforce the Apocalyptic setting, especially with what appears to be breathing tubes attached to them.
• The Tubes: since these tubes look like breathing tubes,  they specifically connotate that the air is highly toxic, so much so the two connected individuals need each others breath to survive, this implies that there is an uncanny sense of trust between these two individuals, and generally enforces the notion of survival and the lengths necessary to survive in this enviorment.
• Markings: The Markings on the characters foreheads, along with the colour of the non connected character, allows the audience to differentiate between the three characters

• Lighting: The lighting is very dark despite the fact the creators have included light from the sun, it is dark enough to enforce the barren feel the set gives off

Camera:

• Establishing Shots of the enviorment: Sets the scene, as the scene is emphasised by the fact there is more than one
• Two Shots of the connected Individuals: Shows unity, and a seemingly high sense of trust between the two, as they are shown to completely rely on each other to survive. And how one is very willingly able to help the other
• Long shots and close ups of the golden man watching the other two characters: Gives a sense that he is very important to what is going to happen in the film, makes the audience think about his intentions, since it introduces us to what seems to be a self breathing device, that is slowly running out

Editing:

• Longer takes of the connected individuals: this is so the unity of the two can be fully enforced, so that it is more striking when this unity is broken at the end of the film.
• Long takes of the dead bodies: this is so the audience can sympathise with them as much as possible, and to emphasise the negative impact of greed and selfishness

Sound:

• Heightens when introducing golden man and when he confronts the connected pair: this is to make him seem more apparent, and to almost alarm the audience to his presence, it also gives a sense of something very huge is about happen, especially when he confronts the connected pair
• eerie music when one of the connected disconnects and starts fighting:shows the recklessness of his actions, and signifies a massive turning point in the plot.

Existing Product Research 1

Film Name: Connected
Synopsis: Set in the distant future, Connected is a story about survival and greed with a post apocalyptic wasteland as its backdrop. Survivors of an unknown disaster shuffle through a desolate landscape, as it quickly becomes clear that not everybody has the strength to survive.



this is the first product that I will be analysing; it is a short film of the thriller genre.