depict-review

‘Lighter’-Harry Plowden The film appealed to me because of how serious the hidden meaning is behind something as simple as asking for a lighter, but it actually could be him asking for help. . The soundtrack works well as it is played along with him walking, while he replays the conversations he has had that day, so explains a lot in a little amount of time. We can also tell a lot about the character just by hearing these thoughts e.g. his current situation of having very little or even being homeless. The sound also changes along with the camera angle. The first shot is of the camera following the man, while he is constantly looking over his shoulder to show how he feels as though he is constantly being watched. As soon as this angle changes to a lighter being spotted on the floor, the voices stop, almost like it has been worth being let down, just by finding it in the end, even though no one has actually helped him. ‘Ideas are illegal’-Edward Bulmer This film is interesting and meaningful because we live in a world where ideas are powerful and the sole reason why we live the way we do, laws, cultures etc., and this film completely flips that and shows an alternative world where ideas are illegal and so that it’s obvious when this law is being broken, workers are made to wear light bulbs on they’re heads. The film is set within a factory and focuses on one worker who inevitably has an idea while looking through a microscope of some sort. His light bulb immediately lights up, at this point the camera angle switches to the viewpoint of the cctv camera catching him breaking this ‘law’. This is interesting because it creates perspective.