Analysis of a student film

Melcs
Mis-en-scene:
        Costume:
The characters are meant to be something like street smart criminals but from the costumes look more like they are just wearing any old clothes. (scarf, hat, etc.) The fact there clothes are so clean also distracts from the idea that its set in a grungy environment. In the picture on the right, it shows the grungy environment but the bright and clean clothes, this distracts the viewers attention from the actual film.

Lighting:
All the lighting in the video is natural lighting, which in some of the environments makes it look very bright so it is both low key and high key. This seems quite nice to me and would show the comedy and the dark of the gangster sort of feel.

Actors:
Some of the actors in this opening are good while others are not so good. The part where the two 'fools' walk into the person who they chase, the acting from the person by himself seems quite good, however they two fools trying to pull off the silly but funny approach doesn't seem to go so well with what is happening and is not funny. The running seems a bit lacking as well as some of the other actions, like when they run up the plank. This also distracts the viewer, showing poor acting.

Make-up:
There is no visible make up in this as stereo typically men do not wear make-up so if they are, it has not been touched on. It would have also looked out of place in a film of this genre and style.

Props: 
The main props used in this will be the phones, this shows that the film would be set in modern days. When they lose the person they are chasing, they start talking about finding him on google maps on his phone, showing that they may be tech savvy people, however this goes against the characters they were portraying, which is fools.

Setting: 
The setting seems to be in abandoned buildings and ruined buildings, this could be to show that there is a grungy feel to the film, along with the large amount of spray paint in the back ground. The setting itself could show that what is going on is away from the majority of people, like on the outskirts of a town, so that they may be outside the law.

Editing:
The edited opening for the film, with the production company on, is good but seems out of place once you have watched the full opening as no guns are shown and gunshots are heard. There is some text overlaying the slow beginning of the opening, this is done to a good effect as nothing is going on to distract the viewer. The cuts are done fairly well but a few of them are out of time and could have been a second or two shorter, as it looks like someone is just stood still and then moving. However the majority of the edits are well done and I can not fault them.

Camera shots
They use a wide range of camera shots in this opening, from two shots to pov shots. The majority of the shots is used to a good effect and shows good camera skills. The shots used set the scene and give a good idea of where the film is set.

Sound
The sound bridge from the cinematic opening to the live action phone calls is terrible, with it just cutting. The voices are dubbed over in order to be clear but they must have done it with a bad microphone as the sound quality isent very good, as well as the fact it goes from having ambient sound to just there voices, and distracts from what they are saying. The music in some parts also seems out of place for the action taking place (bad acting included)
Enigma
The opening raises a fair ammount of questions:
Who are these people and why are they after the person?
Where are they?
What are they doing there?