Getting Plastic Surgery From A Back Alley To Go On The Run (Will Price)

Fallen Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7HMz1WKkso&feature=channel

• I feel that this is probably one of the more poetic if slightly surreal and psychotic short films that i have seen, i like how it is open to debate as to whether its just about a group of insane soldiers or if its a rather deep interpretation of certain pieces of art based on the fallen in battle. I have to say that this was how i saw it, maybe its me being over-analytical, but to me it says something about capitalizing out of the war dead.

• Another thing i am especially impressed at is during the lead up to any actual dialogue, as the camera rises in a close up of the scaffolding of the tower and you see a screaming blur shoot past, the building seamlessly melds into the commanding officers tunic. This is something I'm sure we could play with in our film, although the match on action part would require a lot more thought as ours wont be an animated film.

• When it comes to sound, i believe that the best bit is the fact that the dialogue is quite literally jibberish. The way the colonel' only explanation for why he is throwing his mnen is 'blah blah blah'. To me, this says that no matter what those in power in the army say, the patriotism, for king and country, all the folks at home. No matter what they say they, its just empty words created specifically to make you willingly kill yourself.

• In terms of Mise En Scene i thought that the touch of having the bloated man all of this is being performed for shed a single tear was incredibly wise. It said that those in power were lying to themselves in order to try and live with what they had done, namely, send many to their deaths for what seems meaningless and pointless. Slightly somber thought but quite possible.