Lovefield is a very clever short film and was very well executed. The opening of Lovefield is very puzzling, as you are not sure as an audience where the location is, the background music sounds like a soundtrack from a thriller film and the colours are very monotonous. For example, instead of the sky being blue, it is a deep grey colour. Also, you continuously see a crow, which represents death. This factor makes you feel like something bad is about to take place.
In the first three minutes of the film, the audience is lead to believe that a woman could be being raped and about to be murdered. However, this is not the case. The main way that you are influenced to believe that this is happening is the camera movement. The camera helped to create this misinterpretation as it slowly revealed significant objects throughout the short film, such as blood on a towel and most memorable, a knife being forced into the ground by a man’s hand. You also see some of the woman’s body shaking and covered with blood. Another way that you are lead to believe that something horrific is taken place is the location of the short film. It is set in the in a corn field out in the middle of nowhere.
The actual plot of the short film is then revealed. The woman who you believed was allegedly being raped and killed was in fact giving birth with the help of the man, who soon reveals himself as a farmer type character. The audience then discovers that the theme of Lovefield is prejudice. In conclusion, the camera work in the short film was very effective as it did not show the audience much of the setting. You just see specific objects which you would associate with a horrific crime. It is not until the end, in which the camera shots get much wider where you can see what is actually occurring. More so, the location and weather turns very bright and sunny, this reflects the happy atmosphere and signifies the birth of life. Overall, I very much liked the idea of Lovefield and believed that is was executed extremely well. It made me think that you should never judge a book by its cover which is the main purpose of the film.
In the first three minutes of the film, the audience is lead to believe that a woman could be being raped and about to be murdered. However, this is not the case. The main way that you are influenced to believe that this is happening is the camera movement. The camera helped to create this misinterpretation as it slowly revealed significant objects throughout the short film, such as blood on a towel and most memorable, a knife being forced into the ground by a man’s hand. You also see some of the woman’s body shaking and covered with blood. Another way that you are lead to believe that something horrific is taken place is the location of the short film. It is set in the in a corn field out in the middle of nowhere.
The actual plot of the short film is then revealed. The woman who you believed was allegedly being raped and killed was in fact giving birth with the help of the man, who soon reveals himself as a farmer type character. The audience then discovers that the theme of Lovefield is prejudice. In conclusion, the camera work in the short film was very effective as it did not show the audience much of the setting. You just see specific objects which you would associate with a horrific crime. It is not until the end, in which the camera shots get much wider where you can see what is actually occurring. More so, the location and weather turns very bright and sunny, this reflects the happy atmosphere and signifies the birth of life. Overall, I very much liked the idea of Lovefield and believed that is was executed extremely well. It made me think that you should never judge a book by its cover which is the main purpose of the film.
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