Over - John Threlfall

Over (2015) is film that follows a crime scene, based on a true life event in a small neighbourhood, however, does so in reverse chronological order. The film begins with a slow shot of a quiet residential road in the late evening, shown by time stamps in the bottom left hand corner. The next shot jumps to the next evening with a couple returning from a day out, with a woman seeing a bunch of flowers and note of the kerb by her house, this leads us to believe that a accident has occurred. Continuing on, we cut to what seems to be a cleaner cleaning blood off the road. The next shots contain a man lying dead on the road, with shots of the evidence collection and later the police turning up to corner of the crime scene. The film contains many long shots and minimal sound, creating a mysterious feel and element of pure tragedy. Throughout the film, we are left wondering how the man ended up there, an attack or a fight, the audience does not find until the shocking last shot of the film, as the man falls out of the sky on to the street. This film is based on the true life story of Jose Matada, who fell out of a British Airways plane in 2012, after hiding in the landing gear of the plane.

Cinematography - The cinematography is a key micro-elements in this short, as there is little dialogue throughout so it is used to tell the story in the same way that dialogue can. The short consists of many long static shots showing the progression of the situation in reverse order. With long shots of life carrying on after, police arriving, and the original accident. Each shot uses a different angle of the scene, with little to no close ups in this short. Throughout the film, some of the long shots are cut in between with scenic shots of the trees or tense shots of the body being taken away, the police conversing creating a tense atmosphere.

Mise-en-scene - There are small elements throughout the film which create the feeling of a crime scene to the film, although the surroundings have been created to seem like an everyday environment, the mine-en-scene makes this possible. With shots of the 'man' possessions, including a photo graph of his family, making the audience empathetic and creating more upset with the situation as we realise that the victim had a family. To the simple use of a bouquet of flowers and a note left on the side of the kerb to commemorate the man and the tragedy.

Sound - There is little to no dialogue in this film, with sound mainly being filled with background noise and no real conversation to the camera happening. The sound is enhanced in this film, creating a eerie and silent feel to the film. There are pockets of sound that indicate what is happening, with muffled conversations of the police over the walk talkies and the man ringing the police. Each sound is accentuated and without any dialogue, the film to me become more moving and intriguing. Personally, I think the use of no sound leads to more powerful cinematography and other micro-elements as they have to be used to perfectly to create a convincing story and create emotions amongst the audience and draw them in.