Thursday, 23 September 2010

Shane Meadows - The Stairwell

Shane Meadows created this 40 second short film - 'The Stairwell' for The NOKIA Shorts Competition. It was shot on a mobile phone and in my opinion a perfect example of the freedom short film allows a director to have.


-Meadows uses his own version of a steadycam by having the camera attched to the woman's body. This creates a floaty, panicky feeling for the audience.

-The male character is produced from behind. His face is hidden, adding to the mystery and automatically making the audience assume that he is dodgy.

-The music played a big part in manipulating the audience's expectations as it was quite dramatic, building up tension only to reveal the anti-climax.

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