1. In thisestablishingshot,we are insideawheat
farm followingablue butterfly.The movementis
slow andsteadywitha relaxingnon-diegeticscore
inthe background.Thissuggeststhatnothinghas
happenedyetwhichcanaddtensionasthe
audience can’ttell if somethingbigisaboutto
happen.Additionally,the coloursinthe scene have
beeneditedsoeverythingapartfromthe butterfly
looksalmostgrey.Thistherefore makesthe
butterflystandoutmore as itis blue whichcould
suggestthatthe herointhe filmisin a fieldof
darknesslike the butterfly.
In thisclose-upshot,we see whatseemstobe the
protagonistclaiminghe wasmurderedhoweveras
he is alive inthe shot,we presume thisisbefore he
was murdered.Moreover,the ideaof the character
beingmurderedbutstill speakingmakesthe
audience abitconfusedbutstill tense astheynow
know he is eventuallygoingtobe murdered.
Additionally,the scene now containsdiegeticand
non-diegeticmusicasthe characteris speaking and
the score isstill quietlyoninthe background.
In thisclose-upshot,the scene hasswitchedtothe
protagonistlayinginwhatseemstobe hisbedina
similarpositontowhathe was ininthe lastshot.
Thismeansthat the shot hasbeenspecifically
editedtocreate an effectonthe audience.Also,
the shot haslow-keylightingwhichmakesitharder
for the audience tosee if anythingiscomingwhich
createstension.Aswell,there isnarrationcoming
fromthe protagonistwhichisnon-diegeticasthe
speechisnarration.
2. In thisside-onshot,we see the protagonistwith
bloodonhisface meaningthathe is badly
injured.Moreover,he islookinguptothe
soldierswithadesperate lookastheysaythey
are goingto letone of themgo. Additionally,the
speechfromthe soldiersisdiegeticsoundand
the score whichwaspreviouslyinthe
backgroundplayingquietlyisnotplaying
anymore meaningthatthere isnonon-diegetic
soundinthe scene.Thisaddsa sense of realism
to the shot as you can onlyhear whatyou can
see whichtherefore makesthe scene more
attractive to the audience asthe soundseems
real.
In thisworms-eye-view shot,we see the
protagonistsittingonthe flooreatingwhilethe
soldierstandswithagun aimed athim.This
representsthe powerthe soldierhasoverthe
protagonistasthe soliderishigherupthanthe
protagonistandalsohas a gun aimedat him.
Also,the shothas high-keylightingasitis inthe
day sowhichmakesthe shot brighter.As-well,
the protagonisthasstartednarratingagain which
isnon-diegeticsoundandthe diegeticsoundhas
stoppedasthere isno soundwhere we can see
the source.
In thisclose-upshot,we see the butterflyagain
we saw at the start of the short film.However,
the colourof the butterflynow isa lotdarker
whichcouldrepresentthe evil of deathasthe
protagonisthasjustbeenmurdered.Thismeans
that the filmattemptstoleave amessage tothe
audience sayingthatmurderiswrongand evil by
usingthe butterflytorepresentthisasitusedto
be brightbut afterdeathhas beendarkened.
