This is my narrative of 2AM (the smiling man)

1. The smiling man
From the beginning of the movie we could tell the genre of the film which
is horror. Going off the clichés of the horror genre, conventionally
atmospheric music is used to portray how the young man in the short
film feels when he meets.In the beginning, the main protagonists is
walking down a dark road In what we can assume is the US. There is an
eerie and sometimes no music, apart from a few notes every once in a
while- connoting to the audience that there is something wrong. Coupled
with the stereotypicaltime of night, we can only assume that this will be
of the horror genre.
Whilst there is equilibrium, the shots are fairly slow, with the camera
mainly remaining still with some pans to establish the setting. This is to
establish the narrative that the young man is clearly walking home from
somewhere. However once the short film progressesthe shots are
edited together at a faster pace, to show that there has been some form
of disruption. During the chase we see quick editing to make the
audience feelfrantic and tense. In these quick shots we see him
primarily in either long shots or close-up shots of his face. The long
shots place him in the centre third of the screen making him seem small
and obsolete to the surroundings, this means that he is some way
inferior to the smiling man in the yellow jacket. The close ups also gets
across his emotions well with the audience, also blocking the view of
other things that may be in frame, shrouding the killer, leaving the
audience in a state of panic.
From the first mid-shot of the character we can see his is a fairly young
white male- other than this, not much else is known. Often in the horror
genre, the narrative is not about the characters but instead focuses on
the atmosphere and tension through sound and music. This is why not
much attention has been paid towards the main character. He is also
made to be purposefully young so that the target audience of the film are
able to relate to the position of the character to receive scares.
Considering that the main demographic that the main demographic for
horror is young adults and males, this is a perfectsetup.
The sound throughout is minimal, the non- diegetic sound dominates the
film, with the atmosphere long notes to build up the tension, commonly
seen in horror to climax to a jump. There are also several beats
throughout, mimicking the sound of a heartbeat to show that there is a
threat, setting up for narrative of the man potentially being a danger to

2. his life. The only diegetic sound we hear is the man shouting to the man
in the yellow” What the hell do you want?”. This being a typical
stereotype of the genre as usually the main story arc of horror to find out
what the antagonist of the film wants and why he is doing what he is
doing. The sound has its climax in the last chase part of the film where
the smiling man is chasing after our protagonist accompanied by a loud
disarray of music. This reflects the manic thoughts of the both characters
and is commonin the horror genre to help build tension.
The representation of the main character in the short film is very cliché
to show that there is a threat to the audience. His outfit consists only of a
basic yellow jacket and jeans. It usually plays on the fears of society,
and more particularly he fears of the audience. The antagonist has a
suit, and is designed to look like a rather abnormal, ominous man. He
has no clear motive and that is what scares the audience. I believe it is
playing on the fears of being robbed or stalked at night as the young
man is clearly out alone at night and acts like this are often blamed on
those who are not stable enough. By creating a somewhat deformed
man who does not know how to act properly, this is portrayed well to the
audience