"Solitude" Review

I like this shot at a neutral eye level because it represents the loneliness lost in time that the teenagers are feeling. This is shown by the depth of the shot supported by the narrow hallway. A wide shot with loose framing and so much empty, still space also shows the loneliness. My eyes first go to the guy because he's the only thing there representing some sort of life. Using the jump cut represents all of the empty time the teenagers are experiencing. The lighting is also eerie because of the dark green glow it sets off, which symbolizes that this will be a scary movie. The lighting is fairly low key, but there is contrast with the white and dark green, once again showing an eerie scene. The shot starts with an empty foreground far from the "action", and ends that way, but there is one simple thing in the background and then the midground.

This shot is cool because it shows tons of depth and loneliness. My eyes start at the foreground and follow the road all the way until I can't see it anymore. There are a lot of parallel lines moving in the same direction toward a big dark nothing. The dominant color is a deep yellow with a contrasting gray sky. There isn't a lot to look at, but it represents what the characters are feeling when they realize everyone is gone. The foreground is road, the midground is road, and the background is eerie mountains. The framing is very loose so that if anything happened we could see it all.


First my eyes go to the girl's face because of the rule-of-thirds. Lighting is very low key, and similar to hte lighting in the first shot, and the shining duct tape makes my eyes go there next. There isn't much contrast because the girl's skin has that same eerie glow on it. We are right up in the action, and we see what she sees with the same reaction. We are at eye level with the characters because we are supposed to be seeing what's behind her the way she is seeing it. The density is moderate because we have to places to look at in the frame that tell a lot about the story. The girl is in the foreground, there is an empty green midground, and then a taped up guy in the background. The framing is tight because we're supposed to see the girl's expression. There is some depth because the background holds crucial information to the viewer while the foreground shows the reaction.