Comedy - Short film analysis

In this post I will be analysing a comedy short called 'This is It' by Alexander Engel. Its a cleverly made film about two friends who begin renting a new apartment, and its a compilation of all the questions asked within the house over time. 

Sound 

Throughout the film there is no non-diegetic sound, apart from the music played at the end of it. The only sound you can hear is the sound that is being made on screen; the diegetic sound. The most notable diegetic sound that you can hear is the voices of the characters and this keeps the film life-like and very funny. 

Editing

The scenes are edited together so that its funny. Certain scenes follow other scenes that make it hilarious. For example, at the ending when one of the characters is selling his room, an awkward scene follows and then it cuts back to the man who rips the cheque off to break the awkward silence. 

Camerawork

There is a heavy use of medium wide shots so that you can see every character and their surroundings. This works well because you can see the character asking the question and then you can see why they are asking the question, and the questions are often very whimsical.

 You can watch the film on the page above, but the link to this page is:

http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/12/04/this-is-it/