From a black silent screen the words Doodle Bug appear with eyes shifting from left to right taking on the position of the two o’s presenting to the audience the title of the film. The shifty eyes and still silent sound alongside the colours shown within the frame instantly give the audience a creepy and supernatural feel to the genre of the film. The slow introduction of eerie music combined with the fade into the shot of a half dressed man crouched over clenching a shoe, this reinforces the idea that an unknown act is going to happen in the film with the final result having a negative impact on the character. The zoom out allows the audience to view the characters surroundings, the compact, claustrophobic room instinctively give the audience reasoning as to why the man is crouched, yet with the sudden leap to the grou
nd it could suggest his animal instinct is coming in to play as he is preying on an unknown object. When he leaps up clenching the shoe to his chest he switches roles from the hunter to the hunted, as his body language suggest that there is something he fears. The slow pan again makes the audiences view limited, unknowingly creating them to feel as if they too are being preyed upon. As the clock ticks the tension and suspense within the shot begins to rapidly increase, the ticking may symbolise the countdown till something dreadful happens to the man.
As each sound is dramatically enhanced the anticipation felt by the audience increases in conjunction with it, this is having an obvious effect on the male as he becomes progressively frantic within all his actions. The audience then become confused as he sits in the corner fearfully. When he reveals the smaller version of
himself the viewer is then able to quickly to work out a small fragment of the story forcing them in to a false sense of security. The death of the small man shocks the audience as they are able to see the unthinkable truth. The never ending cycle is one that has been so creatively done in a sense that the audience are unaware of the outcome till the very end, allowing it to have a huge impact on the viewer through a combination of shock horror surprise and sadness for the male, as he signs for his own death.
From a black silent screen the words Doodle Bug appear with eyes shifting from left to right taking on the position of the two o’s presenting to the audience the title of the film. The shifty eyes and still silent sound alongside the colours shown within the frame instantly give the audience a creepy and supernatural feel to the genre of the film. The slow introduction of eerie music combined with the fade into the shot of a half dressed man crouched over clenching a shoe, this reinforces the idea that an unknown act is going to happen in the film with the final result having a negative impact on the character. The zoom out allows the audience to view the characters surroundings, the compact, claustrophobic room instinctively give the audience reasoning as to why the man is crouched, yet with the sudden leap to the grou
nd it could suggest his animal instinct is coming in to play as he is preying on an unknown object. When he leaps up clenching the shoe to his chest he switches roles from the hunter to the hunted, as his body language suggest that there is something he fears. The slow pan again makes the audiences view limited, unknowingly creating them to feel as if they too are being preyed upon. As the clock ticks the tension and suspense within the shot begins to rapidly increase, the ticking may symbolise the countdown till something dreadful happens to the man. As each sound is dramatically enhanced the anticipation felt by the audience increases in conjunction with it, this is having an obvious effect on the male as he becomes progressively frantic within all his actions. The audience then become confused as he sits in the corner fearfully. When he reveals the smaller version of
himself the viewer is then able to quickly to work out a small fragment of the story forcing them in to a false sense of security. The death of the small man shocks the audience as they are able to see the unthinkable truth. The never ending cycle is one that has been so creatively done in a sense that the audience are unaware of the outcome till the very end, allowing it to have a huge impact on the viewer through a combination of shock horror surprise and sadness for the male, as he signs for his own death.
