Autumn is a short film which displays a magical experience, Taylor represents this journey through clever editing and varied camera shots. The film shows themes of enchantment, joy and sadness through location and narrative. Through this narrative a deeper meaning is represented.
With no background knowledge Autumn opens with a young girl colouring in her bedroom, we can tell through Mise en scene that the mood is dark and she's upset, non diegetic sound is used to represent the parents arguing in the background, this young girl then escapes this reality world by going to a magical land full of happiness, through her wardrobe.
Autumn is director Ella Taylor's second film creation, after producing her thriller sequence opening in January 2014. 'Autumn' uses a very contrasting theme and genre to her thriller sequence Tick Tock and really shows off her skills and shows that she can produce a variety of films, not just of the thriller genre.
Rosie Taylor plays Autumn, a young imaginative girl who locks herself away in her room due to her parents arguing. Due to her upset she creates a world which she can only access through her wardrobe. In this world she feels she can express herself more and due to this, this quiet isolated girl is shown to be a lot happier due to her imagination.
This short film represents a deeper meaning which is aimed at the target audience. Through the complex narrative it shows as much as you try you cannot run away from the problems in your life and even through your imagination you cannot achieve this. Taylor has tried to make this theme as clear as possible through Autumn. One way she does this is by using contrasting locations, which are accompanied by contrasting lighting and sound which connote different moods to them.
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