Evaluation of 'The Gunfighter'
'The Gunfighter' is a film about a gunfighter who enters a bar an engages in conversation with the narrator, a voice usually unheard, and the conflict in the omniscience of the new-found voice leads the characters in the bar to nigh insanity as they are turned against each other.
'The Gunfighter' uses an elaborate set with intricate mise-en-scene to help immerse the spectator better in the western setting. This is a professional aspect of film making and as I am making a film on an extremely minor budget, I will not be able to create such a incredible set; instead I will have to use a set that I already have like my house or the woodland though I doubt this will be an issue as horror films are normally set in a more realistic, natural set so that spectators can project themselves onto the set and the characters and empathise with them to make them get more emotion out of the film.
The use of a shallow depth of field in the opening shots is effective as the shot focuses around the one character, separating them from their surroundings and giving more of a personal connection to them. This is perfect for horror as the more connected spectators can feel to the main character, the greater their experience will be as they will feel more immersed in the atmosphere of the scenes. As the gunfighter enters the bar, the background characters give a busy atmosphere and help to create a flowing world as the background movement gives the set more motion and makes it feel like a living thriving world in spite of the focus on the main character. I would like to create the opposite effect with quite a still, unmoving mise-en-scene as I feel that with only the two main characters of my film moving, (the main character and 'the bargainer') it will make the atmosphere more creepy as the world will feel more cold and static, making their movement all the more outlandish and ominous.
The narrator in films usually is a voice-over that is non-diegetic and not linked to the film. 'The Gunfighter' however uses this as the crux of the film, making the narrator diegetic so that the characters can hear him and chaos ensues. I will not have a voice-over character transferring to diegetic audio as I am making a silent film although I would like to have a sort of ambiguity with the music as to whether it is non-diegetic or diegetic by switching between the two to distort the reality of the film and make it feel more dissonant and abnormal, as if the audio is following the character.
'The Gunfighter' uses an elaborate set with intricate mise-en-scene to help immerse the spectator better in the western setting. This is a professional aspect of film making and as I am making a film on an extremely minor budget, I will not be able to create such a incredible set; instead I will have to use a set that I already have like my house or the woodland though I doubt this will be an issue as horror films are normally set in a more realistic, natural set so that spectators can project themselves onto the set and the characters and empathise with them to make them get more emotion out of the film.
The use of a shallow depth of field in the opening shots is effective as the shot focuses around the one character, separating them from their surroundings and giving more of a personal connection to them. This is perfect for horror as the more connected spectators can feel to the main character, the greater their experience will be as they will feel more immersed in the atmosphere of the scenes. As the gunfighter enters the bar, the background characters give a busy atmosphere and help to create a flowing world as the background movement gives the set more motion and makes it feel like a living thriving world in spite of the focus on the main character. I would like to create the opposite effect with quite a still, unmoving mise-en-scene as I feel that with only the two main characters of my film moving, (the main character and 'the bargainer') it will make the atmosphere more creepy as the world will feel more cold and static, making their movement all the more outlandish and ominous.
The narrator in films usually is a voice-over that is non-diegetic and not linked to the film. 'The Gunfighter' however uses this as the crux of the film, making the narrator diegetic so that the characters can hear him and chaos ensues. I will not have a voice-over character transferring to diegetic audio as I am making a silent film although I would like to have a sort of ambiguity with the music as to whether it is non-diegetic or diegetic by switching between the two to distort the reality of the film and make it feel more dissonant and abnormal, as if the audio is following the character.
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