Film Analysis on "CLONE"

The film begins with slow, menacing, non-diagetic music and some text about DNA which immediately establishes that the genre of the film is a science-fiction and the music already creates tension in the first ten seconds which gives it the thrill factor, establishing the genre of this short film as a science-fiction thriller (Similar to our film).



The opening scene fades in with an extreme long shot of a futuristic city establishing the time period in which the film is set in and it zooms in slowly to someone hanging from what looks like a huge crane which shows that the character is straight away in deep distress. The non-diagetic background music picks up and is very techno to reflect the time period the film is set in.

An extreme close up shot on the character as he is struggling to climb back up the tower which gives a clear outline of the character's feelings of the situation.









A different character then appears at an extreme low angle shot showing the dominance of the character who is not in peril. This shows us the power that this character has in the moment, similarly, the character in peril is filmed from an extreme high angle shot showing the helplessness he has in the situation.

The long shot of them both positioned in their places shows the contrast between them because they are played by the same actor which suggests that one of them (or both) is a clone and creates a feeling of wondering what would really happen in that situation. The dominant character bends down and reaches out his hand and the inferior character reaches his out to accept false aid, however, the dominant character wants a possession of his instead.

The fast pace of editing after the character has injected himself with an unknown substance reflects what he feels like in his either changing state or state of pain. The shot where he stamps on the camera is a point of view shot of the character hanging down from the tower and as his foot comes down in slow motion (tension building) the shock of him falling grips the audience.




Then there is an extreme long shot of the character in peril falling to his death and the other character stood tall watching what looks like intentley. The background music fades quiet and the sound of a wind is heard to reflect his fall giving the audience the sense of lengthy fall. As tension is reduced after a huge climax, the pace of editing between shots slows down.

The shot where we can see the back of the character who kicked the other man off shows that someone is behind him and as he turns he sees the man he has just pushed off at his safe level which suggests he is not a normal human.

The title of the film comes up in big text so that we can see that this is the title of the film, and also the title mirrors upside down suggesting that it is a film to do with clones.