Analyses- "Tea leaves" artists moving image

Matthew Grinter
3 minutes
Artist moving image short

I discovered this short on the BBC film network and found it interesting as it was different to anything i'd come across.

Mise-En-Scene
Unlike "wasp" this short does not have an obvious narrative, and us the audience has to work out whats going on ourselves which may gives us a certain perception of whats happening.
The lighting is quite dull but the things that give the "domino effect" in it seemed to be bright colours. Its as all of the actors in it are just getting on with their daily lifes and it's kind of documenting them all in a coffee shop, especially the man that is trying to get to his "destination" However, the props, which in this case are the objects such as the cups of coffee.

The sound in this short is a mixture between diegetic and non-diegetic. I think the fact that the use of diegetic sound which is the general noises in the coffee shop with the non-diegetic sound mixed in with it (music) is effective. The way that it has obviously been filmed then edited to make it look like its slow motion makes the journey of the man "destined to drink his coffee" more effective and makes it seem like it was more of a struggle. The type of music fits the slow motion camera movements.