What Richard Did is a 2013 Irish Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, and written by Malcolm Campbell, produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe. The music was by Steven Rennicks and the cinematography was by David Grennan. The film runs for 88 minutes and it has a rating of 15. Its cast includes Jack Reynor (Richard Karlsen), Fionn Walton (Cian Fox), Gavin Drea (Stephen O'Brien), Patrick Gibson (Jake Galvin) and Liana O'Cleirigh (Clodagh Grady). The films budget was not that big, but it brought in nearly $500,000 in the box office.
Music:
The film had hardly any music, and whenever there was music, it was really faint and subtle. Music within films normally brings excitement helps the audience feel a certain emotion, but with this film, there wasn't any music to do this, so the audience can have their own view and feel the emotion they want to based around the events they see. The film is a representation of real life, so no music was needed, and to make it a true representation, the director would have wanted the raw sound of each scene, especially during the silent scenes, where there would be no dialog.
Editing:
the editing within this film was the main thing that really stood out to me. Especially at the end of one scene, the audio for the next one would overlap onto it, making the transitions very slick. The longs scenes of no dialog added to the atmosphere the whole film is giving off, you know from the start that something isn't right. For me, the whole film seemed to have some sort of tint of colour on it, or the colours have been brightened and faded in some places and during some scenes. Some scenes would seem more blue, and others green. Blue means trust, loyalty, faith and heaven. These scenes were mainly when Richard was alone with his girlfriend, and because blue is a calming colour, it is showing they are comfortable with each other.
In other scenes, I saw a green sort of tint to them, especially during the scene where Richard is talking to his father outside. Green means safety, life, energy, fertility and environment. This makes sense during this scene because Richard should feel safe talking to his father about what he did.
The film seemed quite 'slow' and boring until Richard got into the fight with Conor, but the slowness adds to the reality of it. It is a representation of real life, and real life is slow in general.
Strength: You explained more than one micro-feature within the film going into depth about each one. The opening paragraph also tells us the small details of the film that are important.
ReplyDeleteImprovement: You could talk about the effect the micro-features have on the audience and include a picture or trailer.