'Cognition' is another example of a students short film from this year in May. Although there is little dialogue, I still think it's fairly effective in being a thriller short film.
To start, the definite highlight of this student short film is the sound design. The use of non-diegetic sound is very effective throughout this short film. Whilst watching it, I felt compelled by it mainly due to the ambient sound playing in the background; it was very well selected and it fits the subject on screen well. It makes the At 4 minutes and 22 seconds in, the non-diegetic sound suddenly escalates to an even more sinister tone, and along with the very dark colours on screen, it really fits in with the subject and makes the mood of the short film compelling and thrilling, to a certain extent. Along with the sound design, the cinematography was quite respectable and I think whoever established the lighting and camerawork did a great job.
One thing I didn't like too much was the voice over at the beginning. Not necessarily because I didn't feel like it fit in with the film, but I found some of the lines to be quite out of sync with the rest of what he is saying. I felt like this let the voice-over/monologue down, it could of been better and would of added to the short film's quality.
Overall I think this was a fairly good and respectable A2 thriller short film, it is very well filmed, lighted, and the plot is intriguing to an extent. It serves a thrilling atmosphere to the audience which is what it should do as a thriller short film.
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