'Momentum' Hurtwood House analysis

I liked this film 'Momentum' for a different reason to 'Missing Pieces'. The reason is that similar to missing pieces, the titles are plain, a plain colour and plain font, but the idea is different. The idea is more storylike, telling a story of the film while showing the titles. Whereas missing pieces showed you a story of the film but it was not as clear and vibrant as this one.

I also find it interesting how 'Momentum' matches the whole idea of the film, as 'momentum' means something building up, getting stronger etc, for example 'the music gained momentum.' In the short film opening sequence, you get a lot of noises, and you notice they are all amplified and louder than normal. You get them building up until there are various noises eg. the clock and the bed springs etc and this obviously is shown as part of the characters mind and what he hears - therefore we are in his point of view. I also enjoyed the way the footage would overlap, for example you would get a shot of something and then another piece of footage would come in and slightly overlap, starting as transparent to more vivid and then you would see this piece of footage. I liked this idea and it looked yet again very professional.

You can see the video is planned extremely well, and that Hurtwood House have planned the four aspects very effectively, mise en scene for example, we see a man in black clothing, suggesting his melancholy mood, in a rather plain, boring room - suggesting the atmosphere. We see they have thought sound through, one sound starting and then getting more sounds coming in, and this is one of the best parts of the sequence as it sets the scene and helps the viewer to understand what is happening. The editing is excellent, like i explained the way the footage overlaps etc, and the camerawork is effectve, good use of long establishing shots, close ups etc.