Short Film Analysis: Min-Min Codes And Conventions

FA1- Thriller Genre Analysis
The short film Min Min (Tropfest 2012) shows many codes and conventions throughout it. These codes and conventions are used many ways throughout this short film to build suspense and also to create mystery. The short film uses the codes and conventions in many ways including through the camera angles, the expressions of the characters, the music and sound, as well as through the lighting. Throughout this short film there are also many emotions expressed by the character including fear, confusion and sadness which ultimately shape the way the audience watching the short film will feel.
Firstly, throughout this short film it contains many codes and conventions, with the main one probably being the music and the sound. Most of the music throughout this film is quite deep and intense music, as if to lead up to something bad happening to the character. As well as the deep and intense music there are also some unsettling and mysterious sounds that occur throughout the film. One of these sounds includes the flickering of both a moths’ wings fluttering outside the tent and also the flickering of the lantern inside of the tent. As well as those sounds there are also faint sounds of whispering in the background which is something that can be seen in many other thrillers films as well. There are also quite sharp

Throughout this film there was barely any light at all. It was pretty much pitch black dark all throughout this film, with the main light coming from the flickering lantern inside of the tent. The darkness of the night was making it quite difficult to see what was going on sometimes which was making the film more mysterious in some ways. Apart from the flickering lantern there was only one other light amongst the darkness which also seemed to be what the characters were trying to escape from, which brought both mystery and confusion to the