Screen grabs- Frankie and Ella

below is a screen grab from a short film found on the website Vimeo, a website that features short videos and short films, entitled 'Happy holidays'. This shot particularly intrigued us due to the set up of the room and the lighting. firstly the layout of the room instantly tells the audience that it is Christmas, due to the key props, such as Christmas tree, Christmas lights, stockings and the presents. We intend to use similar props and layout in our living room of our setting. The lighting in this shot almost makes the scene look magical, this links with the theme of christmas as it is known to be a magical season.

Also in this film i have taken a few screen grabs of a sequence that i thought was a nice idea, that portrayed the young boys excitement for christmas morning. This is represented by his body language as he runs out of his room, slides and runs down the stairs in excitement.

 Again we liked the mise en scene of this scene, the little details of tinsel around the stair case ect. the lighting in this also looks like they have used a orange filter over the main lights to create a warmth to the room. the young boys outfit also portrays christmas with the colour of red on his pyjamas, it also represents the young boys age.
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 Another film found on Vimeo, entitled Snowglobe, has some nice examples of shallow depth of field using snowglobes. Below is the shot we intend to use the insperation taken from the taken sceen grabs.

This is an example of how shallow we would like our depth of field in the shot below.