Advanced portfolio - thomas brown

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• the film is a an abstract thriller, Which depicts a little girl, Who is actually a dog. At the end the Dog/girl is approached by a Dog owner / pedophile, with a small toy, The dog attacks the man and runs home.
• Throughout the film their are references to the fact that the little girl is a dog, such as the licking of the wounds at the start, the running up to the rabit, and the heavy panting after running that is overheard.
• The opening builds suspense with the sound of the crows and dog barking, Then when you first see the lou lou lying in the grass, It is quite the shocking image, as it is not the location you expect to find a little girl.
• The film is shot in Black and white, This could be a reference to dogs poor eyesight and colour-blindness, the first person perspective is often blurred to empathise this.

• This film follows a very confusing narrative structure, Which can be seen in two different ways, One way, it is the story of a man trying to get his dog back after it has run away, although it could also be the story of lou lou on her journey home. It seems more evident that the former is true, although it could be that lou lou and the dog are one.
• the odd structure of the film lends to the films uniqueness, this can make the film hard to follow, and i had to watch it twice to understand.

• The shortest of the three films i have so far watched, Lou lou lives here seemed to tell the least amount of story, However it did ask the most questions.
• The opening was almost horror like, With the black and white crows and barking, And the shot of lou lou in the grass, this carried on for most of the film, However their was not an immediate threat, So it could not really be considered a horror.

• Sound was a very important part of the film, With most if not all of the sound being diagetic, And heard by the dog. These included the crows which added a lot of suspense at the beginning
• After the running scene, The sound of breathing was emphasised which made it sound like a dog panting. Just after when the man says lou lou, his voice is slightly distorted, and sounds more like a Sound than a Word, these could both be references to dogs, As dogs pant and since they dont know english, the sounds would sound foreign to them.

• the film could be a reference to the risk of letting children walk home alone, if this is the case it would make it one of the most serious films i have looked at.