Critical viewing notes of "ashes" by Sophie Black

In this lesson we had to do a critical viewing of a short film called "ashes" by Sophie Black. In this film it basically said about how the woman was doubting her relationship, how she loved him and had feelings for him but the relationship was killing her because the relationship was an abusive one, he also used to tie her up and have sex with her.

in my opinion i thought the film was really weird, i didn't really enjoy watching it. i got that this film was about sadness and happiness but also about love, anger and fear.

I thought the voice overs and the music they used was really good though because it helped portray the image a whole lot better, how the voice over was soft and the music was like soft orchestra, it was as if she was just accepting that she was being abused.

The camera shots were really good because you had a wide range of shots from, extreme close ups, to tracking shots and panning shots.

Here are some of the things i had written down quickly on my notepad

• sleeping in bed
• voice over
• soft background music
• sexual kissing
• man masturbating
• blood on woman's face
• her tied up on bed
• creepy
• watching her sleep
• quiet
• panning shots
• close up
• extreme close up
• fear, love anger and sexual-ness
• man beats girlfriend up