Nocturne is a 1980's short, about a girls dream of an intruder crashing through a window. She wakes up and calls her friend, it is about 2am in the morning. They discuss a trip that the girl does not want to take, from Copenhagen to Buenos Aires later that day. Her friend convinces her to go. Throughout the short they speak on the phone, about how their eyes hurt in the day and this is why she does not want to fly. Why they speak about their eyes is unclear, but I think that this is part of the surrealists view on the piece.
Genre: Surrealist
Mise en Scene elements
The whole piece is set in dark places with just light bulbs for light, I think that this signifies what the girls see in their minds, the girl is obviously afraid of the light, and therefore she has filled her mind with dark thoughts.
Soundtrack: Adds to surreal effect of piece, seemed like classic horror movie sounds which added to the gloomy mood of the scene and the personality of the girls.
Characters: Two women, discussing sight and a trip, they are both in the dark.
Aesthetics: Dark clothes, bed linings, a red light bulb (only real colour in the piece) dark windowsill.
Overall I think that the director (unknown) of this piece wanted to create the feeling of blindness, allowing the audience to see only as much as the two girls could see because to most people, not knowing what is happening creates the feeling of being scared.
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