Shot inspiration : Is There Anybody There?

 After watching the light hearted drama, Is There Anybody There?, primarily because it involved a friendship between an elderly man and a young boy, we were inspired by a few shots and so used similar ideas in our own trailer. The shot that inspired us were the extreme close ups of the elderly mans hands and face, editing had clearly been used to create a blurred effect. The point in the film where these shots are is when the old man is slowly becoming frail and losing himself to old age. The close up of the face in our trailer starts of a series of shots that focus on the man in the cafe, the shots along with the music, pace and emotion provoked through acting creates a sense of worry. 

These series of shots combine slow motion and quick short shots creating a mix of effects which are meant to trigger several emotions. Originally we were going to have a lot more dialogue over these shots of Jacob shouting at the old man and taking his anger out on him, however, after reflection we did not feel that this was necessary so placed a short section of dialogue over the last shot in the series where the man says, "the best thing you can do is walk away"