“Laundry” Short Film Research

  

 

a. Common Sound in your genre 

 A common sound in this short film was the constant buzz of the laundry machines that is heard through the entirety of all the scenes. 
b. Common Mis-En-Scene (CLAMPS) in your genre 

The dull grey lighting of the laundry store, the almost robotic acting portrayed by the mysterious woman, the use of the main characters shirt towards the end that signifies his disappearance, and the use of an empty setting such as a laundry store, which is a classic mystery/horror setting. 
c. Common Editing in your genre 

Common editing is the use of inputting non-diegetic sound in, such as the suspenseful music that is used, as well as the jump-cuts that are used. 
d. Example films of your genre 

Laundry 
e. What elements of the genre that you like? 

Elements that were used that I like was the isolating feeling that the empty laundry store gives, as the silence always makes things more suspenseful. 
f. What elements of the genre do not appeal to you? 

What didn’t appeal to me was the kind of cliché of the ending, as it wasn’t really as dramatic and unexpected as it should have been.