'GLOW' by Douglas Jessup

   'GLOW' is a short sci-fi film by Douglas Jessup. It was the winner of the 2014 Panavision Future Filmmaker Award, which was one of the reasons I want to look at it, this is because it shows that the film must be good and credible in some way. Other reasons I wanted to look at this film is to see how they have directed and set up the film, fitting a whole story into a short amount of time with it still making sense and telling a story well, and also the colour treatments and special effects used within the film.

Factors I liked:

 - The way suspense is built through scenes without dialogue and just showing it instead (e.g. facial expressions, objects)

 - Music suited the film's emotion

 - Movement in most shots, aided in keeping interest and makes the audience look more at whats on screen

 - The colours used, followed the green and blue tints I planned to use in my style

- Realistic yet minimalistic special effects

Factors I did not like:

 - Fade effect between scenes

 - Story was not that clear

 
   I have learned a lot from analysing this film. It has shown me interesting ideas and filming styles for 'Inoculum'. I have taken note of the positioning of some of the shots and also uses of speeding up and slowing down footage.