The Arrival (2016) Analysis


The Arrival is a 5 minute film directed by Daniel Montarini about a woman waiting in a coffee shop for someone, with her internal monologue running through about her thoughts and worries about meeting up with this person. The cinematography in this short is very interesting, as the whole 5 minutes is one long shot. For the almost the whole film, the shot is just s stationary very slow zoom in on the woman sitting at the table in the coffee shop. This very simple cinematography means that we focus more on the action on screen - such as her facial expressions which convey her mood - and also the non diegetic internal monologue running throughout the film. This very slow zoom could also aid the idea that her problems are closing in on her the more time goes on and the closer it gets for the person she is waiting for to arrive, as this means it is getting closer to her confronting these problems. This slow zoom seems in a way quite daunting and ominous as well as slightly tense, which conveys how the woman is perceiving this situation. Finally, at the very end of the film, the camera zooms out from a medium close up of her face when the person she is meant to be meeting arrives. This creates a sense of relief (which is also conveyed in her facial expression) as the ominous feeling is removed and the audience no longer feel as if they are closing in on her, like her thoughts and worries are slowly going away.

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