The Arrival🐣

The arrival🐣

The arrival of is a film based on a documentary that that filmmaker Daniel Motanarini was making at the same time about women becoming mothers, and using his interviews with these women, he wrote a script, then used the set of the documentary for the film. The whole process took around 5 days. 

Mise-en-scene

This film cleverly uses background mise-en-scene to spark the woman's thoughts in her monologue. For example, she sees an old lady in the background, next to a clock which gets her thinking about how much time she has left. 

Colour grading: The colour is slightly overexposed with white lighting. This along with the muted colours of the woman's white jumper, and the waiter's blue shirt creates a cold atmosphere. Then, after the train section the colours seem to be warmer, reflecting how she's happy with her decision to keep the baby.

Cinematography

The Arrival's cinematography is very simple yet effective in creating a sense of stress and nerves that the woman is feeling whilst waiting at the cafe. The film starts with the camera outside of the cafe and it slowly pushes in, becoming more and more intense and personal as we get to know the woman's feelings better through her monologue.

Sound

This short film begins with a sound bridge of ambient sound, letting the spectator know taht they're in a cafe. The sound then stays the same throughout most of the film, excluding the train scene when it becomes increasingly loud and intense.

Overall opinion

Overall, I really like the film's use of mise-en-scene, through the background characters to trigger what the woman is thinking in her monologue, and the use of colour to create a cold, and then warm atmosphere. However, although I understand that the cinematography was purposefully simple for effect, I do find it a bit boring, as I find myself focusing on other things in the scene, rather than the main character, due to the long length of the shot and the overly simple cinematography.