The Morning Guy by Mark W. Gray

The Morning Guy, (Gray, 2003) directed, produced and scripted by Mark W. Gray, is a brusque film delineation the bitter end of a marriage in the be of minutes. From a first international glance of the couples home, nothing seems adrift. Their cookie-cuter bungalow, mediocre car and proudly displayed American flag imply a sense of normalcy, though this first impression is quickly turn out a misconception when the dreaded sunup warning device measure goes off. From there, the wo populacely character reveals an inability to get out with the husband characters unique behaviour. The man relentlessly acts as a morning radio broadcast, consolidation it into his daily routine. Throughout the short film, close-ups are utilized not only to bring great meaning to the objects sheathd but for the boilersuit message of mental unsoundness in daily livelihood as well. This is done by a close up of the alerting clock, the toothbrush and the transfuse coffee.\nIn the sixth scene, a tilt shot captures a picture frame of a hook up with couple and an alarm clock in a close up. To begin, though plain mundane, these two objects are native to the plot and foreshadow the chase narrative. The picture frame introduces two main characters to the audience as a happily married couple. The camera movement chosen to showcase this frame is a tilt, filming from top to bottom, then implying a joyful startle and a slow ancestry into dysphoria. Furthermore, the tilt ending on the alarm clock is consequential to note because it foreshadows that the clock, symbolic of the male person characters behaviour, is the cause of their marriage ending. Secondly, the punk Mise-en-scÃne brings the viewers attention to the alarm clock judgment of conviction. A blaze of light hits the clock to showcase the changing time, from 6:59 AM to 7:00 AM, and thus forcing the viewer to catch this cardinal detail. Thirdly, in relation to the time changing, the close up of the clock allows for a s...