the opening scenes of graffiti area begin wit two men running enigma is created right of the bat as the audience have no idea why the man are running or what from. the storyline follows a non-linear narrative as the opening scenes are from the middle of the sequence. as the men run a diegetic sound of a police siren can be heard adding a sense of urgency to the men's run. after a few scenes of the men running a close up is finally seen and their facial expression can be clearly seen for the first time, the men's faces tell the audience they are distressed and panicked. their heads twitch from side to side looking at the plain grey walls, for a short film named graffiti area the scenery is lacking in graffiti as the walls look empty and concrete grey. the title sequence is shown as the men hide around a corner, the title is done in the style of a graffiti artist and moves as paint drips down, this imagery runs parallel with the imagery in the scene at the time as cans of graffiti spill out the man's bag and onto the pavement. the men exchange a few lines of foreign dialogue in a shot reverse shot, the use of a close up helps to get across the panic on the two men's face. the two men are talking about needing to get out of where they are but do no to talk about what they are running from, all of this is building up enigma amongst the audience as the protagonist are visibly scared but the audience does not not why.
the sequence then fades to black and cuts back to the very beginning of the sequence the fade to black shows that time is being past or in this case the opposite. all shots up until now have been medium to extreme close ups of the two men and have not revealed an awful lot about the scenery, from the language used the audience can tell these men are European. after the fade to black there are a few long shots of the alleys the men are in, they are grey and bleak and lack much colour like the men's costume, which is normal for graffiti artists as they are doing illegal acts and cant stand out too much. one of the two men can be seen spraying graffiti onto one of the walls in a black monster shape the other man is keeping watch, the use of this 2-shot helps to show the audience how the men feel, very on edge as graffiti is illegal. the paint on the wall begins to move and shapes appear in the black monster. it is at this point a diegetic sound is introduced of police siren identical to the one in the open scene is heard this puts the timescale of the non-linear narrative into perspective for the audience. A very effective shot is used to shown the man's reaction to his paint magically moving, the camera appears to be located inside of the wall with paint over it and as the paint moves more the man's face is seen inspecting his work and his reaction can clearly be seen. at this point all other sound is lowered showing that this discovery has taken the mans attention and this focuses the audience attention on the focal point which is the moving graffiti paint. a non-diegetic soundtrack is introduced slowly building up as the man is investigating his art work violins can be heard until they realize the piece is alive and coming after them a sudden drum beat is heard and the men break into a run, the drum beat increases the pace of the music and with this the pace of editing increases too making the feel of the film return to how it was in the opening scenes.
the pace of editing increases and the two man's fear can be read in the desperation on their faces and the effort put into running, a tracking shot is seen and the monster is meters behind them, this is the longest shot in the fast pace of editing period this shows the audience how close the monster is to the men and the scale of the monster.as the camera tracks past obstacles a swooping diegetic sound is heard as the pass like cars and pillars, this shows the speed the man are traveling at and their sense of urgency is emphasized to the audience. as the chase scene continues the non-diegetic soundtrack continues to build up towards a crescendo, until the two men are met with an alley of colourful and peacefully moving graffiti, it is a dead end but the men are in awe of the beauty of the alley a close up of the mans reaction to the alley shows how in awe they are even though danger is just behind them, a 2-shot of the man and the monster in the background shows how near the men are to peril. It is here when the chase music reaches its crescendo and comes to an abrupt stop, this is replaced with an almost alien space like diegetic sound that can be heard coming from the walls.
one of the men touches the wall and the monster can be seen shying away form the colourful dead end and trowing up a rainbow. despite the lack of danger anymore one of the men goes up to the wall and touches it, paint is seen traveling from the wall to the mans hand, as if the paint has left the wall, this is a really effective shot and probably required so post production editing to finish it off. at this point the pace of editing has slowed down almost one long shot, this is used to show the vibrancy of the walls and the two men's reaction to this a long shot is shown to show the scale and magnificence of the wall in scale to the man standing in front of the wall. the diegetic sound of the wall increases in volume pace and instruments when the man puts his hand on the wall. another fade to black is used after the hand shot however this fade to black fades a lot slower than the others showing the importance of this scene and the importance of the wall. when the fade returns only one man is in the alley and the other man can be seen painted on the wall. the finishing dialogue is of the man in the alley saying 'are you happy now?!' in reference to the other man being the art he always creates.
the opening scenes of graffiti area begin wit two men running enigma is created right of the bat as the audience have no idea why the man are running or what from. the storyline follows a non-linear narrative as the opening scenes are from the middle of the sequence. as the men run a diegetic sound of a police siren can be heard adding a sense of urgency to the men's run. after a few scenes of the men running a close up is finally seen and their facial expression can be clearly seen for the first time, the men's faces tell the audience they are distressed and panicked. their heads twitch from side to side looking at the plain grey walls, for a short film named graffiti area the scenery is lacking in graffiti as the walls look empty and concrete grey. the title sequence is shown as the men hide around a corner, the title is done in the style of a graffiti artist and moves as paint drips down, this imagery runs parallel with the imagery in the scene at the time as cans of graffiti spill out the man's bag and onto the pavement. the men exchange a few lines of foreign dialogue in a shot reverse shot, the use of a close up helps to get across the panic on the two men's face. the two men are talking about needing to get out of where they are but do no to talk about what they are running from, all of this is building up enigma amongst the audience as the protagonist are visibly scared but the audience does not not why.
the sequence then fades to black and cuts back to the very beginning of the sequence the fade to black shows that time is being past or in this case the opposite. all shots up until now have been medium to extreme close ups of the two men and have not revealed an awful lot about the scenery, from the language used the audience can tell these men are European. after the fade to black there are a few long shots of the alleys the men are in, they are grey and bleak and lack much colour like the men's costume, which is normal for graffiti artists as they are doing illegal acts and cant stand out too much. one of the two men can be seen spraying graffiti onto one of the walls in a black monster shape the other man is keeping watch, the use of this 2-shot helps to show the audience how the men feel, very on edge as graffiti is illegal. the paint on the wall begins to move and shapes appear in the black monster. it is at this point a diegetic sound is introduced of police siren identical to the one in the open scene is heard this puts the timescale of the non-linear narrative into perspective for the audience. A very effective shot is used to shown the man's reaction to his paint magically moving, the camera appears to be located inside of the wall with paint over it and as the paint moves more the man's face is seen inspecting his work and his reaction can clearly be seen. at this point all other sound is lowered showing that this discovery has taken the mans attention and this focuses the audience attention on the focal point which is the moving graffiti paint. a non-diegetic soundtrack is introduced slowly building up as the man is investigating his art work violins can be heard until they realize the piece is alive and coming after them a sudden drum beat is heard and the men break into a run, the drum beat increases the pace of the music and with this the pace of editing increases too making the feel of the film return to how it was in the opening scenes. 
the pace of editing increases and the two man's fear can be read in the desperation on their faces and the effort put into running, a tracking shot is seen and the monster is meters behind them, this is the longest shot in the fast pace of editing period this shows the audience how close the monster is to the men and the scale of the monster.as the camera tracks past obstacles a swooping diegetic sound is heard as the pass like cars and pillars, this shows the speed the man are traveling at and their sense of urgency is emphasized to the audience. as the chase scene continues the non-diegetic soundtrack continues to build up towards a crescendo, until the two men are met with an alley of colourful and peacefully moving graffiti, it is a dead end but the men are in awe of the beauty of the alley a close up of the mans reaction to the alley shows how in awe they are even though danger is just behind them, a 2-shot of the man and the monster in the background shows how near the men are to peril. It is here when the chase music reaches its crescendo and comes to an abrupt stop, this is replaced with an almost alien space like diegetic sound that can be heard coming from the walls. 
one of the men touches the wall and the monster can be seen shying away form the colourful dead end and trowing up a rainbow. despite the lack of danger anymore one of the men goes up to the wall and touches it, paint is seen traveling from the wall to the mans hand, as if the paint has left the wall, this is a really effective shot and probably required so post production editing to finish it off. at this point the pace of editing has slowed down almost one long shot, this is used to show the vibrancy of the walls and the two men's reaction to this a long shot is shown to show the scale and magnificence of the wall in scale to the man standing in front of the wall. the diegetic sound of the wall increases in volume pace and instruments when the man puts his hand on the wall. another fade to black is used after the hand shot however this fade to black fades a lot slower than the others showing the importance of this scene and the importance of the wall. when the fade returns only one man is in the alley and the other man can be seen painted on the wall. the finishing dialogue is of the man in the alley saying 'are you happy now?!' in reference to the other man being the art he always creates. 
Some great analysis here Ed. An interesting film (although impossible for you to replicate!). Just consider your posts - they are too dense - you need to spice things out and use sub titles, colour and very font size. Level 3 high
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