The Sandman, (1992) Short Film, Directed by Paul Berry.

 The Sandman 1992 short film is a chilling representation of a European story character.

 Starting by a close up view of the moon which tracks a hillside landscape, the camera leads to an establishing shot of a cottage during the night time to give the sense of a misty atmosphere. While zooming in through the window leading inside the cottage there is diagetic sound of a clock ticking to which we see a woman sewing and a small pale boy maybe the womans son, banging some play drums moving along with the sound of the clock by the fireplace. The viewer then actually see's the clock with a long shot and as well the clock is associated with the moon which we have already seen once before at the begining of the short film.

By this point already the viewer feels a sense of mystery and tension. There is a high angle shot looking down from the top of the stairs at the boy with a candle in his hand, this could maybe signify a sense of protection for the boy as he is alone in the dark. The staircase itself gives off a gothic feel to the short film as everything is dark and weary. In addition, the effect of shadows throughout also add to the horror feel.

There is several point of view shots to make the viewers see and feel how the boy might be feeling. For instance when he looks up the stairs, it shows us his view and how long he has to walk upstairs for, this signifies a atmosphere that is empty so would be scared to walk up there alone. When the boy is walking up the stairs there is a birds eye view looking down on the boy at the top of the stairs finally and how long he had to walk up them.

The boys bed in the middle of the room is isolate with nothing around it, this could represent the fact that he is alone and feeling very vunerable and also that he has no where to hide. 
   
  
 This shot shows the isolation of the boy and we see the moon in the background through the windows, this creates the impression that maybe the sandman is watching over him whilst he sleeps alone and there is no protection. The fact that the window is open makes the viewer at unease and implies a sense of enigma to what is about to happen to the boy. 




 There is a tracking camera movement from when the boy gets into bed which then move upwards to a close up of the moon. At this point the viewer does not know what the moon represents but we know it has something to do with it.  

The Sandman himself represents the actual moon, his face is the same shape of the moon. Although he looks like the moon we can tell that the sandman is not at all kind, he consists of cold colours like white and light blue. These colours are not typical colours that you would pick to make someone feel safe and warm so instead it signifies the fact that he is evil and got a cold heart. The sharp facial features and the yellow evil eyes represent what a bad character looks like.