Research Tasks - "Lou-Lou Lives Here" - Matt Bull

"LOU-LOU LIVES HERE" (click to view)

1. This film is more like a poem than the narratively fixated majority. It creates a unique visual style feel and it contains some disturbing visuals and creates an unsettling tone using the digital technology to good effect.
2. The photography is black and white and grainy which I suppose is an artistic decision on the part of the director since it is admittedly atmospheric .
3. Quick cuts between shots give the film pace and tension to keep the audience interested on the main character and what is going to happen to her.
4. There is no dialogue from any character, so we don't get a verbal understanding of the standing which makes it harder to work out the aims of the film. The the only sounds in which you hear of are sounds with significance to what is happening. The helicopter, the wind gusts, the van pulling up and the barking/panting of the dog. All of these creates the tension for the film and could possibly suggest that the main character is wanted, hence a helicopter flying overhead and the van trying to catch her.
5. In my personal opinion, I think the story is about a dog that is called "Lou-Lou", wanted by certain people for reasons we the audience are not sure of. Making the dog into a little girl character makes the audience believe that its about her and maybe she has done something, or something is going to happen? Perhaps the director/writer wanted to make the dog into a female character to show sympathy towards the dog by giving it a human connection with the audience. With the director not making any comment on the film, it is very hard to work out exactly what the film is about.

Matt Bull