Microcosmos is a film directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perenndu. It was released in 1996 and non-narrative cinema.
There is no plot synopsis as it's non-narrative cinema but it basically consists of close-ups of bugs. The film isn't adapted from fiction or drama it's purely based on an original idea.
The characters are believable because there aren't any unreal bugs that appear. The cast can't be judged because no actors appear in at all in Microcosmos.
The film is meant to come across as 'arty', and could to the right people but certainly not to me as i'm just not interested in watching bugs for hours.
The theme of the film is bugs. Its made up of short clips, of mainly insects involved in everyday life. These clips are well developed and put together. These clips are shot in appropriate settings.
The cinematography is effective and the film makes good use of shadow eg. When the caterpillar was the other side of a leaf you could see the shadow of it's body but when you actually saw it, it had spines coming out.
The music used in the film is appropriate but isn't to my taste.
Camera angles are used effectively, they mostly consist of close-ups. But different camera angles were used, looking up at a bird from and ants point of view made it look imposing.
There are no special effects used.
The film does contain shots of snails mating, which aren't really necessary.
Overall i didn't enjoy Microcosmos because i'm not really into nature but if you were the right kind of person you could love this film.
There is no plot synopsis as it's non-narrative cinema but it basically consists of close-ups of bugs. The film isn't adapted from fiction or drama it's purely based on an original idea.
The characters are believable because there aren't any unreal bugs that appear. The cast can't be judged because no actors appear in at all in Microcosmos.
The film is meant to come across as 'arty', and could to the right people but certainly not to me as i'm just not interested in watching bugs for hours.
The theme of the film is bugs. Its made up of short clips, of mainly insects involved in everyday life. These clips are well developed and put together. These clips are shot in appropriate settings.
The cinematography is effective and the film makes good use of shadow eg. When the caterpillar was the other side of a leaf you could see the shadow of it's body but when you actually saw it, it had spines coming out.
The music used in the film is appropriate but isn't to my taste.
Camera angles are used effectively, they mostly consist of close-ups. But different camera angles were used, looking up at a bird from and ants point of view made it look imposing.
There are no special effects used.
The film does contain shots of snails mating, which aren't really necessary.
Overall i didn't enjoy Microcosmos because i'm not really into nature but if you were the right kind of person you could love this film.