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Analysis: Over (2015), Jörn Threlfall

'Over presents a crime scene. During the course of 9 wide shots, we watch an intriguing story unfold. What's happened in this quiet neighbourhood? A murder, hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected.'

 Over was the first short film our class had watched together and it was relatively well received by us all. It is an experimental piece detailing a day in September 2012 when a man tragically fell to his death from a plane's wheel-well.

The audience is shown several scenes from the day of the event in reverse chronological order, starting with the scene completely 'cleaned up', and climaxing with the actual fall of the man, the last shot. This unusual arrangement of the shots builds up tension as more and more is revealed about the incident.

While the audience is mainly shown static long shots of the event, close-up snapshots of the man's belongings are occasionally shown. Among them are a balaclava and a flashlight which are shown together, likely to mislead the audience into believing that a break-in or robbery had taken place.

The diegetic sound in the film is shown almost entirely as background noise, much like in The Fly. This, along with the static long shots, creates a detached bystander perspective.

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