Myxomatosis Directed by Nicholas Ray Rutter & George Ancock is about a couple who come across a rabbit that they feel is in terrible pain and decide whether or not to end it's suffering. to me, I find this short to be well created in terms of the camera work, location used and characters but think that the subject matter is a little odd.
The first shot that is used is really beautiful composition wise as the long shot of the couple walking across a snowy beach and the sun in the backgound, creates the setting perfectly. However, there is something about it which makes you question whether or not this is a genuine location or is in a studio. The fact that the actors warm breath on the cold air makes me question this. Also the clearly unreal rabbit also makes me wonder whether or not this would be possible to do in the snow.
The dark humour is obvious from the start, in the fact that the woman is the one that gets the small rock and hands it over to the man to do the dirty. Another thing that she does is to then go on to show the man how to go about killing the rabbit but won't do it herself. All of these shots are carefully planned, as the rabbit is rarely in view until he gruesomly kills it, with the directors purposly showing the rabbit being killed as well as the fake blood on the man's face. Personally i think that this could have been avoided, but this was perhaps the intention of the makers.
Overall I did like the way in which the film was made and the dark humour is presented quite well.
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