David Firth is often known for his dark approach on his work, and this is by no means lost in Crooked Rot, as this was his first stop motion animation, which enabled him to bring a lot more to his films than his previous 'cell animation' work.
The film begins by showing off some pretty stunning light effects, followed by some eerie opening titles. When the film begins, we see what appears to be a skulls head with a tube inserted in to the back of it, in a dark room, with a halo spinning around. It is obvious that this is the main focus on the shot, and that David Firth wants to welcome you to his unsettling world of weirdness.
The shot continues and comes to a pan across what appears to be a table, with more skulls, and prop hands sitting still, with the halo moving about quickly. Then we start to see some very interesting uses of stop motion animation.
It is obvious that the centre of attention objects are lit up in a dark environment, to give an 'on edge' feel to it, and the use of different camera lenses and different shots, make the film constantly moving about, almost like a jagged feel to it.
David firth has also placed some very unusual, and again unsettling music to work alongside the video, to help build the somewhat disturbing mise en scene. He also uses clever use of Foley, and sound effects to bring the piece to life.
The film doesn't have any story, plot or characters (to my knowledge) and to me, comes across as an experimental horror animation, combining different effects and different sources of animation, but heavily relying on stop frame.
As far as these sort of films go, it achieved everything it wanted to. It causes a very disturbing atmosphere, and received positive feedback from viewers.
In conclusion, this film's mise en scene clearly portrays a freighting chain of effects, video, sounds and music, and I thought this would be a brilliant piece to talk about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjny4qNy24
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