The Hidden Details of Talk to Me

Have you noticed how Mia is ALWAYS in YELLOW? What about the fact that the entire film is graded in shades of BLUE? And the sounds? Did you notice how loud they are, and how many times the same sound returns in different scenes throughout the film? While this film isn’t (in my opinion) a masterpiece or a groundbreaking horror film, it is certainly not nearly as bad as some people claim it to be, and I’d like to explore some of the techniques Talk to Me utilizes to supplement its thematic and narrative goals. Now, the whole point of this video is to talk about how any film (given it’s relatively well executed) can be dissected technically, and that it doesn’t mean commercial film has no technical aspects to analyze - it’s a matter of a spectrum - what is emphasized first in the foreground, and in one sense, that’s why it’s MORE DIFFICULT to dissect the so called commercial films compared to the more arthouse films. Therefore, I could’ve chosen any film to do this, but I thought Talk to Me is right in the middle of the field in terms of balancing the (what people call are) commercial and arthouse elements, and so it’d be easier to present this idea to you. So yes, this isn’t about how great Talk to Me is or how bad it is for that matter, so keep that in mind when watching to get the best out of this. I say this, because I see so many more people talking about films in a weirdly objective manner, stating how this film is the best or that film is a garbage and there is no other way around it, and that anyone who likes or enjoys this or that film is just as idiotic, blah blah blah, and I don’t think that kind of idea can come from anyone who REALLY loves cinema as an art form. Let’s not do that here. Okay, that’s it. Enjoy. /// Music download: Patreon: Paypal: Instagram: @ spikima Merch: Merch 2: Your support helps with keeping the channel running. Love. /// Timestamp 0:00 - Introduction 1:50 - Disclaimer 2:41 - Grief 3:16 - The Scratch 4:15 - Sound Design 6:13 - Water 8:38 - Colors 12:45 - Talk to Me 14:10 - Thank You