Short Film: Other Side of the Box
Answer using complete sentences
• Make sure to read and answer all parts of each question.

2. What’s the first thing you see as the short film starts? (1 mark)
We see a couple prepping to cook dinner

3. In the first minute of this short film there is a considerable amount of information provided to the viewer in this exposition. In any short text, almost every detail is important and deliberate. What details are shown or emphasized in this first minute of exposition? (3 marks)


4. Shawn, the man who brings the box, shows up early in the film. It’s not directly explained how he knows the two main characters, Rachel and Ben. What can you infer from the little dialogue they share about their history together? What do you think happened between them? (3 marks)


5. What is in the box? Do you ever fully see what is in the box? (2 marks)






6. In the film there are many revelations shown to the observer. What is not shown to you and how does that affect your sense of horror within the film?

7. What part, for you, best builds horror within this film? Explain why.
8. Sound plays a considerable part in building suspense and horror in this short film. Watch the film again and write down three sound effects (not including the provided example) which the short film uses. In the second column explain how each one builds a sense of horror. (6 marks)

Sound effect How the sound builds a sense of horror
the sound of water running from the tap when Ben returns to the home It creates a background noise which turns to silence (and creepy music) when ben turns it off. The running water is out of place and suggests something is wrong in the home which builds a sense of fear or terror.

9. At the end of the film, the man has his hand near the pull cord style light switch. Why does Ben choose to look away? (2 marks)