Would You Rather.

WOULD YOU RATHER.

Key cast: Brittany Snow and Jeffery Combs
Director: David Levy
Writer: Steffen Schlachtenhaufen.
Genre: Horror
Themes: Murder, Greed,
Release: February 2013

A young woman, who is desperate to help her dying brother, volunteers to play a game of "Would you rather" when she is promised that all her problems would go away but it takes a turn for the worst when the game becomes deadly.

Key Scenes:
An important scene within the film is shown right at the end where "Iris" (the main character) is in the final two and is faced with a dilemma. The leader of the game offers her a deal one with a positive outcome and one with a negative outcome. This is an important film as through out the film she has always wanted to do the right thing and try to save everyone but as soon as she finds out that she could not win any money, she hesitates between the two offers. This is important as it shows how all the characters got into the situation in the first place, which was because of their greed. It connotes to the audience that people will put money before someone else's life.

Micro-Features:
Performance is very important in this film as it is used to show how twisted some of the characters can be. For example the organiser of the game "Sheppered", is shown at the begging of the film to be caring. He tries to help Iris by offering the help she needs. We later see that he doesn't actually care about peoples welfare but the game itself. He uses his power and his money to attract people into the game. Sheppered is a sadistic character as he thinks he is doing something good for other people by offering them a chance for the money. he fails to tell them though that they could die. His performance is important as he is able to bring out the other characters negatives side by feeding their greed.
Throughout the film when the characters have to make a decision between the two choices given, you can hear the clock ticking in the background. Sound is an important micro-feature as it makes the atmosphere more intense as you can literally hear time running out. The characters either have 15 or 30 seconds to make their decision. The clock ticking down is diegetic sound as the characters can hear it as well. This creates suspense as both the other characters and the audience don't know what the character is going to choose. This makes the audience more nervous about the situation.

Overall, I really liked this film as I thought it shows that although people don't want to hurt or kill others, they ignore their conscience as they decide that the money is more important than the stangers lives.