Lou Lou Lives Here is a short Film, under 4 minutes long. It is a thriller and shares many of the conventional trends of both horror and thriller films. The sound is very typical of these genres with howling wind and the sound of crows in the woods. The music is diagetic and dark. It builds tension when it is required.
The story is linear following just one character who either is a dog, or somehow morphs into one. This super natural element would fit with the other horror conventions in the film.
Stereotypes are used, for example the man who is after the child is in a white van which usually holds bad connotations. The filming itself is very interesting. It is filmed in black and white which makes me wonder if this was to create a darker atmosphere or because dogs are colorblind. There are also shots almost fish eye like in the way the edges of the shot are blurred or burned out, again maybe to create the feel of through the eyes of a dog.
The plot is quite hard to understand. I believe the girl resembles the free spirit of the dog. I think we are supposed to view the man in the van badly due to the stereotype attached and the fact that the dog returns home after mauling him. The man seems nice to the dog however and i don’t sympathize with the dog or the girl. Maybe it was simply supposed to be viewed from a neutral point of view of an incident involving a dog.
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