In Guns we Trust- overview

Things I noticed regarding the piece:
-Use of mainly pictures and the length of time at which you had to view them-The use of pictures for lengthy periods of times was so that the viewer could focus on not only everything within the shot but also to emphasize the messages on guns that the people and creator have
example~The shot of the young boy holding a gun with a comfortable and disturbingly naturatal expression and posture. This is to draw attention to how accepted guns are and how bizarre this is considered in not only the film makers mind but aso to other societies.

-The thumbnail picture being that of a messy looking man-The man withing the thumbnail looks somewhat dishevelled due to his untripped beard and grubby/ruggid looking clothing. This gives off a somewhat negative vibe as the owner holding the gun in the thumbnail looks irresponsible and like a 'thug'. This makes the thought of people owning guns more threatenin and dangerous, showing the filmmaker is not pro guns.

-All the photos used tend to have some type of colour treatement, in the main this tends to be monochrome-This not only presents the images in a dark light, just as the message of guns being thought of okay is presented in a negative light, but also the pictures are not only coloured black and white but also are showing the truth, often reffered to as showing things in 'black and white'.

-The use of replacing God with Guns in 'In Guns we Trust' as a use of irony as it's a phrase that many American's hold dear due to them believing God protects them and therefore they are replacing that a dangerous weapon, a gun.

Other texts that were similar in some ways with In Guns we Trust;
-Tim Burton's pieces e.g Frankenweenie due to the same macabre colour treatement
-Take me to church music video~Hoizer -monochrome colour treatement
both use the similar colour treatement to depict darkness and sadness