Exploring the Dark Secrets in 'It's What's Inside'
‘It’s What’s Inside’ is a short film, in which several friends come together for a bachelor party that soon becomes a disastrous event when an uninvited guest brings a new powerful gizmo – the body swapping. Put in this foolish game, secrets that come out reveal personal truths that lead to complications, their friendships being tested and their tendencies toward betrayal set against a backdrop of a called-off wedding and the definition of the changes in their lives. The plot is a crime comedy with elements of thriller added and twists of the story are revealed step by step. In contrast to the disorder, which is already associated with body swapping, the primitiveness of people’s motives come to the foreground, making for a very appealing narrative in terms of character motivations even if masked with comedy. The overall atmosphere consistently ranges from humoristic to dark, and thus creates a captivating, although comedic, experience.
All the actors do a phenomenal job and clearly, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Brittany O’Grady are particularly remarkable. The situations revolving around the swapped roles of the characters are believable and rather interesting to watch because the pair succeeds in depicting the feelings and reactions of the switched roles thoroughly humorously and sincerely. This eccentric premise is enriched by the chemistry between cast and transforms an otherwise awkward scenario into a realistic portrayal of human interactions.!The director Greg Jardin does good job in this context, by applying skills for working in a multi-genre piece. They are attributing this to his passion to mix the themes of black humor and thriller in his movies. Jardin gets a very passionate performance from the actors, and creates an interesting movie with humor and heavy thoughts, switching back and forth from the two.
The music is also matching the subjects of the movie, happypotentially scary tones that match the changing of sides of the story. The music utilities the comedic and thriller aspects of the show by amplifying, specific scenes, and the feelings that they are conveying to the audience where they are both amused and sometimes caught off guard.
Many aspects including the movement of the cameras which effectively captures the hectic nature of the party. Through successful mise-en-scene, the use ofSystemServicen, by means of visual gags, draws specific attention to both the humor and the tragedy of the depicted events and, in this way, every scene is visually exciting.
The settings contribute to the film’s ironic narrative. The setting details of the party nicely supplement the narrative, while the mysterious, somewhat creepy look of the body-swap machine adds layers to the narrative worlds, making the environment welcoming yet constricting, as are the characters’ internal struggles.
Whereas special effects are unpretentious, body swap mechanics are well done. The film does not excessively rely on CGI as its main element, but wisely incorporates it into a plot. The effects add to the mysterious and sci-fi elements, thus being in harmony with the visual motion picture that has a splendid pace. The editors are also quite successful in handling different time frames and the alternating characters in the movie, as an obvious relation to the show’s disorder inherent in the body-swap genre, though the viewers do not get confused at all.
Like the narrative style and thematic matters of the show, the pace of the film is vivid and bold. , even though it is fast-paced and fully enveloping, it provides opportunities for character arc and thought within the spinning dizziness, so that the overall narrative never gets bogged down but also does not spin the audience out. Thus, conversations are rather useful for revealing character secrets and motives that add to both comedy and the sense of suspense in the course of the narration.
Working together with it, some viewers might not like that the show heavily relies on the body swap trope from ‘It’s What’s Inside.’ A few twists rely on cliches of zombie movies, and this might have been a drawback of this narrative style. Nevertheless, the film is still a good balance of mystery and comedy that would definitely provide the audience with a new vision of concepts they are familiar with. In a way, it is funny and profound at the same time, which is absurd, but the silly plot and sense of humor make it honest in a way. It is a rollercoaster experience and people get to think after a movie is over.
