Portals-sense of enigma and mystery.

 David Lynch uses everyday occurrences in the short film Grandmother, twisting them into nightmarish scenes to create a sense of tension and fear in the audience. The first of these occurrence's happens in the first scene, when the son is birthed. The dark grey colours give of a feeling of un-ease and mistrust, with the un-nerving static music playing with our imagination as the seed of the boy, a strange jagged shape, makes it's way up to the ground. As his parents reveal themselves, a man and women on all fours, barking in an animalistic manner, scars on their faces, the dad runs over to his son, behaving aggressively towards him. This could be a pre-curser to the horrors and abuse to come. The twitching, uncomfortable movements the parents and boy make lead to an unnatural distorted feel, making the audience feel uncomfortable, leading to a nightmarish first scene. 

There is a scene in the film which depicts the grandmother and the son interacting with each other in a very strange way. The surreal love they show each-other by prodding gives us a disturbing but also affectionate feel. The fact that he is so close to his grandmother is also nightmarish to the audience as it makes the threat of his parents even greater, as we realise that his last hope is a grandmother who is barely even human.