Category: Short Films Watched
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Short film 6: Two cars, one night
Two cars one night is a romantic film, with elements of film noir. It tells the story of two children, a girl (Polly) and a boy (Romeo). They are in two separate cars and start to have a conversation. Romeo then gets out of the car he’s in and walks over to Polly’s car. They…
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Short film 5: When the day breaks
When the day breaks is an animated short film. It tells an emotional story of what can be inferred either as animals are hit by cars or similarly so are pedestrians. I liked this one because it started off as a dual/ parallel story until the two characters met before one was hit by a…
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Short film 4: Pitch Black Heist
Pitch Black Heist was a slightly confusing short film, this may have been because the storyline didn’t engage me. The genre is a heist/ crime genre and the narrative follows individuals who are trying to do a robbery without getting caught. They have to do everything in the dark, one of the robbers is seemingly…
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Short film 3: High maintenance
This short film is in the genre of science fiction. In the film there is a woman who decides to replace her husband (an android) as he isn’t satisfactory for her. She orders a new model from the website. Once he arrives, they sit down and pretend that nothing has happened. He then pretends to…
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Short film 1: The Gunfighter
The gunfighter is a western comedy short film with a narrator who provides the moments of comedy. He tells the audience the thoughts of the characters exposing the to those around them.
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Short film number 2: About a Girl!
The second short film I watched was ‘About a girl’. It is a social realist short film which uses free hand camera making it quite personal as well as having British cultural moments like sitting in a chippy or walking down the street with a shopping bag. It is set in gritty run down locations…
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