CASE STUDIES
Identity
based on a young girl 'finding the truth' based on the themes presented by Plato's allegory. I loved the storyline; it inspired me to present the concept of the greatest day not necessarily being universal (the greatest day for one person but not another). she discovers the truth but others do not because they do not want to.
based on a young girl 'finding the truth' based on the themes presented by Plato's allegory. I loved the storyline; it inspired me to present the concept of the greatest day not necessarily being universal (the greatest day for one person but not another). she discovers the truth but others do not because they do not want to.
The Elevator
A man
in an elevator is dissatisfied with the other people using it as he fears the
weight of the users may cause it to drop/stop working. He gets onto the next
elevator to find himself in a worse situation.
I
liked this one because it showed an effective way of presenting comedy. We were
interested in doing a comedy but didn’t really know how to go about it, whether
there was enough time to be funny and exactly what kind of humor to include. And I felt
that this was a great example there was no dialogue however the action codes, diegetic sound and the background music really brought the production to life.
What's Virgin Mean?
A
mother puts herself in an awkward situation when she misinterprets the
innocence of her daughter’s inquisitive mind. Again
this one plays with comedy and the innocence of a young girl. The concept was
very simple yet very effective I felt like this was the kind of humor that most
people within the target audience would I identify with it wasn’t too over
powering and I lied the way that it ended, I made me want to know what the
mothers answer would be to the next question.
Plastic
An
illustration of the pressure of conforming to societies idea of beauty. I
liked this one because it had a bit more of a serious message behind it. I also
liked that it wasn’t too busy there were only two characters and 3 locations
this made it easy to follow what was going on. I also really liked the
resolution – that she was able to accept herself for who she really was.
"Alone"
The apocalyptic
theme of this short film made it feel a bit generic at first however, the ending had an unexpected twist to it. I
loved this short film! It was kind of a play on the concept from ‘I am Legend’
the ending was really amazing, this power of the cliffhanger was illustrated so
well here. The combination of the visuals and the sound effects really helped
to grab the attention of the audience and builds suspense. I really like the
ending because it was left to the imagination of the audience therefore forcing
the viewer to be active rather than passive.
Thoughts
I really loved the simplicity of this film, and just how effectively the message was conveyed. I also liked the narration through text on the screen I thought the Typeface and the movement of the text illustrated notion of thought really well.
http://virginmediashorts.com/film/5313/ithoughts#.VNfgoVOsXby
Exposure
This short film was a bit creepy but I liked the concept of it again it could be seen as positive for one person however not for another. I also liked the seriousness behind it and the message it delivered. Again there were only two characters in this production, I feel like this ensured that the story was clear and concise.
Excellent research and analysis
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