Short Film Notes

 Short Film Notes

 

 

Tight Jeans

 

-              Camera constantly moving 

-              Presentational framing 

-              Light comedy 

-              Touches on modern attitudes towards different cultures

 

The Ellington Kid 

 

-              Urban Location 

-              Cross-cutting between past and present 

-              Twists in the plot 

-              Clues introduced from the very beginning

-              Ambiguous ending 

 

 

The Arrival 

 

-              Minimalistic 

-              Clever blocking of actors 

-              Single camera shot – tracking in and out from midshot to CU

-              Realistic setting 

-              Clever use of non-diegetic sound

 

The Fly 

 

-              Toothpick present from the start 

-              Not much actually happens on screen – clever use of sound