Josh May Component 3 short film intro

60 marks - 30%

short film 4-5 minutes

- a narrative twist
- a narrative which begins with an enigma
- a narrative which establishes and develops a single character
- a narrative which portrays a conflict between two central characters



High maintenance

Themes/ storytelling
technical
aesthetic effect - look

medium pace
uncomfortable sound
hyperreal sound
closeups
designed to make you feel uncomfortable
dull colours
symmetrical
love
relations and how they are robotic
narrative twist
we never see them together in the same shit showing the distance between them



Comments

  1. Lisa SocratesSeptember 18, 2020 at 2:37 AM

    Wide-ranging points in response to the viewing of short films. Focused and detailed insights which come back to key elements of film form.
    I hope our viewing has further developed your ideas for your production. Please post a short blog in response to my request to see what your production will focus on.

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