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The Fly (2015), directed by Olly Williams, is a comedic short following the wait of a getaway driver for a bank robbery.  While waiting, the getaway driver becomes more and more irritable by a fly in his car, he begins with mild annoyance until by the end of the short, he is driven crazy and furious over this fly.  Throughout his rage and extreme reaction, his 3 parters are looting the bank next to the car.  The Fly subverts and challenges our expectations of this type of heist genre of films by changing to focus of the film and creating comedy in this overreaction, that later costs him and ruins the heist. Genre - Crime, Action, Comedy Sound - Sound is key in this film as the film has little to no dialogue at all and it is pinnacle to the depiction of the story. To begin, a sound bridge is used with a black screen shown, the sound of guns cocking and  one of the criminals saying 'right boys, 3 minutes, Go, Go, Go'. This sets the scene instantly establishes the sto...

The Arrival (2016) directed by Daniel Montanarini, is a short film around a pregnant women, sitting in a cafe waiting for the father of the baby to show up. The basis of this film is off her decision on whether to get a decaf or caffeine coffee, a voiceover depicts her thoughts in this pinnacle decision as she also is decided at the same time whether to keep her baby or not and this decision of which coffee impacts her decision. Although this question is seemly harmful in everyday life, for a pregnant women, this is a consequential question and this film investigate the internal debate of the woman, Anna, and the reasons to and not. This film was inspired by a documentary that Montanarini was making at the time, All about Mothers, which explored the relationship between mothers and their children as they discovered that they were pregnant. The film was also inspired by a photograph of a young woman sitting in a cafe by Alexander Nesterov.  Genre - Drama Narrative - The ending of ...

 Tight Jeans (2008), directed by Destiny Ekaragha is a comedy that explores attitudes towards cultures and debates about race and culture. In the film, three black male teenagers are waiting for their friend to drive them to a party. As they begin to get frustrated, a white man walks past wearing tight jeans and this sparks a debate about many different things, from the question asked by Joseph 'How can a man wear jeans that tight?'. The debate begins about how it is possible to wear jeans that tight, it moves to a more sexual topic and then onto whether white women are better to be with then black women and finally onto the discussion that black people populated the planet. The conversation continues until another character walks past in a white shirt and sparks another conversation. Although some of the questions asked throughout the short have deeper meaning, the conversation is kept light-hearted. Destiny herself says  "I think sometimes laughter is the best way to tal...

  A short film is often defined by the duration of the film and the content.  It can also be defined by what it lacks compared to a feature film. Short films can be determined by the duration of the film, for example, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, a short film is 40 minutes or less in length, including all credits. However, the cut off point for the length of time allowed for a short film fluctuates, with most film festivals stating that a short film is below 30 minutes in length. Even though short films can be categorised due to their duration, the length of a short film, disregarding the categorisation, is often mainly decided by the budget of the particular film. Shorts are often self-funded or government funded and if so the budget is much smaller than the average budget for a feature film.  While short films are often defined by their length, they also can be defined by their content. Although short films can be any genre and also cross...

Genre - Drama, Thriller, Crime, Dark Comedy Narrative structure - The strucuture of this film is not in chronological order as although it follows a conversation between two friends, Nathan and Beefy, multiple flashbacks are used to show the past events being spoken about in the present to the audience. We are aware that these shots are flashbacks as Nathan says 'you know the kid got stabbed last month', as well as the change in lighting and time of day used in the flashbacks showing that these two events don't take place at the same time. Two stories are shown in one, the 3 act structure can be found in both stories shown. The film is left with an open ending as we are left to conclude ourselves whether there is some truth to the story that the boy was telling or not. Representation  -  The representation in this film is used to fulfil many stereotypes to easily introduce us to the character in the film. Basic tropes are used to easily make each characters role in the ...