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...
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