Analysis of an A2 media short films

Many students have made their own short films and put them on youtube, so I'm going to take advantage of this and check out a few of them, so I can see what I like and don't like. This way I know what ill want to put in my film, and hopefully it will therefore improve it.

Hide and Seek

The first film I watched was called 'Hide and Seek'. This film is based around a little girl playing hide and seek. When she goes to hide she heads over to a basket in a garden, once she hides and proceeds to get out she finds she has gone back in time to the world war era. We also see a little boy by the name of Stanley Smith who plays with her. Eventually she gets back in the basket and she is back to normality. I really like lots of aspects of the film, the idea of different times to just the present and also the way in which the little girl travelled around. However there are some flaws with it as well, the fact the director has chosen to use children as actors has meant the quality of acting isn't all that good. It isn't bad by all means however it does let the film down a little bit, as some times you can see they are struggling for words. Apart from this though I do think its a really good film.

The Desk

A second film which I watched on Youtube was called 'The Desk' this film tells the story of a boy who is being bullied. In the film we see him sitting at his desk in an English class. one day he decides to write on his desk, and to his surprise the next day, there is a reply. This carries on for a few days until he has to move classes, and this no longer happens. the person writing to him is himself, because he's lonely and got no one to talk to. I really like this as an anti bullying campaign and as a film, I think it gives off a really good effect. There isn't too much talking which I think also adds to the impact of the message, making it more meaningful. You can take away from this many different meanings depending on how you interpret it, this is how I saw it personally. There are many people commenting believing its to do with transgender or them talking through desks in different rooms.

Aqua

The third film I decided to watch was a short film called 'Aqua', in this film it shows the death of a young girl. The whole film is based around the power of water, hence the name 'aqua'. In my opinion the film is show casing a suicide however it can be interpreted differently depending on the viewer. this film had lots of underwater shots which I really liked and also the editing for this film was extremely good. From watching a film like this it has given me a few more ideas for shots for my film, and some extra editing I could put in, which altogether will hopefully give my film a better finish.