LO2: Rushes, textual analysis and conventions

 

This scene meets the generic conventions because it shows different angles on the scene and allows the audience to feel what the atmosphere is like in the location. This helps add to the generic conventions because in real short films I have studied it replicates the conventions of how certain camera shots and lighting can change the view of a shot and change the genre of it through the different camera angles and shot types. This footage shows the male being more dominant through being able to pot one off the pool balls. From there being a dryer lighting on the date scene it shows that there can be a comfortable and warm feeling towards the scene and shows how it could connote the genre of romance. The angle of this shot allows there to be more conventions added to the scene and connotes the idea of being an intense and confident atmosphere in the scene.

This scene shows the generic conventions through it shows the makes reaction to the girl walking by him giving the audience he impression of him finding her attractive and appealing towards him. From the female not acknowledging the male it hints to the audience that she is not interested in him this connotes what the ending of the short film may end like. The lighting that is used in this short film scene is natural lighting for it is gloomy yet is also bright to signify some tension from the characters. The setting used in this shot is on a public street in town where the characters cross paths with one another once again, they are wearing casual clothing and the girl is holding her phone showing her lack of interest in the guy. This scene will be used to show the attraction that the male character has towards the female character and shows how he admires her even when she is not paying attention to him. This scene connotes the stereotypical idea of how guys with his features don't get a second look from girls like her. 

This scene shows how in the film there will be a scene of the main character having a conversation with themselves, this footage is very short for it just shows how the footage would be filmed and what will happen during the short film. This scene states the frustration that the character is going through and how it has effected the way he acts towards himself when talking to himself in the mirror. The lighting that will be used in this scene will be a dull lighting and the setting for the shot will contain a public toilet to show how he is crazy about the girl he has seen. When these scenes are being edited there will be another shot of the same character in the same costume talking back to himself in the mirror, this will be done through a masking layer on Premier Pro. The actor in this scene will be the side of the mirror telling to the guy in the mirror, this means that in this scene the actor will be acting distressed, depressed and frustrated with himself, this will be done because it shows how the character is frustrated with themselves for not talking to the girl when he sees her. 

The theories that are involved in the short film is he Rick Altman theory in 1999, this theory states the idea of genre being generic pleasures. There are 3 sections of this genre and this short film relates to the emotional pleasure, this theory relates to the shot film because it relates to the idea of the audience being able to relate to the content and build an emotional connection to the film. The narrative theory that is relevant to the short film is the Todorov theory, this is because there is an enigma throughout the narrative of the short film being the fact that the male character liked the girl but didn't have the courage to speak to her which further turns out she has a girlfriend. This results in the make charter being depressed and devastated by the situation. The idea of representation in the short film is relating to the Stuart Hall theory from 1997, this theory relates to the short film for there is the stereotypical character of a blonde short girl with blue eyes being the female that the male character is attracted too. This relates to the representation theory because it shows the stereotypical view of how females are seen and what the ideal girl should look like to become attractive.