Other Short films watched

For developing my research in a-level media I have manage to watch several short films apart from the individual film I have watched named Tick tock. For this particular task each of my class mates introduced a short film that they have watched and presented them in our class in order to understand the concept of how to produce a creative short film.

The short films that I have watched were :

• We were once a fairy tale
• Love is sick
• Inside
• Tick tock

 We were once a fairy tale

This was a short film In December of 2008, where Kanye West sent Spike Jonze his song "See You in My Nightmares from 808s and Heartbreaks. They'd been talking for quite awhile about working on a project together, and it was finally a good time for both of them. Spike wrote a story for the song, working off of the raw feeling of 808s and Heartbreak. He Suggested they do it as a short film, which would free them up creatively, and Kanye agreed. Spike, knowing Kanye's level of commitment, cast him as the lead characted -- a pathetic, sad drunk in a club. Spike wanted to get a raw, shameless performance, and Kanye went for it, wholeheartedly. They filmed it over the course of two days at a club in West Hollywood, with a very low budget and a skeleton crew. It became an experimental short film for them. Spike says, "Our idea was just to see if we could make a short film, pay for it ourselves, put it on iTunes, and see what happens.

In my opinion I thought the film was very effective the way they used the blur vision of kanye west to present the point of view as though we get a sloppy and slow feeling. The contrast and lighting set in the location suited the job since it was very dark and noisy which usually occurs in after night partys.The costume and the body language of kanye west presented the image as though he’s very big headed and drunk and of course the producers manage to accomplish their presentation in a professional way.

Love is sick

This short film presents the story of a young man who is seeking to find his love but come across many barriers in which he has to overcome in order to reach his goals, apparently he does come across with a bad ending for his love research.

In my opinion I thought the film:

• Was very easy to follow through where at the beginning the film already jumps into conclusion ‘It couldn’t end like this’ however it also ended the same repetitive plot as the beginning which presents the film as a repetitive process
• I found it very funny the way the man sees the small boy as Justin beiber
• Very reliable of how they present that love can happen at first sight and leads to many situations
• A great example of it presents that love is a desperate need
• Amazing of how it presents an alternative that is repetitive from the beginning of the film ‘Could end like this’- goes straight from the beginning of the process

Inside short film

The short film is about a man who has a disability that can change their personalities into various ways from the communication of people. Therefore this film presents how a man is held up in a mental hospital and having his discussion with a women about his disability and confirms an agreement from over control.