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'STANDBY' SHORT FILM 'Standby' is all set in the police car, with the male driving and the female in the passenger seat. The shots are all mid shots and we become familiar with this and the two characters getting in and out of the car. Throughout the film, we see the two characters' relationship evolving through the use of minor traditions we see them doing; for example, listening to the same songs and drinking hot tea. The film indicates that the female learns the male's birthday date, and exactly how he likes his tea. We have sympathy for both characters; the female is new at the beginning, but then gets promoted, and the male is not a new policeman, however he does not get promoted and stays in the same job. The average shot lengths are short, because the film is showing their relationship over time, so the short shots show us just snippets of time.

'ROOM 8' SHORT FILM

'THE OPERATOR' SHORT FILM Sound and editing are used effectively in this short film. At the beginning, the diegetic sound of the emergency service operator's voices overlap each other which creates an atmospheric feeling as we watch the film. The average shot length is long which makes us as an audience focus on the voices of the operator and Gemma, who is stuck in a house fire with her three year old son. If jump cuts were used, it would be harder to focus on their voices because we would have more of a visual distraction on screen. Close ups on the operator's face create a sense of intimacy and tension, as well as the continuous stress we feel and share as audience members, waiting for the firemen to arrive; for the whole five minutes, we are focussed on the face of one character and one situation with a panicked character on the other end of the phone - the fact that we can't actually see what is happening means we have to concentrate more on sound. T...

NOTES AND ANALYSIS OF 6 FRAMES OF SLAP Directed by Nick Rowland, ‘The Slap’ is a short film about a teenage boxer, Connor (Joe Cole), who secretly cross-dresses, and has difficulty keeping this secret interest from his girlfriend, Lola (Skye Lourie), best friend (Elliot Tittensor), and father, George (Stephen Bent). Connor exposes his secret to Archie when he saves him from getting beaten up, and runs out to help him in a dress and makeup. He then wears a dress, heels, and makeup to a party and at first his girlfriend and friends think he is just dressed up as a joke, however in the bathroom, Archie mistakes Connor for being gay and attempts to kiss him. Connor throws him off and they argue, grabbing Lola’s attention. Lola then finds out that Connor stole her lipstick and realises that he has cross dressed before. They argue and Connor storms out of the party and arrives at his ‘boxing training room’, where he takes his upset and anger out on an opponent in the same room, and is so...