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Short Film Research: ( Soft/ Drama )

 


    With the intensity it carries, the short film is quite direct to the point. The short film's climax is told in a direct and unambiguous manner. Just a minute into the film, a fight between high school kids breaks out. The camera's quality is poor, and it's being held. The fighting scene in the short clip appears to have been recorded on a phone. There is a lot of yelling, which is a common feature of dramas. The other issue is that there is physical abuse among the students. The physical abuse being discussed is the shoving and punching that is taking place. The short film's quality then rises to a high level, with high key lighting. A zoom viewpoint is used in the scene where the adolescent tells his father that he got into a fight.
    This captures the father's feelings, giving it a theatrical tone. This effect adds to the drama's shared aspects. The camera then shifts to an over-the-shoulder position, revealing the boy's face while his father speaks to him. This captures his facial expressions in the same way that the zoom does. It also contains aspects of the action genre. This short film is ideal as a reference for our short film because it combines both genres. The next scene, which takes place inside his residence and features the kids who jumped him, is the most dramatic and action-packed. The kids were in his father's car, which triggered his car alarm.
    The father and son are cursing at each other, calling each other "wusses" for failing to get them out of the car. Diegetic sounds include the automobile alarm and augmented noises such as a rock being hurled. When the boy has had enough of waiting, he goes out and obtains a paddle, which he uses to beat the kid with. This produces complete chaos because the students who jumped him are now scattering and fleeing. Because there was so much activity in this one scene, it had the most drama. The boy begins to beat one of the children with his paddle before stepping on his head. We were taken aback since we hadn't expected him to get so violent. This caught us off guard, which is a good quality to have in a drama picture.

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