Looking at this short film proved to be exteremly important for our team. With our film being of both psychological and thriller genre, by viewing this short film, we were able to focus on the concept of 'psychological' in more depth.
This one screenshot is a scene from the short film ‘About a Girl’ and I feel is one which represents the whole piece in this one frame. Age, gender and social status are all addressed in this short film and our stereotypical views are confirmed by the representation of working class people and the shocking twist whereby the protagonist disposes of her dead baby in a canal. This film was of great importance as it built expectations of a typical diary form documentary about a girl who was aspiring to be a superstar. However the shocking finish was such a surprise to the viewer due to the codes and conventions throughout which followed a similar suit and kept to the explanation of a troubled child’s life. E.g. the constant representation of the girl as a child, challenges the idea of being pregnant.
This one screenshot is a scene from the short film ‘About a Girl’ and I feel is one which represents the whole piece in this one frame. Age, gender and social status are all addressed in this short film and our stereotypical views are confirmed by the representation of working class people and the shocking twist whereby the protagonist disposes of her dead baby in a canal. This film was of great importance as it built expectations of a typical diary form documentary about a girl who was aspiring to be a superstar. However the shocking finish was such a surprise to the viewer due to the codes and conventions throughout which followed a similar suit and kept to the explanation of a troubled child’s life. E.g. the constant representation of the girl as a child, challenges the idea of being pregnant.
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