Alfie Short Film Nea film studies

Film Coursework Evaluation - Alfie Hudson For my NEA project, titled  'Scarf Swing' , I took inspiration by other short films I've studied, such as  ‘The Fly’ ,  ‘The Ellington Kid’ ,  ‘The Swan’  and  ‘Tight Jeans’ , as my film has a light-hearted and comedic tone throughout the runtime of 4 minutes and 40 seconds. I was inspired by  ‘The Fly’, as  that short film revolves around the seemingly random Mise en Scene of the fly which disrupts the get-away driver. Being disrupted and annoyed by a fly is relatable, however the film puts it in an unlikely situation, a bank robbery, which makes the situation more humorous, as there's a clear binary opposition, a theory by Levi Strauss, between the relatable situation and the unrelatable setting. This binary opposition is used in my film, as the idea of looking after a scarf that belongs to your family is a relatable struggle, however the goofy and absurd action scenes coupled with this relatability gi...

 Evaluation Genre - a category / style of film… Genre is used by producers to allow films to target audiences. Genres comprised of a number of conventions. If a film uses genre conventions in a conventional way, it is conventional. If it subverts, it's called unconventional. Get Out is conventional and unconventional.  Steve Newel - genres are fluid and change over time. If a familiar aspect is repeated, it becomes a part of the genre, which will appeal to pre-sold audiences. Ex Machina is in many ways an AI narrative, but also has elements of a psycho sexual thriller.  How does my film use genres? Is it a hybrid?  The ideology of the director can affect the film's representation. Stereotypes create meaning - understandable for audiences. Good for films under 2 hours.  Stereotypes can cause complications because they always reflect hierarchies if power.  In your film, what is the representation. Narrative is shaped by ideology, its how a story is told....

1: Slap / Ellington Kid / Echo / tight jeans  How do these films conform to the short film three act structure? In a traditional three act structure to a short film, it's typical that we meet the main characters, and are introduced to the inciting incident or conflict in the first half of the film. In the short film, Slap, the protagonist, Connor, his friend Archie and his girlfriend Lola are all introduced in the opening scene, as their close relationship is established in one short scene of them talking. Their most important character traits are shown here as this is when we find out that Archie is bisexual, Lola acts unintentionally homophobic in some of the references she makes towards Archie's sexuality, and Connor's boxing hobby as well as his feminine personality is established as we first meet him hiding from his dad wearing makeup before getting ready for Boxing training with his, presumably unsupportive, father. This effectively establishes the basis for the p...

  Characters fight on a skateboard? Action / comedy Teenagers - stunts - British looking buildings - juxtaposition between teenage activities with old buildings.  Ideas for short film 1. A young man inherits a scarf from his dad shortly after his passing, however it gets stolen by a biker gang, and he must fight them to get the scarf back. This is easier said than done when he realizes that the scarf is actually a powerful weapon that the biker gang will use on him. 2: a group of kids tell a chatgpt-like ai to destroy the world just to see what would happen. The ai's attempts are pathetic at first, they send out a tweet asking for reliable ways to gain access to artillery for free which gets no responses. However over the course of a few weeks, the threat of the ai takeover becomes more and more prominent as the chatgbt thing starts to get close to achieving its goal. 3: A courtroom drama about Santa deciding who goes on the naughty or nice list.  (notes) I’ve decided to ...