Evaluation
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...