My Final Postcard:
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My Final Film Review:
The Review's text:
This modern day interpretation of what could be perceived to be a shortened version of the classic ‘Brokeback Mountain’ love story may not actually be as cliché as one might assume. Given that the duration of Status is only around five minutes, Goodman has managed to cram the ‘ups and downs’ of a confused teenage boy’s life into her first short-film.
Influenced by the French New Wave, particularly the work of Jean-Luc Godard and Italian Neorealism, Goodman has reinvented Goddard’s style regarding audio as she too has literally and entirely dropped the sound half way through their piece. James (Jamie Yates) is listening to his girlfriend talk continuously when he begins to drift off into a world of his own, and at this point, the sound has been muted. Whether this is entirely successful or not is arguable though, as it could be interpreted by an audience who are not familiar with the work of Goddard as an unprofessional mistake.
The short-film explores the difficulties that a male teenager may have when revealing his sexuality in a modern-day British culture; particularly if he is seen as a dominant masculine figure amongst his peers. Jamie Yates’ portrayal of the central protagonist, James is believable and endearing. His concern and discomfort draws sympathy from the audience, and triggers instant satisfaction when the narrative is resolved. The use of the camera work does create a very low-budget appearance due to the ‘hand-held’ and unsteady footage used within the football shots, and the setting of a college seems very conventional and unimaginative given the age of the characters. However, the use of natural lighting which anchors the natural and normal college environment is successful as the desired social-realism genre and tone has been achieved by doing this.
What’s interesting about ‘Status’ is the way in which Brown has directed the ‘text message’ to appear on screen. Taking the modern approach to editing text into the film via post-production, as opposed to simply capturing a shot of the text message on a mobile telephone screen, the text in the form of a messaging conversation on a smart phone fades into and out of the corner of the screen. This clearer and cleverer way of displaying text allows the audience to fully understand the message which has been received, and indeed the consequences that this has within plot development. - Casey Goodman
Our Final Short-Film:
My teacher will supply you with a DVD copy of our short film.
The QR Code which links directly to the website YouTube where our film can be watched.
This QR code is also on the back of my postcard.
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