Tartan Shorts Production Company
by Jeremy Raison
The short film 'Small Moments' was a gripping and interesting order of events. its quick pace and high tempo created anticipation for an audience. Throughout the short film there are many different story lines that tie into one, for instance one of a little girl and her mummy meeting the dad at a restaurant and an old couple sitting down to have lunch. Having many stories intertwined enhanced the interest in foreshadowing the ending.
To relate to the codes and conventions of short films, where it works with motifs and themes sucha as the clock in the town centre to connote the theme of time. It also visually created a wonderful short film, the music along with diagetic sound, like clock ticking or skateboard noises or sounds of cars to connote a city, to bring the whole feel of the atmosphere together and forebode the end effectively to the audience. They even used suspense music along with the ticking of the clock near the end, to build up anticipation.
The camerawork and editing was very well done, it had a huge range of shots, ones that stood out to me were when a camera was on a track following along side a skateboard, or using the cars in the city as a wipe, the range of wide shots and long shot, along with plenty of extreme close ups, to emphasise the characters emotions throughout. They also used a high angle when looking up at the town clock when along with diegetic sound it ticks, and that builds the theme of anticipation.
The costume and props throughout brought an interesting motif of colour, the use of a lot of reds, like the red nail varnish, the red balloon, the red bottom of the skateboard, helped to forebode the ending, and to connote blood shed. There were also brighter colours like blue of the sky and yellow to challenge the idea of blood shed, as it connotes a happy time, in a sunny place which is to be destroyed!
The only thing about the short film that challenged usual conventions of short films was the number of different narratives, with a range of many characters. This was contrasted with normal short films 1 narrative as there is a short space of time to fit it into. This however did work very well, as the different storylines kept the audience on their toes and made the audience want to watch on and be captivated through foreshadowing.
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