Tallulah Pollock

This short film was inspired by a documentary, All About Mothers. This simple yet effective 5 minute film features the monologue, in the form of a voice over, of a young woman drinking coffee in a café. The woman is awaiting The Arrival of an unknown man and father of her unborn child. The scene is set up to look slightly as if the woman is sitting on a train carriage, which smoothly links to the loud train sound effects towards the end of the film. This highlights that the character is on a journey; this may be the end of the film but it is the start of something for her. The train sound FX signifies a change - departure of some things, as well as arrival of others. Also, when the non-diegetic sound comes to an end, the woman seems to have rebooted her thoughts as she now considers and creates more ideas of what this child may look like or whether there might be two of them - further highlighting the change in her thought process as she was previously set on not keeping...

The Ellington Kid by Dan Sully is a 5 minute short film about the current issue of knife crime in London. Although this is a dark topic, the narrators, who sit in the very kebab shop of the knife crime, bring a sense of comedy to the plot. The film is made up of a series of flashbacks to the stabbing, whilst Nathan portrays this to Beefy, who is freaked out by the story and questions it truth, all the while they trivially eat their meal. Eye level, symmetrical shot. Establishes the pairs' role together as a narrative. Natural daylight distinguishing the time difference between the flashbacks and the present day. Mise-en-scene of kebab shop in focus and clear to audience to create a somewhat relatable, realistic aesthetic. Depth of field - to reveal all that is in front of the lens; the worker and the emergent situation of the victim. Highlights the shock of worker as he stands still, away from the guy who has been stabbed. Colder lighting that that of the warm scen...

SLAP by Nick Rowland is a 25 minute short film focusing on the topic of gender-complexities within a stereotypically masculine character. This BAFTA nominated film shows the audience the struggles of a young male-boxer as he hides his most comfortable identity from his friends and family. This is until he decides to reveal this side of him in unexpected turn of events at a fancy dress party. The film showcases a very British style with very British surroundings and culture, the personality and lifestyle of the characters is also somewhat relatable. The issue in focus of this film is very current and through watching this, one can gain a lot of perspective on real challenges that people like Connor face. However, as noted by Rowland himself; this film is not so much about sexuality but more about expression and removing labels and categories. For example, when Archie labels Connor as gay, he is mistaken; just as many people are in reality. In this shot, we see Connor's sec...