4th film post- Megan

Brando-ing

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'Banter between two friends stuck on a roof'

 

       Audience:

• The audience would be people who use social media as this is a film posted onto the internet for people who enjoy films and filming there own i.e. media and film students- this is a psychodynamic audience group
• People ages 15-30 because this is the likely target group to use the internet and social media sites to get hold of the short film. The two characters in this film are also between this age (tone of build, facial hair) group meaning more of a connection with the audience through their choice of 'banter.'
• Demographically, I think this film would appeal more to males than females because both the characters are male and therefore would be more relatable to the audience. As well as this, the plot is more relatable to this gender because it is more stereotypical of men to get themselves into trouble (getting stuck on a roof) than females. Men are seem as more immature and this would be classed as 'immature banter' which woman wouldn't typically be seen to be involved in- stereotypically.

 

    Genre:

 



Costume- brightly coloured shorts suggesting comedy



 

facial expression showing banter between friends

Its quite obvious to assume from the short film that the genre is comedy due to the 'banter' we see between two guys.

Rick Altman's theory states that film genres have typical visual codes that convey meaning to the viewer - otherwise known as a semantic code. This film shows typical visual codes to demonstrate comedy including costume, facial expressions and context.

The 2 men are shown arguing over nothing on the roof instead of figuring a way to get down which shows the story to also be based around a comedic value rather than just the plot (how did they get up there, how will they get down? comedy would be added to these parts of the story too.)

 

 

Narrative:

The audience are only shown small snippets of the whole story (the plot-Bordwell and Thompson) so therefore the audience are left with the enigma codes of where are they, why are they there, how did they get there and how are they going to get down? (proposed by Barthes)

As there are only 2 characters, the binary positions would be between the 2 friends (one is getting frustrated with the other one talking rubbish and them disagreeing)- proposed by Levi-Strauss.

The story line has a linear narrative (there is no flashbacks or jump in time through the use of cuts(editing.)) Using Todorov's theory of narrative we can suggest the equilibrium is them on the roof having banter between one another and the disequilibrium would be them quarrelling between 'de-neroing and brando-ing faces.'

 

 

        My thoughts:

I like the simplicity of this film, there isn't any editing used for location changes or costume changes but rather as if the filming of a natural,  banterous conversation between 2 men. But with the use of camera shots and the script it is able to draw the audience in to enjoy the comedy between them. This is something I would like to achieve in my film- being able to attract the audience into our short film without the need of over-complicating our storyline or locations.