"Bitch" Caroline Robertson

Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftdD2MoL114

This film was directed by Tom Bridge and was part of the Virgin Media short film contest. I actually really really enjoyed the whole of this film, from start to finish, and the comedic twist at the end was a really nice way to sum up the nature of the storyline.

The film you can tell by the opening soundtrack and dialogue and story plot that it is a comedy, but the lighting, setting and colouring gives it a social realism feel, probably to make it look more realistic so people can relate with his situation and find the twist at the end funnier.

The average supermarket setting makes the film relatable to all people, and there does not appear to have targetted a particular social class or group. The comedic value is enhanced by the close up shots and over the shoulder shots which show the mans reaction to everything the women is saying, he clearly thinks she is as amusing as the audience and this helps to make us sympathise with him and his situation.

At the end during the twist, music dawns on him as he realises he has been tricked, and this again adds comedic value. I think it was an interesting film in that I think that the themes it was playing on was the elderly. Perhaps its playing on the fact that although the saying says "respect your elders," and that we may think they are losing the plot as the women is portrayed to have in the film and the fact that she compares the man to her asian son who looks nothing like him, that they are a lot smarter than most people give them credit for.

I liked the fact that the soundtrack only came in at certain times, to introduce the film and to end it when he works out he has been juped as it makes it more effective when it comes into play, this is something i may take into account when making my final piece.