Wasp - Jack Storer

SOCIAL REALISM - the gritty reality of the working class is really strong in this piece, the dirty sequence of the poor children taking the spare ribs off the car park floor is really moving.
this entire film is so unique she really pushes this gritty british drama to the next stage with the extremity of all shots. i think aswell as being visually and textually powerful it has a simple and effective storyline.
This simple storline fits the short film format amazingly it allows Andrea Arnold to really experiment with shots and what we see. the storyline doesn't need the kids to swear but when they do it just brings the extreme reality to the audience.
the soundtrack was really effective and used almost completly diegetic sound also having the children sing along to the background music at the bar is a really powerful scene it really pushes the fact that they are just children, and they want to just relax and have fun its not their fault they where born into poverty and they don't get to choose their mother.
the themes and issues of this are really clear its the presure thats put on single young mothers in poor conditions and the choices they have to make to protect their kids but how they still try to juggle a social life. as an audience i think we are really put on the side of the kids as we see the shots from outside the car almost a POV of the children.

Director: Andrea Arnold
Writer: Andrea Arnold

won : oscar - best short film - live action