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a 600-word analysis

Film form is used effectively throughout the short films to fill in the gaps in the narrative without having to specifically having to explain within the film’s narrative. One example of this is in the short film “wasp” where we as an audience are thrown straight into the middle of an event, and there is no dialogue to explain the context of the characters and their lives, leaving us to rely on film form to gather aspects of the story. In wasp one of the key aspects of the film form used to explain the story is the use of costume, the first time we are introduced to the characters of the film, it is clear to us their family is an unconventional one. All of the children’s clothes are just slightly off, some of the children aren’t wearing shoes, or their clothes have small holes in them, and most noticeably the mother of the children is in her nightgown. The use of film form over sound is also used in the film “Elephant”, however, unlike in “Wasp”, where the film only withholds the use of dialogue for a few scenes, in “Elephant the use of film form is used to tell the story is even more key because there is only one line of dialogue within the whole film.

Genre conventions are consistently mixed throughout all of the short films, none of the films stick to one genre, they use many different genres within there films to make new and interesting story lines that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. For example, “the wrong trousers” is a family film, a comedy, and a crime film, by mixing these three genres it allows each one to become something new and original. In “the wrong trousers” the film uses the mix of crime conventions and comedy conventions to create new aspects within both genres. For example, the use of crime helps to create new funny situations that wouldn’t be possible if the film genre was just comedy, For example, the film has it blatantly clear to us a an audience the villain of the film is just the penguin with a rubber glove on his head, however, Wallace and Gromit both cannot figure it out, even though the penguins disguise is clearly not very good, this blend of crime and comedy creates a good on going joke the continues throughout the film. “Wasp” is a short indie drama film. The fact the “wasp” is an indie film allows it to do things with the drama genre that would typically be frowned upon within mainstream media, for example, the language that is used would typically not be used within mainstream media, as it would result in the film getting a eighteen rating, films don’t want this as it makes the film harder to advertise as well as limits the audience when the film gets put into cinemas, however since the film is a short indie film, it wouldn’t be likely to go to cinemas anyway, therefore allowing the director to be more flexible with the contents of the film.

Narrative structure is used within the short films to create an interesting story line, for example, in “Elephant” there is no happy ending, much like the war that the movie is trying to represent. The film uses its lack of a typically narrative happy ending to show the hopelessness of war, there is no happy ending in the battle, it only ends with death. “Wasp” also has no typical happy ending, however, unlike in “Elephant”, the movie leaves the ending up for interpretation of the watcher, suggesting to us that there is a chance for the mother to get her happily ever after.

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