In preparation of creating a short film for my media project, I decided to watch products that the previous year 13's had created for their coursework.
The first short film that I viewed captured a man reflecting on his past experiences through his lifetime, from being a small child to being in the army. At the beginning of the film we see the man sleeping, which is when he is reminicing on his childhood experiences. For this, there were several shots of a young boy running through what appears to be a forest with a filter over the top of the shots, which makes the audience aware that this is a flashback of a memory. I think these shots perfectly captured the essence of childhood and how simple life is when you are that age, as the young boy in the shot is seen carelessly running through the trees and having fun.
The man in present day is then captured sitting on his bed looking through old photographs, which then triggers memories to come to him of being in the army. We then get the impression that these are fond memories to the man, as he picks up his old badge and kisses it after looking at the old photographs. It is then apparent that the man's strength has deteriorated with age as we can see the comparison of when he was in the army, to when he is older and he knocks over the glass of water.
I think that the passage of time between the mans childhood, his army experiences and his present day self have been shown perfectly by using different filters over the shots to represent the passage of time, and the fading between shots shows that they are memories. I would put this short film into the level four band on the mark scheme, and give it 33/40.
