PICTURE DAY - a short film

Picture day is about a young girl preparing for picture day at school. Her mum pushes her to look her best ultimately resulting in them both fighting.

It becomes clear in the first few opening shots that the girl is clearly terrified of the day, because to her it's ultimately her trying to impress people she doesn't care about. The piece achieves this by using a mid shot of the girl staring terrified into the camera. This is to represent her looking into a mirror, this is effective because it's an indication to an audience that something is wrong and show her feelings. Mirrors are also used in the car to show emotion with her reflecting with what she's about to do. It a good device to show that there is inner conflict with in herself and the film would have benefited ending with the end shot being a reflecting shot looking back at the house.

One thing that the film suffered from however was the music. It's used to show the 'perfect' life that the mother is living. However it slowly become obnoxious with the sound slowly getting louder and louder until it takes over the majority of the fight scene. The film would benefit more if it would change and quieten down the music so it doesn't take up as much sound so they could add more impact sounds to add more risk to the fight.

Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tronhPRNM0