This 6 minute short, Room 8, is of the Thriller/Suspense genre. It's set in a prison and focuses on a new prisoner meeting his creepy, stoic jail mate. These immediately has connotations of mystery as the audience as prisons and criminals have negative connotations which are typical of Thrillers.
Dialog represents the main character as cocky and risky as he 'takes his chances' with the ominous box. Whereas the antagonist is an older man shown to be reserved and knowledgable which is typical of older prison mates. The content is quite mature, it's not aimed at children, as it has a dreary atmosphere, includes a disturbing ending and is set in an unsettling location with matching characters. Therefore it is most likely aimed at young adults as the genre's codes and conventions appeal most to the 16-25 age group. Theres a linear narrative as we find out information along with the main character as the story progresses, however the first scene foreshadows the ending, in which case it could be considered as circular considering the stories surreal nature. The short was produced by Bombay Sapphire's Imagination Series in 2013 and then the film went on to win the BAFTA for Best Short Film 2014. As they're a popular company they were able to contribute a large budget to the film and production. As we found last year, a large budget means higher quality equipment and production team, therefore the overall result is award winning quality. Bombay Sapphire benefits from The Imagination Series as they're able to aid budding film makers and involve themselves in the creative industry. So by doing this they're able to get their brand name on a renowned, televised, national award. The audience can tell that the film is made by with a bigger budget and by trained film makers as the storyline is more ambitious and they use technical editing with professional technology to realistically portray the contents of the box and the miniaturisation of the main character. College students may be able to have a plot as ambitious but the technology is not available to them ands the production may not come together and be executed as well as this one. Comments are closed.
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