The premise for this short film is something many people can relate to a bad breakup causes protagonist Thomas to start seeing his ex-girlfriend everywhere, he begins to avoid shops and bars because he can see her inside. He knows these facsimiles are not her but he goes to see a therapist.
What I found clever about the short film is whenever he see's his "ex" she is always wearing the same dress and has the same haircut showing that he is not just remembering her but her at a certain point.
The use of mise en scene is done well with scenes giving insight to the protagonist mental mindset, such as towards the beginning his room is messy yet organised, yet towards the end it becomes messy and unorganised showing his mental state is deteriorating, this is also shown with the increase of people turning into his "ex".
My favourite part is the ending in which Thomas and his ex meeting up for a drink, in this scene he finds out that she has changed her whole appearance, in the scene (pictured above) everyone in the coffee place is his ex girlfriend, throughout the scene where he realises that she is so different from what he remembers everyone in the scene slowly reverts back to themselves throughout the scene.
This use of Mise-en-scene is ingenious as it reveals that he is getting over his ex, rather than him saying out loud or it being told to the audience, It informed the audience that he is getting back to normal.
The script and dialogue for See you around is a work of art in my opinion, especially the scenes with his psychologist, they are funny and show that Thomas is trying to get over his ex. The relationship between the therapist and Thomas is dynamic and shows the progress or lack thereof of him trying to move on.
What I want to take from this short film is the flow of the dialogue, there is no unnecessary lines or speeches and they lead the jokes perfectly, This is a short that kept me interested the whole way through and paced itself well.
No comments:
Post a Comment