Friday, 15 January 2010

The Most Beautiful Man in The World

In this analysis I will be looking at short film messages and ideologies in the film The Most Beautiful Man in The World. The opening shot panes to tilt up to the little girls face yawning showing sweat dripping from her face and you can hear the sound of the TV in the background. It shows she finds it physically draining and this is all her lifestyle consists of. It also allows the audience to see the costume she is wearing which consists of a belly top and hooped earings giving the impression that she wants to be older or perhaps is growing up to fast as the costume is to old for her to be wearing as she looks very young. The lighting used is low key creating a very gritty dingy style to this short film and gives the impression that this opening shot is meant to be set in the night time.

The shot which follows is of her laying on the floor with the dog suggesting she is of the same status as it and is maybe the only companionship she has which allows the audience to feel emotion towards her. It is set in the day which makes it clear that she doesn't spend her time doing much or doing things which her age group should do which leaves the audience to question what are her parents doing why isn't she at school or doing something which is educational?

We then hear a women's voice in the background on the phone talking about pointless conversation and again we see her watching TV showing that this child isn't of any importance and is invisible to them no care or attention is show towards her or even any communication is made between her and her parent the only thing we see her showing any attention to apart from the TV is the dog. It gives a sense of her feeling trapped and makes the audience feel sympathy towards her.

The phone rings and we see the dog and a women walk off suggesting that to them there are other things of more importance then her. We see that there is only one seat in the front room and all her toys are scattered on the floor there is no organisation at all and suggests that she is grown up into a single working class family as we see no male figure around suggesting that she is living in a broken home. She then looks out the window suggesting she wants to escape and almost as though sh dreams to be free.

We see an establishing shot of her outside on her bike but there is no one there observing to make sure shes safe and there are no other children around it's decelerate The location is really grubby and dirty connoting that isn't able to be a child.

A close up of her looking at her house then turning around to an over the shoulder shot allowing the audience to see what she's seeing and allows us to see the bigger picture connoting she longs to live a normal lifestyle and wants to travel and explore she hesitates before deciding to go into the field.

She then pretends to be an aeroplane connoting she wants to be free and fly away from all her problems. The sound effects Begin to get louder and more intense the further away she gets from her house connoting she feels closer to nature almost as though being outside allows her to live.

We are then introduced to a guy half naked stroking her dog connoting he's accepting of her and it's the first time you see her smile and speak which suggests she finds it easier to feel connection with a stranger more then she does with the people she lives with. She feels confident enough to speak to a stranger where as with her family she doesn't which leaves you to question the relationship she has with her family. When she speaks to him it leaves the audience feeling very uncomfortable almost giving the impression that he's a pedophile especially when he touches her. The fast paste shots of each of their facial expressions give the impression that there is sexual tension which is a very acquired position to be put in but we then see that they are just friendly which leaves the audience believe that they were thinking to far into things.


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