Textual Analysis 5:The Most Beautiful Thing

Just the portrayal that we want to achieve in our film. The protagonist is a lonely isolated boy, who looks for acceptance and confidence. Now nearing the end of his school days, all he seeks is to end it with someone who he can consider his friend/ girlfriend. Therefore half way through the film he meets a girl, a deaf girl by the name of Emily and they live out their relationship through the use of a pen and paper. Further following the convention of a simple plot, often not involving in-depth dialogue. Their love is momentarily halted by an arrogant "cool kid", who tries to steal and kiss the protagonists girlfriend. However she eventually speaks out to him and he ends up asking her to prom, which was one of his greatest concerns for the boy.

Due to the time constraints on a short film, plenty of enigma codes can be seen throughout. One enigma code that I first noticed was when the boy first returns home at the beginning he calls to his parents, only to receive no answer, but he called as if he expected them to be there at that time. They're not there and could be why he feels so alone and isolated. If this film were to be extended it could be easily drawn out, thus proving that the plot has depth and interest even though presented through a shortened format.

The film starts at the beginning relying heavily on the use of a bench, using it as a catalyst to fuel the relationship between the two characters. However as there relationship blooms you see her visit his home and other places around the school, thus broadening the variety of setting as well as delving further into the plot.

Going back to the repeated use of the bench, due to the position of the bench it indeed limits the use of cinematography. Thus leaving the shots to mostly consist of medium shots and close ups, as well as shot reverse shots. However close ups are used throughout the film, due to the emotional nature of the film to convey the characters true emotions, thus allowing the audience to empathise and relate to the characters.