Short Film analysis

After watching and researching the short film, Get off my Land directed by Douglas Ray, I have seen that it was entered for many international Film Festivals such as, Edinburgh, Chicago and Palm Springs, along with many other screening events. Also, I have found out that Douglas Ray has worked along side very successful directors, and now is a director for advertisements. Therefore making this short film was an experiment on what he could do.

Furthermore, this short film's audience is for middle/working class female adults aged 25+, as it shows elements of which it could be a Soap Opera, like Coronation Street and Emmerdale. This could be viewed after work or later in the evening. It is shown as an emphasis on family life and personal relationships, with a more social realist story line. This film could be seen as covering themes such as, Upper Classes, arrogance, country and city people, and old fashioned ways, for example, fighting for land.

This short film has a linear narrative with parts of a circular one, as the same behaviour returns later in the film but with a different character. Moreover, it is quite an objective, restricted narrative because it focused on everyone's feelings about the situation. There is a very simple plot due to time constraints, but with a twist, as the farmer agreed to fight, but he had a gun. The film was done in real time in a true country environment, therefore it is quite open although it is scripted.

The film has been filmed with a hand held camera, and at parts, slightly kinetic to make it seem more realistic. Throughout the short film you can hear the ambient sound of the countryside, which may have been added in the studio. Lastly, the titles were not shown as very important as they were quick, however this was due to time constraints. The production titles started the film, and the main title was shown after a clip. At the end, ambient sound was still playing but over a black screen showing the roles of the production team, for example, Editor and Writer, therefore this was longer than the pre-titles.