As you can see from the links below these two clips are very
similar. Both show different people struggling on a daily basis due to poverty
and politics. With wasp we are immediately introduced the unfortunate family as
they leave their shabby council flat and walk down the foggy and unsettling
road. The director of this short film really grabs the viewer with the mise en
scene used through out. The camera angles and costumes made us pity the children
as we can see the dirt and sadness which smothers them. The mother is portrayed
as violent yet protective in the begging on the film as she looks out for her eldest
daughter after finding out she was mistreated by another girl in the area. However
the layout and theme of this setting allows us to view her also as s a rough
and unfit mum as she uses fail language and actions around her young children. This
is similar to Soft as the youths are also shown using bad attitude towards the
working citizen, making us feel scared from the workers point of view. Unlike wasp
the camera quantity changes constantly from good, clear quality (wealthy family)
to low density and poor filming (youths).
Both short filmings explore a variety of themes such as
love, hate, revenge and jealousy. Hate is one of the strongest themes shown
throughout as in wasp the mother feels hatred upon the other mothers and people
with in the pub who are more wealthy and live better lives than her, Soft also
focuses on hate and jealousy as the youths hate upon the wealthy mans family as
they are jealous of the privileges they have, however hate is also used from
the wealthy family due to the rude children vandalized their home and attacking
his son.
I enjoyed both clips as they were realist and really made me
think about children my age and how their actions affect others. I preferred Wasp
however as I was in more suspect watching Soft included louder tones and
unsettling behavior.
Soft_Simon Ellis
Wasp_Andrea Arnold(NOT FULL CLIP!!)
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