Stanley Gordon

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+fly+short+film&view=detail&mid=A0C812280605FED6DDE2A0C812280605FED6DDE2&FORM=VIRE After viewing 'The Fly' twice, I overall like the film a lot. It delivers a fast and frantic story, as well as a relatively engaging protagonist and an entertaining structure. The film is solely set in the car of the driver (played by Jack Doolan), parked at the exterior of a bank his follow heist-members are robbing. The scenes are constantly cross-cut, between the hilarity of the drivers encounter with the fly and the panic inside the bank, only heard through muffled shouts coming form inside. We do not see the robbery, and by doing as such the film creates a comic tone while staying on a small budget and not having to choreograph an entire heist sequence. The camera work is mostly steady, maintaining a fairly regular medium shot and uses shots form the exterior of the car when the driver freaks out to show how small the issue truly is and ...

In class we also watched various clips from 'Baby Driver' and contrasted them with 'The Fly' and 'Blue Song'. 'Baby Driver' also follows a getaway driver, Baby having tinnitus and using music to drown out the ring. He also has a debt to pay off against Spacey and does so by driving, until his relationship with Debora leads him to wanting an ordinary life. Due to this being feature length it allows for much greater narrative depth and breadth due to its length and the fact audiences tend to be more involved in a cinema environment. Also, characters are easier to develop with this extended time and can be fully fleshed out as they are slowly revealed to us. Baby is one such character. The narrative, albeit slightly simplistic is purely his relationship with Debora is one third, his relationship with his carer the other third, and his relationship with Spacey's Doc the other third. Eventually all three facets collide in an explosive finale. In my opin...

In class, we watched the music video for 'Blue Song' by Mint Royale, directed by Edgar Wright. This served as an influence for the opening sequence of 'Baby Driver' and the two share more than a few similarities. Noel Fielding, joined by fellow bank robbers Nick Frost, Julian Barratt and Michael Smiley begin seated in a beat-up family car in a non-descript car park. It is immediately set up as a bank robbery, with the door in the back ground and their conspiratory talk at the beginning, which in true Edgar Wright fashion, is snappy and comedic. We then watch as the three enter the bank, and the driver begins to dance in his car after selecting the perfect getaway song. The camera moves around the car dynamically, swooping from door to door and headlight to headlight. The cuts are, at times, synced to the beat of the sing but not to the extremes of 'Baby Driver's intro. The editing is snappy, pairing with the scant dialogue, and the sound is primarily just the ...

Short films work well for new filmmakers, as first and foremost, they are cheaper than a feature length film. This allows new filmmakers to easily get into the industry regardless of how much money they have, although there is the initial cost of a camera etc. Also they are shorter, so the script writing is going to take less time, and altogether will be a shorter project for them. Its simply an easy way for them to express ideas with less stress included than in a feature length and doesn't require a studio or a colossal budget. Its a slower, easier drop into the ocean of the film industry.

In class we have been reviewing certain scenes from the Edgar Wright film 'Baby Driver' and contrasting them with the short film 'The Fly'. Both follow a getaway driver during a heist, but take different approaches due to the vastly different characters in each. In 'Baby Driver' we see Baby in the drivers seat, seemingly completely fearless as he watches his fellow robbers take control of the bank he is parked outside. He dances, and shows little to no apprehension despite the high stakes. He is confident, and we see why once he starts driving in a thrilling action scene. We see his vast talent for driving and understand his cockiness in the intro. In 'The Fly' we see a fidgety, and uncertain driver. He then becomes obsessed with trying to kill a fly with a variety of ludicrous methods which is cleverly cross-cut with the bank entrance where we hear shotgun fire and the screams of the patrons. However we only see his accomplices at the end, when they ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gryenlQKTbE I have just discovered this short yet very impactful short film called 'Cargo'. This has recently had a fully fledged movie adaptation featuring Martin Freeman and had been incredibly successful overall. The use of sound (or lack of) is incredibly potent and is similar to how I may want to play my short film as dialogue can sometimes be clunky and present the problem of recording it etc. and conversations are quite difficult to shoot form my past experience. Regardless I think this is a great short film and thoroughly recommend giving it a watch.

The term short film, to me (and Wikipedia), means "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits." Our task only calls for five-10 minutes or so of footage/ screenplay so the main problem will be constructing a concise and impactful narrative in this short amount of time. It is common for short films to fail to deliver on a good ending, which in my opinion is the most important part of any film, book or TV show. The script will need to be near perfect, I imagine dialogue will be minimal and it will mostly be a visually based film, at least in my case. Composing beautiful shots and getting perfect lighting, and telling a story with only these elements and music makes more sense to me with only five-ten minutes than a truly complicated, and possibly messy, script heavy piece. Unless movement is minimal and the script is concise, in which case I could be swayed (something similar to the milk scene at the beginning of Inglorious B...

Hello, My name is Stanley Gordon and this is my blog. I am an aspiring writer and (hopefully) this blog will reflect that. It will follow my journey through the creation process of my Short Film for my Coursework. I intend to screen write, storyboard, and act as director for this film. This page will display my research leading up to the final product as well as all planning materials and preparatory work. I initially wanted to make a full short film but due to my aspirations being that of screenwriter it seems counter-intuitive to take this option and writing a screenplay will far better suit me. The pictures below in an odd format are a few of my favourite films with some cool posters. Since I couldn't work out how to get them on the same row I just decided to do this funky alternating-step-ladder thing with them so hopefully that excuses my computer incompetence.