Thursday, 6 October 2011

Short Film Analysis #2

Sweet

Sweet is a British short film from 2000. The film is directed by James Pilkington starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. The film is roughly 10 minutes long and humorously documents the relationships of Pete Sweet (Fielding) and the imaginary sister of his mate Dave, Poppy and also Pete and Daisy and Stitch (Barratt), Pete’s best friend.

The budget used for the film was very small as Pilkington used friends as the actors and also used his contacts for the crew on the film. Pilkington even used his local pub, and his own flat as locations for the filming.

The film incorporates the conventions of a short film by using a simple narrative structure that has a beggining, a middle and a conclusion which resolves the issues addressed throughout the 10 minutes. It would be fair to say that the lenght of the film is that of an average short film which breaks up nicely.

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