Length: 03:01
Logline: A film showing what various people keep in their pockets and why.
This is a nice straight forward film that makes even seasoned crack addicts seem pleasant enough. But let's take a closer look.
A lot of elements are covered in this. Religion, death, sex, food and friendship to name but a few. Every item seems to have a certain significance, there's no used bus tickets or pocket lint to be seen here. Naturally, the filmmaker has chosen only the interesting things. There's a nice juxtaposition early on where we go from innocent child to toothless druggie. The structure has some sort of thread to it, but is sometimes a little loose and gets a bit focused on religion towards the end.
For a film about Londoners, there's an awful lot of foreign accents to be heard. Clearly, the UK residents are less interesting, and are either bemused kids, gummy old folk or randy adults. None the less, a wide and interesting bunch so you are never sure on what we are going to get next.
Shots vary between close-ups of the owners faces and the items they hold in their hands. (I kind of became transfixed by the state of some folks nails) Camera quality is high though some out of focus shots are a bit distracting. There is an apt and fitting accompanying soundtrack which emulates the continental feel of the London location.
This feels like a topic that could be explored on and on with limitless amounts of interesting people and items to discover. What we get here is limited but also a good taster and easily watchable short film.
Best Bit: Vibrant colours and camera quality.
Worst Bit: People selection.
Final thought: I take it that horn came out of a clowns pocket, right.
Read a condensed review of this film on Twitter here.
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