Length: 02:34
Logline: A young girl asks her mother a straightforward question and gets an awkward answer in reply.
This is such a simple idea you'll wonder if you've seen it somewhere else before. Here, there's a great blend of conversation at cross purposes and visual metaphors being used to bring together the comedic situation of an adult explaining sex to a child.
Kate Isitt plays Mum and Rebecca Duffy her daughter. Isitt shows experience and good comic timing while Duffy is naturalistic and well directed. Dialogue and performance go hand in hand as delivery of the well written text is essential in any comedy. Structurally, all the right beats are struck, the reveal at the end is clever, and there's a smooth pace which never feels rushed given the films short length.
Nice camera movement helps the small location feel more active and the well paced edit complements that. Music bookends the piece well and the lack of soundtrack throughout brings forward the dialogue which has been recorded without flaw. Similarly, the camera quality is good as is the soft lighting and detailed set design. It all combines to give a very professional look but it's really the concept and performances that shine through as brilliant.
This is such a simple idea you'll wonder if you've seen it somewhere else before. Here, there's a great blend of conversation at cross purposes and visual metaphors being used to bring together the comedic situation of an adult explaining sex to a child.
Kate Isitt plays Mum and Rebecca Duffy her daughter. Isitt shows experience and good comic timing while Duffy is naturalistic and well directed. Dialogue and performance go hand in hand as delivery of the well written text is essential in any comedy. Structurally, all the right beats are struck, the reveal at the end is clever, and there's a smooth pace which never feels rushed given the films short length.
Nice camera movement helps the small location feel more active and the well paced edit complements that. Music bookends the piece well and the lack of soundtrack throughout brings forward the dialogue which has been recorded without flaw. Similarly, the camera quality is good as is the soft lighting and detailed set design. It all combines to give a very professional look but it's really the concept and performances that shine through as brilliant.
Best Bit: Nice reveal at the end.
Worst Bit: Ginger kid! (I can say that)
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