Soft - A Short Film Analysis

Crew:

Director and Writer - Simon Ellis 

Producer - Jane Hooks

Editor - Simon Ellis

Cinematography - Christopher Ross

Sound Design - Tom Bailey 

Cast:

Iain - Johnny Phillips 

Scott - Matthew O'shea

ASBO - Michael Socha

Soft was written and directed by Simon Ellis and is about a father and son who get harassed by a gang. It's budget was £50,000 and won 17 awards. 

During the film, there are scenes thy look like it is filmed from a mobile phone. This can be seen by the bad quality of sound and the camera shaking lots. The amount of shaking from the handheld camera makes the film feel real and makes he audience feel more involved in it. 

The establishing shot is used at the beginning and the end of the film. The first at shot is at the start when the fisher is walking home living his life like normal. The shot is then showed again at the end  after all of the action, when everything looks like it has gone back to normal. 

The editing in the films is very good. It keeps switching from the mobile-like camera that the teenagers have, to the normal camera that is following the father. The fact that it keeps switching shows the audience that both footages are happening at the same time. 

The gangs is wearing the stereotypical dress code for gangs, which is tracksuits with trainers and chains. The leader of the gang is wearing all white which makes him stand or from the rest.

The lighting throughout the film is all natural and even brighter in some places. This shows the audience how much the teenagers care about what they are doing. They don't care whether is it day time or night time to cause havoc.