More film research.- ZOI

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This film called 'ZOI' produced and directed by Oliver Hollingdale, starring James Camp and William Camp, is very different from the other films in which I have researched partly due to the fact, it had no funding, is a different style from all the rest as it is actually a short film, and it was made not necessarily for mass production purposes but for an enjoyment factor of making it, the short 'film' itself is all of 6 minutes and 22 seconds, which for some films is just really the beginning. This I believe wouldn't be a mainstream film that would turn up in cinemas all over the UK, I believe that it would just be a few people viewing it for entertainment purposes but only the minority, some may describe it as an 'indie' film. The name of the film itself I think is really meaningful; In Greece ZOI means life, and I think what Oliver Hollingdale  with this film was trying to show that life is all about, being young having fun by playing games, and that life should be simple, they are the meaning that I got from this film, and I think that these meanings aren't anything a mainstream audience would really respond to in great masses so wouldn't ever be on the big cinema screens. The music used in this is very si-fi like as it has a techno sound to it, but, I feel as if that contrasts and actually contradicts the realistic scenes that are happening with the two boys, I dislike the fact that the music is the same throughout as for me personally I found it rather samey and as an audience member started to become distracted from what was happening as no new sounds were coming through to me to specifically engage me so, if I was to personally re make this short film I would alter the soundtrack slightly to make it more engaging. I really loved some of the shots used as I thought they really captured and conveyed the two characters relationship but I think that the acting showed us more the emotions in this than the soundtrack or camera shots did. A few of the shots that I really picked up on was the one in which on of the boys was hiding from the other in the game of 'IT' that they were playing and the over the shoulder view of the brother running to find him, I thought was very good as it was a 'cute' shot that emphasised the actors age and also brought the audience into it by putting the camera at actors eye level so it make it look like you are actually there as an audience member. Another shot which i really found quite intriguing is the first real shot of the one boy on his own and in the foreground he is standing and in the background is fields and a tree, this gives a sense of setting and atmosphere which is a very natural peaceful one, I like the fact that you can tell someone else is about to enter the scene by the boy looking off into the distance and then slowly following something with his face, I think this worked really well as I as an audience member felt really interested in what he was looking off at.
 I think that this film reflects more of a film in which I would do, due to the simplistic feel that it has about it, with the low budget etc.