Over

Over is a short film which is presented in reverse order. It is about a refugee who falls from a jet after being hidden in the plane wheel.


It begins with an extreme long lengthy shot of the place of death. It then shows people walking past the place of death, with flowers on the roadside. Someone comments that they had no idea who left them. It then shows blood being power washed away through a close up. The use of slow panning to the right creates an uneasy feel. The use of extreme long shots causes the audience to feel removed from the victim. This mirrors politics at the time.

Inspiration
I think the use of extreme long shots and takes is interesting. The use of a reversed narrative is also interesting as it causes the audience to act like a detective. I think this concept works on longer short films, however I think the brief that we have been given is too short to successfully play with narrative conventions.