Two Minutes twenty

The short film we reviewed was “ two minutes twenty ”, written by Jason Wingard. It was about a man (Dave)who began in the setting of a restaurant .Dave then walks out to see a strange old woman putting glasses in a bin. He then starts to get really intrigued, which motivates him to walk over. Dave tried the glasses on to completely find himself in a new world; the glasses enable him to play God in a way. He gets to see how Long everyone has got left to live. This is really shocking to him to hold this great power, it doesn’t seem right to him, this causing a huge amount of overwhelming emotions and thought. Dave then sees a car, including his reflection – the glasses tell him he has seconds of life left.

I thought the whole concept and idea was amazing! The uniqueness of bringing  SYFY and mysterious elements, while including this in the real world I thought was incredible; the short film really captivated me as an audience member. I also thought that playing around with the idea of 2 minutes 20 was significant, I know from my own knowledge, it must have been really challenging making a short film hit 2 minutes twenty exactly! However I also think that including such a great story in 2 minutes twenty is amazing! The production team would have been needing to bring a great demand to capture the special features such as mystical sounds, exotic lighting to add that element of SYFY to the film. This means the person on camera and the editor and producer would have a significant role in coming together to see a creative goal for the setting and to capture this horror like vision. This also links to the make up artist, as they would be needing to make sure that they have spoken to the director to know how the make up will look/ how it’s wanted, also being on a dark road, the person on lighting would need to make sure the actors can be seen.
For this short film I find it hard to critique. However the only Thing I have to say is that there are some parts different from the script that are not in the actual short film. An Example of this is in the script theres an old man who gives the glasses to Dave, but in the film it’s an old woman who puts the glasses in the bin.I do not find this a critique at all, as I feel it worked better actually, the old woman gave the film the horror elements and includes a terrifying atmosphere.