Looking at Mime

As it's the summer holidays, I thought that I would be able to think about ideas for a short film and while I've been trying to come up with some original ideas, I've been so busy that I haven't been able to sit down and think about short film properly.

However, when thinking about short film I considered 'mime' as a possible approach as a short film. Looking at Charlie Chaplin mimes was an obvious choice to look at and while I watched a few, I tried to see whether there were any other short film mimes that have been done in recent years and I stumbled across this short film from the Vancouver Film School.

 

I really love this short film as it manages to really capture the emotions of both of the main characters. Also, from the title, you are aware that there is some form of battle in the film but it's not until you watch the film that you see the two supposed enemies become a union. I love the clear storyline and while a romance film is not one I would typically go for, this film manages to capture the viewer's attention. The camera shots are fairly simple and there are quite a few long shots which means that filming a mime would be possible for my short film for A2 and the black and white means that the viewer is not distracted from the characters as they always take up the majority of the frame. Obviously, with mime, focus is put on the facial expressions of your actors as they cannot express themselves with words so I think that mime would be an interesting genre to work in.