Influential Short Film #1: 'Hitman'

This short film allowed us to see amateur film makers use the resources that they had to their advantage. What this also helped to see is the use of the iconic british rough-cut gangster attitude shown by the quite funny way of acting, this "funny way of acting will make us realize the importance of improving our actors acting. What we found most fond of in this short film was the use of realistic gun effects, this also made us realize the importance of enhancing the effects in one short film, to give the audience a thing to be exited about and yet also be impressed.

• The first time when the "boss" speaks you can really tell that the acting is very amateur, as he says "have you searched him," the speech with this is shows the inexperience of how well he can act. We hope to counteract this by using our friends that are currently studying drama in A-Level, these actors are: Kieran Tyler and Lee Arnold. However 'Lee Arnold' does not study drama, but has the potential to be an essential actor in this movie.

• At the end when the boss of the gang is shot, the gun shot has the shot effect with it but when the 'Hitman' shoots the boss there does not seem to be a significant amount of blood as he was shot in the head. Rudi Sampat and James Rose (The editing team) will hopefully see to it, with careful editing with 'Sony Vegas'. 

• One final flaw to this short film is the use of the stereo typical ghetto gangster they use. We felt that it wasn't necessary as it was not a ghetto type gang film. We hope to see to it with careful preparation for mise-en-scene

• At the opening of the short film, there is a graphic effect on the start scene. This shot portrayed a realism of of a chosen weapon choice, where a custom made gun is seen being fixed together to the hitman's liking. What this can give insight in is the use of in thee depth of knowledge of what equipment they use into killing the victim. This can influence us by making our short film descriptive as possible.

• Furthermore one other 'pro' of this short film  is the use of language they use in the dialogue. The use of such techniques, such as: The change in dialect- they put on a cocky london gangster type tone, like the dialect in 'Lock stock and two smoking barrels', 'Snatch' and 'Layer Cake' this the type of accent that we aim to create through our actors, but with a mix of 'Phil Mitchell's' deep voice.

• The use of mise-en-scene, such as: Guns and Suits. The use of Guns allowed a sense of realism to it, making it seem that they actually look real and that they work. What we found out is that Lee Arnold's relative has in his possession a couple of double barrel shot gun's (But obviously there not loaded in the process of filming the scene). What this gives us in terms of advantages is that we would have to spend a lot of money in props. Also in terms of suits, we have managed to obtain a very nice suit which belongs to 'James Rose' which we will be using to dress Lee Arnold in during the filming.