The beginning of the short film caught my attention right as I saw the little boy destroying his sandcastle as the girl was gazing at him. Some things that interested me were the boy's mullet and his wardrobe. It was funny how he wore BMX shirts, yet he could not ride his bike without training wheels. Another nice touch to the film would be the music. Because it was instrumental, it did not take away any attention from the actors (and actress) who, surprisingly, did not have a lengthy dialogue. Actions certainly do speak louder than words in this film.
Although the film is cute, it is also realistic at the same time. Whenever person A may like person B, who completely ignores them, person A will try his/her hardest to change his/her anything to person B's liking, just so person B will give person A some type of acknowledgement. It was not until very end that had me puzzled. After the girl proved to the boy that she could ride without training wheels AND successfully jump a BMX ramp, she had him hanging after rode away. I thought that would have been the perfect ending. Instead, the last scene is of the two of them side by side with her voiceover, "I do." I was thinking that she was angry at him but maybe that is just me. If I were to be the editor of the film, the only thing I would have changed would be the fade-outs. There seemed to be too many, for me.
This movie was very cute! I loved the way the short film opened up with showing the sun and flowers falling down. I also like how it showed the young girl talking about who she was going to marry, making it sound very "romantic" and then goes straight to the young boy destroying a sand castle. It very much represented how boys and girls were thinking at that age. Girls thought about boys while boys mostly thought about destroying things.
The sound effects also helped the mood of the film, and went very well with the scenes while the young girl was trying to catch the boy's attention.
Like most people, at any age, will sometimes try and do a lot to catch the interest of the person that they like. The visual shots of the young girl staying outside all day to learn how to ride a bike without training wheels was a great addition as well.
The best scene in my opinion was the one where the young girl was trying to impress the boy by continuously riding back and forth on the sidewalk with her bike. It's another one of those things where someone will go so far to try and impress someone, only for that person to ignore them.
The shots of the young girl outside coloring her bike a different was very beautiful.
The short then ends with the girl, tired of getting rejected, finally stands up to the boy and rides away on her bike after she shows him a bike trick.
Overall, I felt the film was very cute, yet powerful. Dialogue did not carry the film, instead it was music, different shots, and facial shots that made the film great.
I thought they did a great job capturing the girl's dedication. They kept coming back to shots of her riding by him and him not paying any attention to her, and they used a couple of scenes where she was mimicking what he was doing. I thought scene that best showed her commitment was that of her coloring her bicycle because it was pink. I thought she did a great job acting and they did a great job writing the scenes and then capturing them.
Another aspect of the short I enjoyed was the music. The lack of dialogue created the need for good music, and the appropriate music. It couldn't be just any song that would play in the background; it had to help set the scene and carry the scene because of the lack of spoken words. Like Alexis said, it didn't distract the viewer from the film. The music fit in each scene and helped carry the viewer through it.
This week we watched the short film Marry Me. The film focused on one young girl, Chloe, and her quest to win the affection of Jason. Though there was little dialogue throughout the film this enabled the audience to focus on other elements.
The first element that occurred repeatedly was the use of close ups and reaction shots. The reactions shown by the children helped to tell the story far better than words could express. For example when Chloe is watching Jason through the spokes in her tires the audience understands she is formulating a plan to win Jason over. Another excellent reaction shot would be the one of Jason's brother Wayne after Jason crashes his bicycle. Words are not needed to express the fact that Jason has hurt himself. One of my favorite reaction shots though would be the look on Jason's face after chloe lands her bicycle at the end. His reaction is priceless.
I also noticed the use of music throughout the film. The different tracks really helped further the audience's understanding of the action. There are two very distinct tracks. One is associated with Jason and the other with Chloe. Just as they are having somewhat of a battle the different sections of music switch on and off. Jason's music plays when he is choosing what color balls to put on his tires, when he tries to take off the training wheels, and when he is building the ramp. Chloe's music plays after she successfully accomplishes everything Jason cannot. There is a third softer music that plays when she learns to ride the bike, colors her bike pink, and when she goes off the ramp. This music goes along with beautiful shots and enables the audience to sympathize with Chloe as she does all she can to gain Jason's attention.
I believe this film was well thought out. The shots were well done and the story came through. It was a simple relatable story however it was told in a very unique way.
This is the movie I would like to watch. The whole movie does not say too much. The first scene just has three sentences and introduce the major dramatic conflict perfectly. I think this is the most important reason I like this short film. Also, this opening implies the ending: the boy destroyed everything because of ignorance.
The sound is pretty good because all soundtracks are following the girl's mood that is the way to think about the boy. The music is the best to explain what is going on if the movie does not have too much dialogue.
In a word, the show shows me what "the simplest, the best" is.
I took two main themes from this short film. The first one was determination. You can see determination through the girl's actions and the boy's. The girl obviously really likes Jason Mahoney, and the video does a good job of capturing that. The first shots of her copying him by putting the spoke decorations on her bike just like him supported the theme. Also, there was one select shot, of her looking through he bike wheel watching Jason working on his bike, that was very well done. She is completely determined to capture his heart, so she learns how to ride her bike without the training wheels. That scene was captured her determination perfectly, I felt that it was shot at sunset to truly show that she had been learning to ride the bike all day. After he tells her that he has no care for her bike because it's pink, she uses a sharpe to color in her bike, and that scene was also shot at sunset to show that she had been working all day.
The video shows determination through the girl's actions, and it also does through the boy's actions. While Jason might be more stubborn than determined he still shows determination nonetheless. The movie does a good job at showing him building the ramps, trying the ride the bike, he is determined to be a biker, which is his ambition, according to one of the T-Shirts he wears in the film.
Besides the theme of determination, the other one I gathered from the film was that boys will be boys and girls will be girls. The beginning of the film does an excellent job of showing that the girl wants to have a boyfriend and be in love. it shows her in a pretty dress gazing at the man of her dreams. Throughout the whole film she just wants Jason to like her and marry her. On the other hand Jason is very much a boy. He has one love, biking. All he wants to focus on is playing and being a boy and doing tough boy things. He's stubborn, won't listen, he maintains the traits of a boy the whole film long.
Other things I really liked from the film was the score. The music worked for the entire film. It had a childish-nostalgic sound to it, it made me want to be a little kid playing on my bike again. It really drew the audience in to feel like they were a kid on the block. Another thing I particularly liked was the ending. Even though Jason was a complete jerk and was being very stubborn, the girl proved him wrong by jumping his ramp with her "girl's" bike. The shot of her face showing that she was angry and wanted to p[rove him wrong was almost as good as the shot of Jason cowering under his ramp in astonishment. The entire film had a great childish/nostalgic tone to it, and I loved it.
Marry Me is a film by Michelle Lehman that won 2008's Tropfest. The short film is about a young girl trying to win the love of her neighbor. The little girl goes through many obstacles trying to get the boy's attention and repeatedly fails and get ignored. She even goes as far as changing the color of her bike to "boy" color so that her crush will like it. Eventually, she realizes that impressing the boy is a lost cause and shows him up by mastering a bike trick he had been struggling with. At the very end, the two are shown getting "married", and they live happily ever after.
I thought that the short was very cute, and I really appreciate the limited dialogue used; the story was told visually, not so much verbally. Another great thing about Marry Me was how truthful it was. The short truly captured how little boys and girls act around each other and the comedy of first crushes. I also saw a few messages in the story. One of them was that you shouldn't have to change who you are just to impress someone else, which is what the little girl finally realized at the end. Another message or theme was about gender stereotypes. Even as early as elementary school, people make generalizations about the opposite gender (such as pink being a "girl color"). Lastly, I thought the movie showed viewers that you may not always see that there's someone out there who thinks highly of you. The boy never really saw that the girl idolized him. He didn't really seem to acknowledge her until she angrily rode her bike past him.
Marry Me was a nice, simple film that even with very few moments of dialogue, managed to send multiple messages to its audience.
I thoroughly enjoyed the short film "Marry Me". I think it is the perfect example that less is more. With very little dialogue, the story effectively tells the story through visuals and body language. The children gave the film a certain kind of charm to the film.
I especially loved the way it was filmed. It kind of reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite, with the indie neighborhood feel. It also caused a bit of nostalgia as many people can relate to spending hours and hours with their bike as children. Nostalgia also played a big role in how boys and girls act around each other at that age. Boys usually just wanted to be by themselves while the girls "chased" them.
The music also played an important role in this film. It set the playful fun tone necessary to get the story across. Overall I think that this film is a win because it shows that you can effectively tell a story without tons of dialogue.
I really enjoyed the film "Marry Me". The aspect of the film that most stuck out to me was the sparse dialogue. I was intrigued that the director chose to tell the story with actions, rather than words. It reminded me of the "show not tell" policy some of my teacher's have had when teaching us about story writing. I found this method of storytelling to be more unique and interesting than some other dialogue trodden pieces.
I also noticed that the director utilized the background/surroundings to enhance the film. The best example of this occurs when the young girl is teaching herself how to ride a bike without training wheels. The low-hanging sun peaking out the clouds gave the shot another level and interest, and made this - at least in my eyes - one of the stand out shots of the film. I found the location and the framing of this shot to be excellent.
The short film "Marry Me" is a very enjoyable film. It is great piece of how girls mature faster than boys. The story shows the relationship between boys and girls is very different at a young age because a girl thinks about marriage at a much more early age; but boys, however,all they think about at a young age is bikes and being like the big kids. Even at the end of the film when you see the two side by side, the girl is much taller than the boy, adding the hilarity to the maturity of the girl.
The lack of dialogue is very important in this film. I think that the director felt that children especially boys and girls do not talk to each other very much and when the two main characters is a young boy and girl. The setting of suburbia is also a cool way to show us the film's style of the innocence of a girl's "love" and a boy's love for playing.
The short film "Mary Me" is only seven minutes long, but describes the real life drama of love. The girl seems to be fascinated with the boy across the street. Ever since she was a flower girl at a wedding she is obsessed with marriage. The funny part about the short film is that the boy wants nothing to do with her. The boy is still in the age of cuties, and girl stuff should never be associated with a guy. It takes many trial and errors to finally win the boy over. The event that makes him actually realize her, is the bicycle ramp that the bikes over. This was the awe inspiring event that finally brought them together.
The shots are what made the short film. The stand still, no zooming shots. The director did not allow for zooming, nor panning, except in rare occasions. These occasions consisted of the bicycle wheels moving. I would assume the video was shot from a DSLR, mainly due to the fact of the crisp picture, and the absence of the zoom and panning.
The absence of dialog and the influence of the music was also important. The music was snappy, when an action scene was occurring. It was also slow, as if dreamy when the girl was talking about marriage. The music was a great substitute for dialog, and in the end it was the video and the music that told the middle and end of the story. The beginning of the story needed the dialog intro, but other than the intro, the music substituted nicely.
As a whole, the short film was rather enjoyable. I would highly recommend this short film to anyone who has an extra seven minutes to spare.
The film was both whimsical and clever, not delving into any over serious territory, which made it easy and pleasant to watch. I really enjoyed how simplistic it all was. There was not too much dialogue, the music was pleasant, and the setting was easy to relate to. It was fun how the filmmaker captured a little bit of childhood, with the boy's refusal of pink and 'girly' things, and the girl's adoration and devotion to a crush.
What most interested me though was how there was character development in the short amount of time in the film. The girl grew up a little and learned something, as well as bettered herself from the experience. I also really liked the shots taken when she was trying to improve herself or her bike for him. The sun in the background was a nice touch. Overall it was a cute and pleasant short film.
The first thing that caught my attention in this video was the immediate presentation of the conflict. The girl is chasing the boy because she is a young girl and that is what girls do; they pretend they are princesses and want a prince. The boy on the other hand wants to do what boys do, and that is play and not worry about girls. The whole time however he is obsessed with trying to be like the older boys and ride BMX’s around and preform jumps, and the girl is trying to gain his attention. What is awesome is almost the entire time there is music playing, that being an instrumental, which adds to the emotion and goofiness of the video and what is happening in the moment. That is the strongest part of the video in my opinion; that being the effectiveness of visuals as opposed to dialogue. What was also striking to me was the use of the camera to get a very clear and beautiful shot every time of the action. The camera always focuses in on what is important and doesn’t lose focus. They also set up the transitions very well and the plot of the story in a way that it told the story effectively and dramatically. The best part in my opinion is where she is coloring the bike from being a pink color. The music is perfect for the situation, as is the dark lighting and sunset frame that is presented in the shot. If I could change one thing it would be an added scene where they are finally hanging out together because he finally realizes she is cool and can do all the same things he can. Overall though I thought it was a very effective and well put together short film and everything worked and presented an everyday child’s conflict.
This short film was wonderful. The children in it were adorable and the light-hearted story was beautifully told. One of the technical things that really caught my attention was the camerawork. Every shot had a distinct purpose and they were all excellently framed. There were quite a few extreme closeups which served to highlight the what the characters were doing. This camera work really helped to tell the story since there was very little dialogue. Also, the vibrant colors and narrow depth of field added to the visual appeal of each shot. Perhaps my favorite part of this short though, aside from the wonderful little story, was the music. There was music constantly playing throughout the short, and it always matched the emotion of the scenes perfectly; whether it was happy, sad or just whimsical. That's what really made this short film shine in my opinion.
I really enjoyed this short. I was taken back to my childhood when I saw the kids interacting. The way Jason always blew off Chloe's advances was exactly how most boys would do at that age. Jason was always working on his bike trying impress the cool older kids, while Chloe was always working on her bike to impress Jason. These reminiscent moments couldn't have been achieved without excellent acting, of which the kids did a great job.
I thought that each of Chloe and Jason's costumes really captured the personality of the character, so that was great.
The music was fun and easy to listen to, which made the short fun and easy to watch. The music really matched the tone of the short in every scene.
If I were to give this short a color, it would be middle Spring Green.
I really enjoyed "Marry Me"! The kids were adorable and very innocent with their reactions to all the circumstances in the film. The film's use of color was great in setting the tone of kids at play with their bikes. The colors were vibrant and really brought out a child's perspective of how their "crayola crayon" world looks like to them. What really caught my attention was how much the kids' reactions and expressions said so much without them actually physically speaking. The boy's concentration on fixing his bike and totally ignoring the girl's attempts to be friends achieved the right mood just as well as if he were to tell her "No!" and be verbally mean. I thought it really encapsulated the "kindergarten romance" wonderfully and ended on a note of humor which I think is important to an audience.
The thing that struck me the most, I feel, was the acting. It’s a story that really doesn’t require much dialogue, as it’s told instead through the faces of the children. But, what’s truly superb is how authentic these kids are. It’s easy to tell the difference between someone trying to act sad, or shocked, or angry, vs. someone who is genuinely showing the emotion. The director of these children did a fantastic job.
I also found the cinematography to be quite well done. The scene where the girl colors her bike black is, in particular, very visually appealing. The bright colors and suburban setting, and music for that matter, set the mood nicely, which contributes to the uplifting payoff we get at the end. All in all, a very good little short.
I really enjoyed this particular short film. I like it from beginning to end. I love the beginning when they young girl is looking at the boy and fantasizing about marrying him, and all he is doing is destroying a sand castle. The music in this film played a big role in certain scenes. I think it played up certain moments and kept us interested. One of my favorite parts is the end, when the little girl has decided she has had enough of trying to impress the boy, and she rides her bicycle over the ramp and looks back over her shoulder and he standing there stunned. I was really impressed how well the story was told in such a short amount of time.
I like how the film opens with the sun. The picture is very vivid and I like the shots of the sky. There were quite a few close ups on the bike. Chloe really tries to get his attention and even colors her bike so it is not pink. At the end she proves to him that girls are just as cool as guys. The story is told with very little dialogue, mostly action. Overall I thought it was good.
The first thing that caught my eye was the way the little boy was dressed and the mullet that he was sporting. He reminds me of a little Joe dirt. I find it interesting that this short doesn't have much dialogue in it. The story is moved forward mainly by the actions of the characters. I think that the music plays a major role in setting the mood for this short because it seems to represent the personalities of each character. The best example of this is when the shopping mall music starts playing whenever the little girl is on camera. This is a good example of how a short can be made for not much money, but still have good production value.
Overall, this is a story that everyone can relate too. It was shot well and it was able to clearly tell the story without getting to technical with the shots.
I enjoyed how clear it was told in such a short time. It wasn’t flashy it was just simple and the story flowed while still being fun at the same time. I loved the lighting of the outdoors and the nieborhood setting. The viewer gets a sense of her frustration as he continues to ignore and how the girl’s determination keeps her going while at the same time she continues to change every scene, sort of an evolution of some kind. I loved how in the end she came out the winner. Overall it was fun and impressive. Not sure how it could be improved.
The beginning of the short film caught my attention right as I saw the little boy destroying his sandcastle as the girl was gazing at him. Some things that interested me were the boy's mullet and his wardrobe. It was funny how he wore BMX shirts, yet he could not ride his bike without training wheels. Another nice touch to the film would be the music. Because it was instrumental, it did not take away any attention from the actors (and actress) who, surprisingly, did not have a lengthy dialogue. Actions certainly do speak louder than words in this film.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the film is cute, it is also realistic at the same time. Whenever person A may like person B, who completely ignores them, person A will try his/her hardest to change his/her anything to person B's liking, just so person B will give person A some type of acknowledgement. It was not until very end that had me puzzled. After the girl proved to the boy that she could ride without training wheels AND successfully jump a BMX ramp, she had him hanging after rode away. I thought that would have been the perfect ending. Instead, the last scene is of the two of them side by side with her voiceover, "I do." I was thinking that she was angry at him but maybe that is just me. If I were to be the editor of the film, the only thing I would have changed would be the fade-outs. There seemed to be too many, for me.
Overall, I thought the film was cute, realistic, and interesting at the same time, which is hard to accomplish with the cliché girl-likes-boy deal.
This movie was very cute! I loved the way the short film opened up with showing the sun and flowers falling down. I also like how it showed the young girl talking about who she was going to marry, making it sound very "romantic" and then goes straight to the young boy destroying a sand castle. It very much represented how boys and girls were thinking at that age. Girls thought about boys while boys mostly thought about destroying things.
ReplyDeleteThe sound effects also helped the mood of the film, and went very well with the scenes while the young girl was trying to catch the boy's attention.
Like most people, at any age, will sometimes try and do a lot to catch the interest of the person that they like. The visual shots of the young girl staying outside all day to learn how to ride a bike without training wheels was a great addition as well.
The best scene in my opinion was the one where the young girl was trying to impress the boy by continuously riding back and forth on the sidewalk with her bike. It's another one of those things where someone will go so far to try and impress someone, only for that person to ignore them.
The shots of the young girl outside coloring her bike a different was very beautiful.
The short then ends with the girl, tired of getting rejected, finally stands up to the boy and rides away on her bike after she shows him a bike trick.
Overall, I felt the film was very cute, yet powerful. Dialogue did not carry the film, instead it was music, different shots, and facial shots that made the film great.
I thought they did a great job capturing the girl's dedication. They kept coming back to shots of her riding by him and him not paying any attention to her, and they used a couple of scenes where she was mimicking what he was doing. I thought scene that best showed her commitment was that of her coloring her bicycle because it was pink. I thought she did a great job acting and they did a great job writing the scenes and then capturing them.
ReplyDeleteAnother aspect of the short I enjoyed was the music. The lack of dialogue created the need for good music, and the appropriate music. It couldn't be just any song that would play in the background; it had to help set the scene and carry the scene because of the lack of spoken words. Like Alexis said, it didn't distract the viewer from the film. The music fit in each scene and helped carry the viewer through it.
This week we watched the short film Marry Me. The film focused on one young girl, Chloe, and her quest to win the affection of Jason. Though there was little dialogue throughout the film this enabled the audience to focus on other elements.
ReplyDeleteThe first element that occurred repeatedly was the use of close ups and reaction shots. The reactions shown by the children helped to tell the story far better than words could express. For example when Chloe is watching Jason through the spokes in her tires the audience understands she is formulating a plan to win Jason over. Another excellent reaction shot would be the one of Jason's brother Wayne after Jason crashes his bicycle. Words are not needed to express the fact that Jason has hurt himself. One of my favorite reaction shots though would be the look on Jason's face after chloe lands her bicycle at the end. His reaction is priceless.
I also noticed the use of music throughout the film. The different tracks really helped further the audience's understanding of the action. There are two very distinct tracks. One is associated with Jason and the other with Chloe. Just as they are having somewhat of a battle the different sections of music switch on and off. Jason's music plays when he is choosing what color balls to put on his tires, when he tries to take off the training wheels, and when he is building the ramp. Chloe's music plays after she successfully accomplishes everything Jason cannot. There is a third softer music that plays when she learns to ride the bike, colors her bike pink, and when she goes off the ramp. This music goes along with beautiful shots and enables the audience to sympathize with Chloe as she does all she can to gain Jason's attention.
I believe this film was well thought out. The shots were well done and the story came through. It was a simple relatable story however it was told in a very unique way.
This is the movie I would like to watch. The whole movie does not say too much. The first scene just has three sentences and introduce the major dramatic conflict perfectly. I think this is the most important reason I like this short film. Also, this opening implies the ending: the boy destroyed everything because of ignorance.
ReplyDeleteThe sound is pretty good because all soundtracks are following the girl's mood that is the way to think about the boy. The music is the best to explain what is going on if the movie does not have too much dialogue.
In a word, the show shows me what "the simplest, the best" is.
I took two main themes from this short film. The first one was determination. You can see determination through the girl's actions and the boy's. The girl obviously really likes Jason Mahoney, and the video does a good job of capturing that. The first shots of her copying him by putting the spoke decorations on her bike just like him supported the theme. Also, there was one select shot, of her looking through he bike wheel watching Jason working on his bike, that was very well done. She is completely determined to capture his heart, so she learns how to ride her bike without the training wheels. That scene was captured her determination perfectly, I felt that it was shot at sunset to truly show that she had been learning to ride the bike all day. After he tells her that he has no care for her bike because it's pink, she uses a sharpe to color in her bike, and that scene was also shot at sunset to show that she had been working all day.
ReplyDeleteThe video shows determination through the girl's actions, and it also does through the boy's actions. While Jason might be more stubborn than determined he still shows determination nonetheless. The movie does a good job at showing him building the ramps, trying the ride the bike, he is determined to be a biker, which is his ambition, according to one of the T-Shirts he wears in the film.
Besides the theme of determination, the other one I gathered from the film was that boys will be boys and girls will be girls. The beginning of the film does an excellent job of showing that the girl wants to have a boyfriend and be in love. it shows her in a pretty dress gazing at the man of her dreams. Throughout the whole film she just wants Jason to like her and marry her. On the other hand Jason is very much a boy. He has one love, biking. All he wants to focus on is playing and being a boy and doing tough boy things. He's stubborn, won't listen, he maintains the traits of a boy the whole film long.
Other things I really liked from the film was the score. The music worked for the entire film. It had a childish-nostalgic sound to it, it made me want to be a little kid playing on my bike again. It really drew the audience in to feel like they were a kid on the block. Another thing I particularly liked was the ending. Even though Jason was a complete jerk and was being very stubborn, the girl proved him wrong by jumping his ramp with her "girl's" bike. The shot of her face showing that she was angry and wanted to p[rove him wrong was almost as good as the shot of Jason cowering under his ramp in astonishment. The entire film had a great childish/nostalgic tone to it, and I loved it.
Marry Me is a film by Michelle Lehman that won 2008's Tropfest. The short film is about a young girl trying to win the love of her neighbor. The little girl goes through many obstacles trying to get the boy's attention and repeatedly fails and get ignored. She even goes as far as changing the color of her bike to "boy" color so that her crush will like it. Eventually, she realizes that impressing the boy is a lost cause and shows him up by mastering a bike trick he had been struggling with. At the very end, the two are shown getting "married", and they live happily ever after.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the short was very cute, and I really appreciate the limited dialogue used; the story was told visually, not so much verbally. Another great thing about Marry Me was how truthful it was. The short truly captured how little boys and girls act around each other and the comedy of first crushes. I also saw a few messages in the story. One of them was that you shouldn't have to change who you are just to impress someone else, which is what the little girl finally realized at the end. Another message or theme was about gender stereotypes. Even as early as elementary school, people make generalizations about the opposite gender (such as pink being a "girl color"). Lastly, I thought the movie showed viewers that you may not always see that there's someone out there who thinks highly of you. The boy never really saw that the girl idolized him. He didn't really seem to acknowledge her until she angrily rode her bike past him.
Marry Me was a nice, simple film that even with very few moments of dialogue, managed to send multiple messages to its audience.
I thoroughly enjoyed the short film "Marry Me". I think it is the perfect example that less is more. With very little dialogue, the story effectively tells the story through visuals and body language. The children gave the film a certain kind of charm to the film.
ReplyDeleteI especially loved the way it was filmed. It kind of reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite, with the indie neighborhood feel. It also caused a bit of nostalgia as many people can relate to spending hours and hours with their bike as children. Nostalgia also played a big role in how boys and girls act around each other at that age. Boys usually just wanted to be by themselves while the girls "chased" them.
The music also played an important role in this film. It set the playful fun tone necessary to get the story across. Overall I think that this film is a win because it shows that you can effectively tell a story without tons of dialogue.
I really enjoyed the film "Marry Me". The aspect of the film that most stuck out to me was the sparse dialogue. I was intrigued that the director chose to tell the story with actions, rather than words. It reminded me of the "show not tell" policy some of my teacher's have had when teaching us about story writing. I found this method of storytelling to be more unique and interesting than some other dialogue trodden pieces.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed that the director utilized the background/surroundings to enhance the film. The best example of this occurs when the young girl is teaching herself how to ride a bike without training wheels. The low-hanging sun peaking out the clouds gave the shot another level and interest, and made this - at least in my eyes - one of the stand out shots of the film. I found the location and the framing of this shot to be excellent.
The short film "Marry Me" is a very enjoyable film. It is great piece of how girls mature faster than boys. The story shows the relationship between boys and girls is very different at a young age because a girl thinks about marriage at a much more early age; but boys, however,all they think about at a young age is bikes and being like the big kids. Even at the end of the film when you see the two side by side, the girl is much taller than the boy, adding the hilarity to the maturity of the girl.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of dialogue is very important in this film. I think that the director felt that children especially boys and girls do not talk to each other very much and when the two main characters is a young boy and girl. The setting of suburbia is also a cool way to show us the film's style of the innocence of a girl's "love" and a boy's love for playing.
The short film "Mary Me" is only seven minutes long, but describes the real life drama of love. The girl seems to be fascinated with the boy across the street. Ever since she was a flower girl at a wedding she is obsessed with marriage. The funny part about the short film is that the boy wants nothing to do with her. The boy is still in the age of cuties, and girl stuff should never be associated with a guy. It takes many trial and errors to finally win the boy over. The event that makes him actually realize her, is the bicycle ramp that the bikes over. This was the awe inspiring event that finally brought them together.
ReplyDeleteThe shots are what made the short film. The stand still, no zooming shots. The director did not allow for zooming, nor panning, except in rare occasions. These occasions consisted of the bicycle wheels moving. I would assume the video was shot from a DSLR, mainly due to the fact of the crisp picture, and the absence of the zoom and panning.
The absence of dialog and the influence of the music was also important. The music was snappy, when an action scene was occurring. It was also slow, as if dreamy when the girl was talking about marriage. The music was a great substitute for dialog, and in the end it was the video and the music that told the middle and end of the story. The beginning of the story needed the dialog intro, but other than the intro, the music substituted nicely.
As a whole, the short film was rather enjoyable. I would highly recommend this short film to anyone who has an extra seven minutes to spare.
The film was both whimsical and clever, not delving into any over serious territory, which made it easy and pleasant to watch. I really enjoyed how simplistic it all was. There was not too much dialogue, the music was pleasant, and the setting was easy to relate to. It was fun how the filmmaker captured a little bit of childhood, with the boy's refusal of pink and 'girly' things, and the girl's adoration and devotion to a crush.
ReplyDeleteWhat most interested me though was how there was character development in the short amount of time in the film. The girl grew up a little and learned something, as well as bettered herself from the experience. I also really liked the shots taken when she was trying to improve herself or her bike for him. The sun in the background was a nice touch. Overall it was a cute and pleasant short film.
The first thing that caught my attention in this video was the immediate presentation of the conflict. The girl is chasing the boy because she is a young girl and that is what girls do; they pretend they are princesses and want a prince. The boy on the other hand wants to do what boys do, and that is play and not worry about girls. The whole time however he is obsessed with trying to be like the older boys and ride BMX’s around and preform jumps, and the girl is trying to gain his attention. What is awesome is almost the entire time there is music playing, that being an instrumental, which adds to the emotion and goofiness of the video and what is happening in the moment. That is the strongest part of the video in my opinion; that being the effectiveness of visuals as opposed to dialogue. What was also striking to me was the use of the camera to get a very clear and beautiful shot every time of the action. The camera always focuses in on what is important and doesn’t lose focus. They also set up the transitions very well and the plot of the story in a way that it told the story effectively and dramatically. The best part in my opinion is where she is coloring the bike from being a pink color. The music is perfect for the situation, as is the dark lighting and sunset frame that is presented in the shot. If I could change one thing it would be an added scene where they are finally hanging out together because he finally realizes she is cool and can do all the same things he can. Overall though I thought it was a very effective and well put together short film and everything worked and presented an everyday child’s conflict.
ReplyDeleteThis short film was wonderful. The children in it were adorable and the light-hearted story was beautifully told. One of the technical things that really caught my attention was the camerawork. Every shot had a distinct purpose and they were all excellently framed. There were quite a few extreme closeups which served to highlight the what the characters were doing. This camera work really helped to tell the story since there was very little dialogue. Also, the vibrant colors and narrow depth of field added to the visual appeal of each shot.
ReplyDeletePerhaps my favorite part of this short though, aside from the wonderful little story, was the music. There was music constantly playing throughout the short, and it always matched the emotion of the scenes perfectly; whether it was happy, sad or just whimsical. That's what really made this short film shine in my opinion.
I really enjoyed this short. I was taken back to my childhood when I saw the kids interacting. The way Jason always blew off Chloe's advances was exactly how most boys would do at that age. Jason was always working on his bike trying impress the cool older kids, while Chloe was always working on her bike to impress Jason. These reminiscent moments couldn't have been achieved without excellent acting, of which the kids did a great job.
ReplyDeleteI thought that each of Chloe and Jason's costumes really captured the personality of the character, so that was great.
The music was fun and easy to listen to, which made the short fun and easy to watch. The music really matched the tone of the short in every scene.
If I were to give this short a color, it would be middle Spring Green.
I really enjoyed "Marry Me"! The kids were adorable and very innocent with their reactions to all the circumstances in the film. The film's use of color was great in setting the tone of kids at play with their bikes. The colors were vibrant and really brought out a child's perspective of how their "crayola crayon" world looks like to them. What really caught my attention was how much the kids' reactions and expressions said so much without them actually physically speaking. The boy's concentration on fixing his bike and totally ignoring the girl's attempts to be friends achieved the right mood just as well as if he were to tell her "No!" and be verbally mean. I thought it really encapsulated the "kindergarten romance" wonderfully and ended on a note of humor which I think is important to an audience.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this short, elegantly simple.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that struck me the most, I feel, was the acting. It’s a story that really doesn’t require much dialogue, as it’s told instead through the faces of the children. But, what’s truly superb is how authentic these kids are. It’s easy to tell the difference between someone trying to act sad, or shocked, or angry, vs. someone who is genuinely showing the emotion. The director of these children did a fantastic job.
I also found the cinematography to be quite well done. The scene where the girl colors her bike black is, in particular, very visually appealing. The bright colors and suburban setting, and music for that matter, set the mood nicely, which contributes to the uplifting payoff we get at the end. All in all, a very good little short.
I really enjoyed this particular short film. I like it from beginning to end. I love the beginning when they young girl is looking at the boy and fantasizing about marrying him, and all he is doing is destroying a sand castle.
ReplyDeleteThe music in this film played a big role in certain scenes. I think it played up certain moments and kept us interested.
One of my favorite parts is the end, when the little girl has decided she has had enough of trying to impress the boy, and she rides her bicycle over the ramp and looks back over her shoulder and he standing there stunned.
I was really impressed how well the story was told in such a short amount of time.
I like how the film opens with the sun. The picture is very vivid and I like the shots of the sky. There were quite a few close ups on the bike.
ReplyDeleteChloe really tries to get his attention and even colors her bike so it is not pink. At the end she proves to him that girls are just as cool as guys.
The story is told with very little dialogue, mostly action. Overall I thought it was good.
The first thing that caught my eye was the way the little boy was dressed and the mullet that he was sporting. He reminds me of a little Joe dirt. I find it interesting that this short doesn't have much dialogue in it. The story is moved forward mainly by the actions of the characters. I think that the music plays a major role in setting the mood for this short because it seems to represent the personalities of each character. The best example of this is when the shopping mall music starts playing whenever the little girl is on camera. This is a good example of how a short can be made for not much money, but still have good production value.
ReplyDeleteOverall, this is a story that everyone can relate too. It was shot well and it was able to clearly tell the story without getting to technical with the shots.
I enjoyed how clear it was told in such a short time. It wasn’t flashy it was just simple and the story flowed while still being fun at the same time. I loved the lighting of the outdoors and the nieborhood setting. The viewer gets a sense of her frustration as he continues to ignore and how the girl’s determination keeps her going while at the same time she continues to change every scene, sort of an evolution of some kind. I loved how in the end she came out the winner. Overall it was fun and impressive. Not sure how it could be improved.
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