Stuart Clegg's "Tommy The Kid" (2006), Amir Bar-Lev's "My Kid Could Paint That" (2007), Guilliame Canet's "Tell No-One" (2006)

Tommy the kid is what i thought to be an interesting short film about a boy and his "horse" (bike). This film has all the traditional western shots, side view of the cowboys gun, close up on the eyes in a bandana and ect. The movie i guess has lots of reflectors used in it as well as white balencing to diffrent enviroments as seen in the shop owners window as the outside is basticaly washed out while the inside of the shop is properly in contrast. The scene shot at night uses fluros and has interesting shadows that are cast on the bike possibly from a flood light. Then in the confrountation scene between the husband and wife we get 2 sources of light to side light them while they talk. I thought that this film was really good and it seems that the rest of the audience enjoyed it too especialy when the dog is stolen just like what we see in traditonal films but insted of a dog its a girl in exchange for money.

The next film My Kid Could Paint That diffred alot to all the other films that i had seen and heres my reasons why. This documentry is a one man show pretty much as he both directs and edits and films it. It is usualy shot with a single cam other than the begining that is multicam as there is a second camera on a tripod on the pavement and one in Amirs hands. Most of this movie is out of focus slightly but gets better as time goes on and the camera can be upgraded, in the begining it is not a 3CCD camera and is not HD so it looks fuzzy with alot of noise when the image is blown up for the big screen. In this documentry there isnt much lighting done and is usualy the avalibe light exept when Amir does interviews where red head lights are used to front and side light the people that are being interviewed. An anoying thing in this documentry but that could be the Forums fault is the screwing up of the audio as it pans left for abit then moves back to center then right and back to center again. This got anoying especialy when you are trying to listen to what the people are saying. Interestingly enough the home footage that is snuck into the documentry does not have any audio problems and it is interesting to see that this has been added to the documentry.

What i though that was interesting about this documentry is that in one case the interviewer and the interviewee swap roles and he gets asked what he will do with the footage that he is taking, it is interesting that we get his oppinion and his doubts about if she alone paints these works and how he questions himself. Weird as well is how people preceive things that are not their such as the ever visible doorway in one of her works with the two "figures" that look through the doorway to the blue sky?? i mean seriously do u think she ment to do that on purpose. Also noted is the change in the parents values about money as time goes on and the willingness to prove it is all their daughters work with the "making of ocean dvd" although it is possible that she could have painted them all by herself. Yes her works do differ but what 4 year olds mind doesnt as it grows and changes to its enviroment and values that it is getting taught. Interestingly enough i was surprised to hear malra comment that she needs help and advice on what to do next when she is near her dad, this raises posibilitys that he does help her and just that his wife remains inoccent of that fact.

Tell No-one would have to be my my second choise for fims i liked so like the banquet i didnt write much down or anything at all for that matter because i was too busy watching the storyline progress and keep guessing to what happens and how it happened. The thing that i found interesting was pretty much a simmerlar shot that is used in unfinished sky, where the car rises then goes back down in a dip and commes back up, i thought that was interesting. i did like the reflections of light off the water in the begining scenes, although this is been done to death and will contine to be done thanks to the moon it is still a good effect. Theres not much else i can say other than i seriously liked this movie and would recomend it.