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The Girl in the Dress (2015)
Who needs Britidh history? Henry VIII Rocks!
This was simply incredible. The writing, the pacing, the acting - i can find very little to fault in this production. It not only wholly fulfils its description of comedy, the main character goes through an incredible emotional journey in such a short amount of time and you sincrely feel invested in her.
Rob. What a man. Watching from the persepcticve of an aspiring actor, Nick Helm did an incredible job of being the quirky bystander and fulfills the role incredibly without subtracting from the main character. With this smaller cast the relationships can be highlighted and grown exponentially even through the 15 minute production; I can also safely say I love how the realtionship between what was two strangers grows and amplifies the piece without feeling tacky while still feeding into the comedy.
I would like to make further comment on the pacing as it was, at its core the driving force for the production and my love for it, the writing clearlly gave scope for the actors to have some measure of freedom - this paired with the quick cuts and consistent performance made this 15 minute production fly by so much so that I watched it twice just for the sake of it.
I would sincerely recommend any and all to watch this, as i believe the comedic timing and emotional journey are so expressly relatable that anybody could find humour and interest in this production.
Gin & Dry (2010)
"This has been the worst ordeal of my life"
For a 15 minute production, I feel I shouldn't have so much to say; the writing of this piece tries ever so desperatley to feign reality in its dialogue, however all it manages to achieve is something that is clearly scripted and heightened. This would have been fine had the production decided to stay with one genre - in the opening minutes it had laid itself out as a story surrounding the relationships between people and the ending of life, yet as the minutes dregged on, suddenly slapstick humour was at the forefront and I thought "ah well if it's supposed to be a foolish comedy then the writing makes sense." Once again it presents as something it is not. Not 5 minutes later from the absurdity of the heist we are met with what I imagine is supposed to be profound dialogue between the old and new generations and is instead idle chatter that had no relevance to the characters within the story.
This premise has potential, however by attempting to squash all paths of potential into one production, it subtracts from the impact of the piece. The ending was anti-climactic. I felt no attachment to the main character or his wife as we see so little of her, and what we do see of him is so all over the place - all in all, the ending felt tacked on simply for the sake of having it and / or the script was written from the back forward which could also help with explaining why the narrative and genre constantly jump.
Before I wrap up, I shall bring merit to the cinamotogarphy; the camera work, the mis en scene and finally the atmosphere of a care home were achieved wonderfully and I enjoyed the production even if it was purely from a technical standpoint.
Overall however, I would only reccomend this as something incredibly niche watchers, or school children who need an assignment for their film class should watch. There is much to pick apart and much to merit, but as a whole the production was, as its characters, stagnant and grasping for what little enjoyment it could.