1.) What single effect did you get from this short film?
The whole thing felt ironic - the main character is very happy and optimistic, while everyone around him seems very dull and neglectful, and he mentions finding the little, beautiful things in life while at the same time neglecting the fact that there's a pretty girl that he has a crush on right under his nose.
2.) Give 3 specific things that led you to that single effect.
When discussing his co-workers, the main character says that one of them is a joker, his tone of voice very happy, though it's apparent that this so-called 'joker' is miserable and grumpy.
The main character also mentions that his job holds a lot of community, while at that point, none of his co-workers have talked to him or even really spared him a glance, and everyone on the street is just bustling on by, and not paying him any sort of mind.
As mentioned before, the main character states that his job is to help people notice the little, beautiful things in life, and the camera flickers over to the girl he's never talked to and has a crush on, thus emphasizing his naivety to the fact that he seems to have ignored the beautiful girl right in front of him.
3.) If you could change one aspect, what would it be and how would it affect the film's single effect?
I think it would have made the irony of it all a lot more apparent if perhaps the scene took place at night, and only the main character and the girl were under bright streetlights, with everyone else shrouded in darkness. That would have made the single effect much more obvious.
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