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S H O RT F I L M BY T H E G R I M F I L M

THE LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP

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Director: Jared LeeStory & Screenplay: Jared Lee

Producer: Bui YenAssistant producers: Esther Ng and Dustin Go

Cinematographer: Roy AK AjongEditor/Colourist: Roy AK Ajong

Lead male: Daryl BaptistLead female: Liyana Van Der Sijp

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This short film was created by TheGRIMFILM and was uploaded onto YouTube on the 12th November 2011.As the title suggests, the film is based on a ‘long distance relationship’, or rather how the audience are lead to assume. It highlights the struggles and difficulties that couples in a long distance relationship face on a day-to-day basis, of which some audience members could possibly relate to. However, near the end of the film a twist is revealed which explains just how long distance their relationship is. It turns out that the woman in the relationship, who we assume is called Joy, recorded several videos for her boyfriend leading up to her death, that would comfort him in her devastating absence.

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THEORY AND AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• The mise-en-scene at the beginning is bright and happy, leading the audience to believe that they are in a happy relationship. In the shot they are sitting together and seeing each other in person, which will also lead the audience to expect the ending to result in the couple getting to be together in person. These expectations from the audience are what help the genre of the film entail, as upon watching it the audience start formulating hypothesis’ during the viewing process (Neale 1990). As soon as the audience view the multiple shots of the pair talking to each other through the computer, they instantly have an expectation of what is going to happen at the end.

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CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDIT

The mise-en-scene starts to change and reflects the male characters emotions throughout the film. We can see that as time goes on he appears to look more and more unhappy, and the mise-en-scene reflects that as the lighting in the shots get darker. As well as this, the lengths of the shot’s also represent the mood of the film. At the beginning, the shots appear to be faster in pace which can represent excitement and happiness. Whereas in the scenes of the film where the audience find out that they are in fact videos that she made to keep him company when she had died, the mood changes and the shots become longer to capture the emotion of the story.