Research and Planning task for Wasp

The genre of Wasp is Social realism. The evidence for this was seen through the continuity used though out the short film and mise en scene used helped the audience to see the realism of the film. The characters also portray to the audience that the short film is classed as social realism.

The aspects of the short film that i found int resting was just some of the beginning shots, by the use of the camera the audience was able to see how dysfunctional the mother character was, Some of the angles shot really high lighted the mother actions and showed us the children in a darker light

The film uses the short film format to it's very on advantage because the story could have continued and even expanded to a bigger story but Wasp was able to show so much in 27minutes that it would of shown in an hour. I think the film could of defiantly worked if it had been longer but i also feel that the film did well in the 27 minuets it showed for.

The use of sound was great because all the sound used was diegetic which i liked because it emphasized that the film genre was social realism. From the sound of Danny dyers "shitty banger" to the old classic pub hits the sound we heard was real so as an audience we were able to connect with the film even more.

The film is about a single mother called Zoe who lives with her four children. She is so poor and can't afford to buy food for herself and her kids. When she is walking home from having a vicious brawl with one of the neighbours for hitting her own child she See's her ex-boyfriend drive by and he asks her to go on a date with him. When he asks her who the kids are with her she gets scared that he doesn't want to go out with her so she lies and tells him that she is just babysitting the kids.

Review of wasp by an anonymous audience members :

Just saw Andrea Arnold's 'WASP' and am blown away by the her talent - this story is so painfully real that as much as you want to look away you can't.

Beautifully cast and acted - not one false note from any of the cast (the kids are superb) and shot in such away that you find yourself not watching a dramatization but participating in something that is actually happening. You want to reach out and just grab the mother and shake some sense into her, even as you can't begrudge her need to have a brief moment of happiness (potentially destructive as her actions and needs are).

The director has great talent! Hopefully Hollywood will cultivate her!!