1. Ahmed Khan

2. The film opening title text “The
Date” is used with a simple text
similarly to our short film. This is
used to give the film a basic
look, a storyline which will not
be complicated.
The title is placed on top a pan
with boiling water which
foreshadows the film to have
some form of cooking. Meals
are one of the most common
types of dates, this connotes
that there will be a date taking
place which will be done while
having a meal.

3. Following the title we see the opening
scene where the protagonist of the film
is preparing a meal. The music syncs
with the cutting of the vegetables. With
the hasty sounds of the knife and
music combine it emphasises the
protagonists comprehension of the
arrival of his date. However the scene
feels calm due to the visuals of the
kitchen and the actors clothing. The
clothing is casual and the lighting of
the kitchen gives us a placid feeling.

4. Here the audience know for sure
why the protagonist was cooking a
meal as he sets the table. The
director continuously uses
establishing shots which
emphasises the importance of this
date and where the main course of
action will take place.
The non diegetic music‟s tempo
increases gradually as the film
progresses, this connotes the
protagonists is becoming more
rushed as he comes closer for the
arrival of his date.

5. In these scenes the director does well
to reach the conventions of a
romantic film with the use of; flowers,
candles, wine and wine glasses. The
various shots connotes how much this
date means to the protagonist as we
him carefully placing objects on the
table with precise perfection. This is
also shown with the characters
positioning and how his whole body‟s
drawn towards certain objects as he
places them on the table,
emphasising the importance for this
date to go perfectly.

6. In this scene we see the character
cleaning himself up in the bathroom, this
scene builds up the humour through the
way the character behaves for example
in the shower he mimes to himself as if
his singing in his thoughts, we also see
him doing gruesome things such as using
the same cotton bud stick for his nose
and ears. His facial expressions when he
struggles to cleans certain bits adds to
the comical approach to this film. The
audience often find the discomfort of
others and struggling to do things with
ease quite humorous, the film does well
to exaggerate this and also used extreme
close ups to create a focal point on the
screen

7. The scene swiftly moves on and here
we see the use of the establishing shot
to create the awareness to the
audience that the character is now in a
bedroom. We see the character still in
excitement as he idiotically teases
himself in front of the mirror. This again
builds up the comical approach to this
film. We also see the stereotypical
setting of a males room as it is quite
cluttered. We also see a blue being
quite prominent in this scene
emphasising the stereotype of a males
room as blue is overseen as a male
colour.

8. The director in collaboration with editor uses
the effect of jump cut to shows quick
changes between to scenes. This is used to
show the character trying on different attires
as he wants to look perfect. We start to see
that his date should arrive any moment as
the character takes a look at his watch and
is fully dressed for his date. His generally
attitude changes in these shots which
connotes he has calmed down either
because his nervous or he generally wants
to act mature in front of his date.

9. In this scene the whole atmosphere
and changes with the pace of the
music slowing down. This
automatically makes the audiences
generally mood change as they
know something has gone wrong
just by the sound. With the visuals Non-diegetic sound is used to
the director uses a clock as an connote to the audience that no one
overlay faded upon another shot is answering the phone as we here
showing how the character is the following, „the number your
making phone calls while laying on a trying to call cannot be recognised‟
bed which connotes his been doing this connotes that his date is
it for so long that he cannot be completely ignoring him and by now
the audience feel sympathetic
bothered to sit up and make the
towards the character.
phone call.

10. The director builds up the sad atmosphere
even further by adding more upsetting
scenes. Close up is used to shows the
despair and disappointment the characters
feeling as there's a focal point towards his
face. The director also emphasises the
characters feeling of loneliness as his been
stood up for a date by having him sit alone
at the dinner table while he stares at the
other end which is completely empty. This
makes the audience keep feeling
sympathetic towards the character.

11. The atmosphere drastically
changes with the upbeat tempo
increasing in the non diegetic score
music. We also see quite a lot of
aggression shown as the character
eats, from the way he holds his
knife and folk tightly to how quick
each shot changes which connotes
the character is eating
expeditiously. Even through the
aggression we see glimpses of
humour when the character
finishes his food he goes to the
food that he prepared for his date,
which connotes the stereotypical
view of men being greedy and eat
much more than women.

12. The characters aggression continues as
he quickly consumes a bottle of wine
often related to a symbol of a romantic
date. This connotes the character doesn‟t
want to see anything which keeps
reminding him of the date which he has
been stood up for. We see various shots
in a matter of few seconds again showing
us the pace in which he consumed the
wine which can be overseen with his
feelings as he quickly wants the pain to
go away.
A mid shot has been shown to us by the
director in order to show us how the
loneliness has left him upset and
depressed. The lighting as changed with
only one lamp on in the background
giving it a touch of darkness which is
down excellently to show us the feeling
his feeling deep down.

13. We see the character receive a text,
which creates an enigma to who
might this be as a close up shows the
character also deeply thinking who
this may be. At this point of time the
music is at a steady pace and hasn‟t
changed tempo which takes away
the feeling from the audience that it
may be his date texting him. A clever
technique used by the editor to
disguise the end and shock the
audience.

14. The shocking truth is revealed to us and
the tempo of the non diegetic score music
drastically becomes upbeat almost
reflecting on the heartbeat of the character
who has be the creator of his own downfall
for his date. The close up emphasises the
shock to the character. The director also
shows us the clock which shows us the
character has two minutes till his date
arrives and he has ate everything which
was set for the date.
The conventions of a date going wrong in
the comedy genre often has someone
coming late and the other foolishly
devouring all the food.

15. Towards the end the director keeps the
upbeat tempo going however the sound
level slowly fades out as the characters
date is close by. We get a final look at
the character who is presented to be in
distress that he has no time to undo his
wrongs. The film ends there with a
blank screen leaving the audience to
imagine what his fate is with his date
and leaving the whole conclusion as a
cliff hanger with film ending on the
sound of a doorbell. The credits are
shown but the font and colours are not
to extravagant instead there straight
forward, similar to the general fluency
of the whole film in terms of storyline
and editing.