2. This
short film is about when a mysterious gang
rolls into town and a young girl falls into that
momentous kind of love that only hits the naïve
in this homage to the rough and tumble 1950’s.
It reminds the audience of films like grease but
with more of an air of mystery. Where did the
ghosts come from? What are they here for? And
are they actually ghosts? These questions go
unanswered as well as the question who is the
girl in the narrative voice overs.
3. The
film starts like an old movie in a cinema;
instantly telling the audience the time period in
which the short film is set.
The director has used a montage of old black
and white clips, with the voice over linking them
all together and telling the story.
The only sound is the voice over and the sound
of the crackling film.
4. Because
there is no speech expect from the
voice over, it can be hard to get an
understanding of all the characters but O’Keefe
does this perfectly by using changes in music for
example, when ‘The Ghosts’ arrive a more fast
pace music starts telling the audience they are
different to everyone else. Furthermore when a
new character is introduced the shot freezes and
text appears like a collectable card telling the
audience there best and worst attributes.
5.
The use of shot reverse shot is used to create a western
feel to the ending of the ghosts.
O’Keefe also used binary opposites with the two gangs
but like many short films there is a twist and the person
with the gun is not the one you expected, showing that
just because you look clean cut doesn’t mean you are
As the action is taking place at the end, the film jumps
between the present and when the boy and girl where
together. Illustrating to the audience this was all she was,
which is highlighted by the fact that the audience never
know what the girl’s name was and who was the girl in
the voice over was.
