Spin - Short FIlm

The film starts off with a man dropping to the ground from a higher level than what the camera is concentrated on. This builds up a lot of drama without anything clear happening yet. All you can see is that he looks back up and it looks as if from above due to the bright light shining in his position. The Non - Diegetic sound matches the video very well. For every movement the music matches it in a very synchronised way while being dramatic.

As he sets up the DJ equipment and he flicks the final switch, there is a very effective edit which almost goes unnoticed; it is almost as if it switches into a real live video feed and as if you are actually there. As he rewinds the track (also rewinding reality) there is a very specific piece of (non - diegetic as it appears) music that is related to this action.

This character is expressed very well, and as he reattempts to change the fate of the cyclist and the old lady, you can see the frustration on his face but the urge to try again and do it right. The diegetic sounds for every time he sets up the DJ equipment is pulled off very well.

On his second attempt he thinks he has done it and then witnesses the domino effect and saw what he had done and what the consequences were and it ended with him causing an explosion; the expression on his face was almost saying 'seriously, all of that' but this was done without words and was executed perfectly.

On his third attempt he has reached the edge of his frustration and he analyses everybody at the scene and this is edited very well through a 360 degree rotation per person at the scene. While this is happening there is a large close up on his eyes as they map the area in front of him.

As he is fixing the incident on the third time all of the pieces fit together and very well; all with one basket ball that managed to change the potential disaster. The ball reaches the old man and as he bounces it, there is a very good piece non - diegetic music used to combine all the things stringing along with each other, I thought that this was extremely effective and was used excellently to tell this story without any dialogue.

I thought the ending was very nice and somewhat comical. I thought the fact that the little girl even looked at him was even funnier as if to show that she knew he was there the whole time and what he could do, I in general thought that this is my favourite short film.