Everything is fair in love and satire

 At first when presented with satire I thought it was going to be a fun group project emulating the good old days of what was then called flight with us going iff performing raps, filming videos and most recently building tents. I think PLP is at its best on projects like these everyone is always much more creative and proud of the work they made and ultimately we get the job done. A good example of this would be last years December exhibition.  But I suppose I should have seen this coming, something different for our first official project in senior year. The surprise didn’t come in the difficulty of the project but the subtleties associated with satire and the unwelcome change of making it a solo endeavour. So we embarked on this project that felt more like a parody of what had come before rather than a satire. Pun very much intended. I knew exactly what I was going to do for me a short film about a struggling reporter who has five days to get a good story for his network after a few days of reporting on terrible non-story’s he sees a tweet from the president that interests him. This is when I decided to take liberties but still base it on the CNN vs trump story. It goes from here to public outcry and eventually a news report of the president being impeached.

 As for style I use some classical film techniques like at the beginning the reporter is inside and standing still while on the phone showing how he is stuck in his ways, trapped. But near the end when he’s on the phone again he’s outside and moving representing his new found freedom. It’s not that I want the audience to pick up on this but it’s a subtle thing the brain notices while watching. The form of a short film is ideal for something like this as it’s the best way to get across all the points and style of the satire. It’s a superior way of getting across the character and ultimately the satire. 

Here’s the video

https://youtu.be/smx_VxhyfK0