https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Pc6cBP-8U

Above is a short film that has helped me understand and appreciate a lot of small details within cinema. Like the significance of short stories. Not just the genre of short film, but the art of producing a short story that is cohesive, intriguing, and complete. The kind of short films that have no need for grand gesture or huge plot twists, and doesn’t force the story to be something that it isn’t. I want to draw a comparison here to one of my other blog posts which was focused on Christopher Nolan’s “DOODLEBUG”, and juxtapose these films on their narrative and theme. While “Two Cars, One Night” is clearly outlined and doesn’t draw too much away from the events of what’s happening on screen, Nolan’s work ends with him reaching for something bigger than what it is.

This film shows us how short films can just be a small scene that stems from one idea. Like insight into how things could be, or trialing a “what-if” scenario. There’s no 7 part story arc, or rushed character development, it can just be a small exploration of an unlikely environment that we as an audience would probably not experience in real life. Small and simple, it doesn’t need to conclude with something specific, just showcase an encounter just like Taika Waititi did.

From the title alone you can almost see the simplicity of the short film, they didn’t give it some dramatic title to pull people in, or click bait styled writing of “3 KIDS ABANDONED BY PARENTS IN CARS, WHAT THEY DO NEXT IS SHOCKING” it just tells it like it is, and I appreciate that in any film. James, my tutor, which I’m assuming is going to be the only one reading this, has said himself that he hates films that go for the formulaic and Hollywood style of writing a short film. So I’m glad he thinks in a similar way to me. It’s actually refreshing to watch films like these that don’t take things too far, or too seriously, and after watching Two Cars, and Zombae I have rekindled my love for short film and am eager to see what I can produce that could be similar to them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW2EenhN3wQ