To be honest I don’t recall much detail from my tute’s screening of ‘Rolling’ in week 1, however I do remember the basic plot idea. I enjoyed the simple stoyline, as I feel it was easy to follow and I’m sure quite easy to relate to for most people. The classic rom-com story idea where an individual, in this case a man, tries to talk to, and win over the girl he likes, leading him into an awkward and slightly embarrasing situation. I thought the plot worked well, with he man having to buy 50 rolls of toilet paper after a failed attempt at casually talking to the woman he is crushing on. In saying this however, I do feel like the attempts at creating a comedy were only half hearted, and this genre could have been made more bold or prominant throughout the course of the short film. The story worked well in the space of time it was told, and I believe the use of the two locations helped set the scene of the film quite well. This being said, I do think that the location of the small supermarket could have been something else all together, like a chocolote shop, or a florist, just to embrace the romantic aspect of the story the creators were trying to get accross.

These thoughts are from my very first opinion of viewing the film a few weeks ago, so they may be a little rusty, but all in all i think Rolling was a good short film, that told a laughable and relatable story.

‘A sound must never come to the rescue of an image, nor an image to the rescue of a sound.’ I found this statement form week 3’s reading Sight and Hearing to be really interesting and helpful in my ability to further conprehend sounds role in a film. I agree with the statement, in that sound and image on screen need to fullfil their own seperate duties before working together to create something great. By this I mean that visually the footage/images on screen have to inevitably have their own role and be fitting for the film, they should be able to stand on their own two feet and tell the story, or portray a message, same for sound. In saying this however, the two play hugely important roles in each others level of success. Sound can help set a scenes emotion, feeling and atmosphere, and when put together with footage, the two can create magic on the screen.

Another point form this reading that really intrigued me was when it stated, ‘If the eye is entirely won, give nothing or almost nothing to the ear. One cannot be at the same time all eye and all ear.’ I guess I’ve never really thought about film in this way before, but it is true. This statement helped me understand the role of sound in film on another level, whereby I agree that if what is happening on the screen doesn’t require much sound or edited sound, it is better to just leave it and allow the audience to be won over by the footage, and not bombarded by both.