This short film is part of the Romance genre. It is presented with minimal dialogue, due to the female character having a fear of talking. A variety of effective camera shots and angles attributed with a well suited mise en scene shows effective use the surroundings and linking that to the genre.
This over the shoulder shot. shows the audience that he's taken a lot of interest in this poster, which shows he has someone in mind to take to the prom. We later discover he does have someone in mind and develops a deep relationship with them, with a mute character and he shows he goes to great lengths to communicate with her.
This close up shot shows the male characters emotions after seeing a girl he potentially wanted to ask to prom, kissing another boy. We can see from his facial expressions this knocks his confidence when talking to girls. We are later shown his confidence if further knocked when he attempts to talk to a deaf girl and he thinks she's just ignoring.
This mid shot shows us the male characters disappointment on his face when he thinks the female character is ignoring her. The look on his face shows suggested emotions of disappointment.
Here is a close up shot of a note which the boy has written for the girl as she doesn't speak. This has touched a nerve for the girl and the scene ends with walking off, which makes the young males character lose hope in getting to know this girl he clearly likes.
In these shots here we're shown a lack of continuity between two shots. The above shot shows him receiving a text at 1:04 and when he goes to pick his phone up the time shows 1:37, the message also has some different punctuation from the initial shot. This shows as this was filmed and edited they didn't pick up on the 30 minute time gap on the phone, this is something I hope to avoid when producing my short film. I want the continuity within my film to look as smooth and professional looking as possible.
The genre which I've chose to analyse is a Philosophical Drama called, The Last Rose.
The Last Rose doesn't contain any dialogue, which I think is used effectively to make the audience pay more attention to the actions of the film, and the shots used. I think the non diegetic sound was used very effectively and the music linked in well with the emotions which were linked in with the short film.
Traditional conventions of dramas contain love or conflict. This short film portrays emotions of love as we see the male character holding a rose for the women we assume he loves and roses are typically given to a loved one. The fact this genre links in to McQuail's theory as it has its own conventions which makes it sell well as a Philosophical drama. This theory is saying that each genre audience has its own characteristics which is what makes the film sell as it targets those specific individuals.
