Love Me or Leave Me Alone
Love
Me Or Leave Me Alone is a short film directed by Duane Hopkins, it has won over 30 international awards including the
Gold Hugo from Chicago and Best British Short film at the Edinburgh film
festival. The short film follows two teenagers Steven, played by Jay Firkins
and Jessica, played by Zoe Rietti. Who try to deal with the emotions of being
in love.
I felt that it was a touching film with good
but stripped down scrip, the minimal dialogue works really well as it helps you
appreciate how good the young actors are. The minimal dialogue also allows the
actors to convey they emotion through body language and facial expressions the
director captured this emotion by using many close ups and mid shots. The most
memorable has to be this one at the very start of the film. Just from this
shopshot we can see so the different emotions in Steven face.
Another way the director as tried to convey
the emotion of a young relationship is by enhancing the sound of the couple
breathing. To me this adds to the tension of the film but also makes the whole
viewing experience, for me, a little uncomfortable. To be honest this isn’t
really a bad thing as this short film isnt your typical love story as the
director is trying to show the difficulties of a young relationship
The movie is short but quite intense and
often left the audience guessing especially the car scene. Lots of cars drive
past but when the one pulls up my heart drops as I was expecting the worst for
Jessica. The camera focus on the wind mirror reflection as we see Steven try to
catch the car, this shot is very quick and only last a couple of seconds, for
me this shot need to be a lot longer as it would have made the scene much more intense. this scene was quite misleading as it gives
the impression that the cars are going to play a much a majour role.
Overall this film isn’t perfect film as it is quite misleading
with the overloud traffic noises and the
way Jessica is holding her belly giving the impression that’s shes pregnant. For
me the ending was very rushed as we don’t know who the letters to but also what
happens to Steven. Despite this it is a
great little snapshot of a typical teenage relationship - passionate, rocky,
bewildering and soul
destroying.
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