'Contracts' Short Film Review

'Contracts' Short Film Review:

'Contracts' is a short film running at only just over six minutes but still manages to convey it's story within that short space of time. The story involves a meeting in which people have been sent kill someone for money but deception is used and the two 'hit men' try to deceive the other to get the al of the ransom money.  This film also uses blank screens with clever uses of sound to create power of suggestion for the viewer.

This is a good influence for my own short film as I plan to make a trailer which lasts two minutes, therefore I need to successfully convey my story within that short space of time. I probably wont take influence form the blank screen ideas though as text is used to explain certain plot points, creating a 'tell not show' approach to film making which I would like to avoid. Also I am also avoiding te ideas of hit men as well due to the idea being generic . However, the themes of deception do link very well with the themes of my own screenplay/ film.