'Soft' Short Film Review

'Soft' Short Film Review:

'Soft' tells the story of a child who has been bullied by a gang and is evidently traumatised by the event. However, as soon as his father runs into this same gang, he finds that he too is also afraid of the gang and unable to fight back for himself.

In the short fifteen minute period of watching this short film, I get a sense of who the two victims of the story are and how they have been a=effected in the past. The father is suggested to have a bad history with gangs or bullies and is unable to protect himself even during adulthood.

This fact would also put a lot of weight on the son as he would usually want to look up to his parental figure for help but cannot find any due to his father's own fears.

The story is about redemption, both for the sons revenge on the gang but also for the son to show his father that they need to take matters into their own hands and not to succumb to their fears.

This short film will influence my work in terms of the redemption theme. My protagonist is someone who is unable to properly fend for them self in a world that appears not to care about them and must make a powerful decision that could change their fate for the rest of their life, ensuring that they make the right decision in the end.