Touch

Touch is a Romantic short film that represents one women's journey through life with her partner. the sequence follows a circular narrative.

In the opening scene we are presented with a ECU/BCU of an elderly female character with her eyes closed. the duration of the shot is ephemeral, almost immediately cutting to a different location and and a different female character, judging on the quick transition time we can tell that the elder female character in the initial shot is reminiscing about her past and her youth. The camera then introduces a young male character, throughout the introduction scene of the male and the female character the shot size stays consistent (MCU-BCU) allowing the audience to only see the two characters and no one else around them not even by standers or extra's. This approach to filming gives the two characters the only spotlight and focuses all attention on their story.

As the narrative progresses we see a consistency in the fast frequency speed in the cut shots, as there are many different locations that the two characters are in i.e from when they first meet too their fourth and fifth date. The director has successfully used his ingenuity to grab the audience and and keep them glued to the journey of the couple.The shot on the left hand side is one of many ECU's in this sequence, I believe the director has chose this method of filming to portray intimacy and true love, by showing no characters around them through camera size and not even enough room to see decor and setting means you can only observe-as a member of the audience- the facial expressions and body language of someones journey of love.

One particular scene shows the two characters intimately making love in a bed, the camera is at an ECU of their two hands together. there is then a sudden cut to another location and another situation, the male character is now standing and the female is lying down the camera slowly pans across the female character and reveals to us that she is pregnant however the characters are still holding hands. I believe this is a connotation of loyalty.