Short film analysis 3: The Magician



There are immediately shots of a man doing a magic trick, which is relevant to the main aspect of the short film. Then there is another man, who is referred to as "magic man" is going to go on stage. There is a shot of the man before, who was doing a magic trick, suggesting they might have a rivalry. The man goes on stage, and seems to do a trick, and gets an applause. He then does other tricks, and continues getting an applause. There is a shot of the other man, who is backstage, getting the cards thrown at him by the other one, and looking annoyed. This suggests he feels inferior to him. The "magic man" is asked if he can really do magic, and then there is voiceover singing.  This voiceover singing is supposed to be humour. The music basically expresses that it is not real magic, and the "magic man" isn't actually happy doing this. There are shots throughout the music, that show different situations, connecting to the music. He explains that the tricks he does are not require much skill. This short film is showing a stressful lifestyle, but it is supposed to be humour. It isn't based on one situation, it shows how is life generally is. My short film is also based on a magician, however, the differences are that the magician in my film starts as bad, can end up doing real magic, and actually wants to be a magician.

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