9/9/11--"Sign Language"

Questions for blog:
1.  What single effect did you get from this short film?
2.  Give three specific things that led you to that single effect.
3.  If you could change one aspect of the film, what would it be, and how would that change the film's single effect?

Answers:
1.  The single effect that is portrayed from the film is optimism.
2.  a) His friends held up the signs at the end that encouraged him to talk to the girl.
     b) Ben describes his friends with nice, quality adjectives when they do not appear to be so.  It seemed as though he had faith in his friends when they appeared to be slightly hopeless.
     c) At the end, Ben goes up to talk to the girl.
3.  If you took out the music in the film, it would completely change the atmosphere.  The music was uplifting and happy, and it made a busy, crowded London street seem calm.  The feeling/effect of the story would change for the worse; without the music, the optimism of the story would be removed.