The Blind Spot

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The Blind Spot
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While driving, a man talks on his cellphone, unaware of what's going on to the left of him.
The Short Of The Week website analysis states there&#39;s a danger of Matthew Nayman&#39;s short film being both one note and mediocre but Nayman manages to pull it off . I agree though there&#39;s no escaping from the fact it&#39;s very much one note and a one trick pony but while you&#39;re watching it you do wonder how quickly other people came to understand what was happening at the mis-en-scene <br/><br/>Some people might claim &quot; if that was me I would have known what was happening right away &quot; but would you ? Go on youtube and look at the live news broadcasts of 9/11 as the second plane crashed in to the South Tower of the WTC . It&#39;s surprising how many of the commentators don&#39;t notice the second plane come in to frame and hit the second tower and thought the resulting explosion was coming from the North Tower . On a similar you might have done a quick observation test where you&#39;re asked to study a still photo of busy city centre street . You&#39;re asked what you noticed about the still &quot; Perhaps you noticed , the street lamps , or the cars in the foreground or the blonde woman walking nearest to camera . But did you notice the spaceship in the sky at the top right hand corner ? &quot; and you&#39;re left kicking yourself for not noticing something so obvious , so yes the scenario here is very credible and well done for making it on a budget of $2,000 . That said anyone who&#39;s driving a car making a plane reservation on a mobile phone dserves summary execution
I saw this short at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival in 2011. <br/><br/>The concept is very simple so it&#39;s difficult to describe this short without ruining the punchline so heads up - contains spoilers:<br/><br/>The story follows a male character who&#39;s driving in his car and on the phone with a travel agency trying to switch his flight. Of course he&#39;s getting the run-around from customer service and the whole time this is happening chaos quietly unfolds in the background.<br/><br/>His performance is quite enjoyable as most of us can easily relate to his customer service woes. He plays off the frustration very naturally and believably yet in a humorous and likable way. The urban chaos unfolding behind him is well animated with sufficient variety to keep me amused and engaged.<br/><br/>The reaction at the end when the man realizes what has been happening seems somewhat mild to me... his reaction is arguably not dramatic enough to merit the mammoth destruction that he is witnessing. I feel he should be more surprised considering all that has been happening without him even noticing. Anyway that said, I&#39;m sure others would disagree with me and that&#39;s fine... in fact this film did win Silver in the audience choice award at this festival which says a lot since there were many likable shorts at this event.<br/><br/>Finally - The thing I particularly enjoyed the most about this short is the fact that it consists of only ONE shot. The whole story unfolds in ONE shot composition which I think really makes this short so memorable and inspiring. The script is entertaining and well balanced with the destruction happening in the back. It&#39;s a nicely paced short and if you can get your hands on it, it&#39;s a must see!<br/><br/>Enjoy!

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