"Sign Language"

"Sign Language" ; What is the single effect you got from this short film? Give specific three reasons (of choices the director made) why you were persuaded to that effect? Change one aspect of the film (besides narrative and dialogue) and explain how that would change the film and the single effect.

            The single effect I got from this short film was that it is important to always love what you do and make the best out of it. One choice the director made to allow this effect was the music, which was slow but seemed to have a since of hope. The director also made the choice to have Ben be friends with all the other board holders. Ben could have been a very pessimistic man, who just stood there with misery holding his sign. Instead the director creates Ben as a very optimistic man. This leads to the third choice made by the director, Ben believes that there is opportunity in a job many people would not enjoy having.

            The cold and rainy weather helps add to show Ben’s optimism. If the director had made the day a warm and sunny day an important aspect would have been lost. Rain is normally considered to be sadder than a warm sunny day. This allows Ben to show how he can always make the best of his job, which he loves.