Simon Ellis' contemporary short film 'Telling Lies' made in 2000 follows a conversation between two people over the phone but rather than using visuals it uses subtitles against a black background. However, the subtitles tell a different story to the actual spoken dialogue in an attempt to convey the idea that people don't always say what they are thinking. The text shown is the only visual in the film which i believe to be extremely effective as it means that is the priority focus as its all we can see. Even though there is a conversation being heard we concentrate more on what we can see and because of that the written conversation is what gets taken in by the audience.
I believe this film is very effective in conveying its themes and ideas well, i think that if they had used more visuals for example; showing people actually talking on the phone, it wouldn't have been as effective as it would mean audiences have to concentrate on what they see and hear. By focusing on one it makes the impact of the dialogue both written and spoken much better.
This film was helpful as it links well with the 'Sense of Space' task and in terms of coming up with the themes and focus of my film its definitely something i can pull on. as we will be attempting to convey similar ideas in terms of showing two juxtaposing thoughts at the same time however both of ours will be visual rather than audio.
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