About a Girl- Short Film

About a Girl explores themes such as aspirations and dark themes such as domestic abuse, family troubles and poverty. The film has a comedic start where a girl is shown in silhouette singing and dancing to the Britney Spears song “Stronger.” It is abruptly cut to her then walking along the backdrop of Manchester's industrial landscape talking non-stop about her aspirations for the future such as being a singer. She also tells the audience about her frustration with her family such as her Mum and wanting to live with her Dad. As she goes on walking alongside a canal her descriptions of her pop idols and her favourite ice cream are mixed with hints about family troubles, poverty and domestic violence. Stating that she has become "good at hiding things", she throws the plastic bag she has been carrying into the canal. A camera shot from under the water reveals a baby surrounded by blood. The approach taken was going from light-hearted comedy to then quickly becoming something sinister which is an effective technique to end the film as it leaves the audience speechless from the horrific scene. The girl is easily relatable and funny and for her to do that at the end crushes our hearts and leaves us gob smacked.