This is me

This is me - A short film by Sam Arthur.

In 'This is me' there are several Semantic and Syntactic codes as founded by Altman. As well as this there is Neale's repetition and variation. In addition to Buckingham's Negotiation and Change.

Through Altman's theory we can tell than objects communicate meaning. We can see this in the short film because there is one particular object/prop (the little plastic red toy aeroplane)which communicates meaning and is the centre of the whole story. However we don't find out about the object until half way through the short film when we see the little boy swallow it. And still yet do not know the full extent of its significance however through the mans tone and expressions we can tell that it could possibly have something to do with him and why he is in a coma.

From this screenshot of the timer that his wife has brought a long to 'visit' him we can tell that she really is not bothered about anything and feels like coming to visit is a chore. Which could be why she only gives him 10 minutes of her silent boring company which she doesn't even try to talk to him in, she simply starts reading a magazine about cruises and how to spend her husbands money from the compensation. We can tell by her facial expression in the picture below that she isn't at all bothered that her husband is in a coma and wants to go and enjoy her self and her money which we can tell through the props she has such as an expensive handbag and jewelry as well as keeping well groomed. She looks different here to the second time we see her which is actually before the incident, she looks younger here and like she takes care of herself now she has the money to do so.

We get a well executed animation of the child's digestive system an