1) The short film is about a group of deviant youths who bully a boy and his father. They film themselves hitting the father and follow him home, mocking and abusing others on social media.
2) Scenes show the youths hanging around a corner shop causing a nuisance on their bikes while listening to loud music.
3) In a surprising turn, the father's young son hits the bullies with a cricket bat when they follow them home, causing them to bleed, subverting the expectation that the father would confront them.
1. Softis a shortfilmwhichisaboutdeviantyouthswhoare bullyingaboyand hisfather.
It starts off witha trackingshot of the school childrenandgangstersrunningwhichisashaky
footage.Thenthere isanestablishingshotof all the housesside byside whichisusedatthe start
and the endof the filmwhichbringsthe filmbacktothe settingandmis-en-scene.Whenthe dadis
goingto the corner shopthere are birdstweetingandgreenerywithinthe backgroundthe dayis
sunnyand the lightingisbright.However,whilstonhiswaybackhome afterbeinghitthe quickcuts
of the differentanglesof himreflecthimbeing upset.The youthsare presentedtobe wearing
hoodiesandtracksuitbottomsetc.whichisa stereotype.They filmwiththeirphonestheirwhich
have bad qualityfootage.The filmingof theirdancingisextremelyshaky.Theyhangarounda corner
shopon theirbikeslisteningtomusicloudlyandcausinganuisance.
The short filmrepresentsthemasrebelliousandaggressive towardsothers.Forexample,when
The gangstershitthe Dad screamingandvideoingandthenfollow him home.The use of the loud
RnB musicrepresentstheiridentitiesastheyfollow trendsandthinkthattheyare cool.The use of
usingdifferentangleswhilstthe Dadiswalkingbackhome afterbeingabusedreflectshisangerand
shocktowardshow a youngboycan doso. It alsoemphasisesthe amountof painandhow
frightenedhe is.There issubversionwithincharactersaswe expectthe Dadto fight/call the policein
orderto make the roadmango as hisyoungson isfrightened.Howeverthe oppositehappensas his
youngson hitsthe boyswitha cricketbat causingthemto bleed.The use of the high-resolution
footage forthe Dad and son reflectstheirclassandwealthinsociety.The gangstersmockandabuse
othersby usingtheirsocial mediaasa platformtopostsuch videos.Theyfindsatisfactioninhurting
othersand mockingothers.
The use of the differentshots,mis-en-sceneandmusicemphasise onthe charactersemotionsand
representationof them.