This document summarizes two films that are similar genres and provide inspiration for aspects of the short film being produced. The first film, Step Up, inspired the use of mirror shots in dance rehearsal scenes to create greater effect. The second film, Billy Elliot, is similar because the main character faces struggles with family acceptance for pursuing a career in dance rather than a traditional job path, mirroring challenges the main character in the short film may experience.

1. Similar Products<br />Step UpTyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore¹s tracks. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore¹s ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora¹s attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined.This film is a similar genre to our product and has also inspired us with many of the rehearsal scenes, because the camera shots uses the mise en scene i.e. the mirrors to cause greater effect. 190493564124Billy ElliotAgainst the background of an increasingly bitter miners' strike that his elder brother and father are involved in, young Billy Elliot finds he prefers joining in the girls' ballet class at the local hall to the boxing he's there for. The ballet mistress soon realises he has real potential, but no-one, least of all his family, is likely to go along with a lad doing dancing.This product is similar to our short film because of the trouble Billy has with his family to do what he was wants to do which is dance. Our main character Faye faces the same dilemma as her mum wants her to get a ‘proper job’. <br />