Chris' film blog

The short film High Maintenance uses plot twists twice. The first plot twist is more logical and and foreshadowed more through the mention of 'mechanical' and the actions of the husband being uncanny however the second plot twist is more surprising as it is more unexpected as the wife is more human through being more emotionally expressive and a robot ordering another robot isn't usual yet it is foreshadowed as the second husband repeats the dialogue of the wife at the beginning.

 Donnie Darko is a 2001 american cult classic that is a mix of the genres of sci fi mystery surrealism and psychological thriller that tells the story of a troubled teen that narrowly escapes death and the weeks after that event, exploring themes of time travel, philosophy, love and rebellion.  The films narrative pacing of a mystery is unconventional as a majority of the questions thay are set up the viewers may question aren't answered and is up to the viewer to figure out and interpret and may not be understand the majority of the premace in the first viewing as it presents multiple ideas and themes that work on its own but doesn't tie into the main narrative that is to say it isn't not enjoyable in the first viewing as the well shot scenes, jokes and the sense of comfort of following Donnie's life can capture the viewer from start to finish. The aspect of the sci fi genre films isn't immediate as it only starts to show once the book philosophy of time travel is ...

 The short film Pitch Black Heist conforms to the heist genre by providing conventional scenes for a heist and hitting main story beats of planning introduction and a tense heist scene and a sacrifice yet the latter half is subverted to become a family drama as revealed that the protagonists are father and son and the heist was used as revenge to the father. The production also diverts from expected heist scenes as the entirety of the heist is purely audio.