The short film entitled..(freeze frame)..Bouncer

Bouncer (2002)
Director: Michael Baig Clifford
Starring: Ray Winstone
Synopsis: Bouncer deals with club doorman’s worst nightmare ‘ the one that comes back’
The film is simply the worse nightmare of a nightclub bouncer- the revengeful club-goer who gets kicked out of the club. As the synopsis says ‘bouncer deals with the club doorman’s worst nightmare ‘the one that comes back’.
Voiceovers from the main character played by Ray Winstone create the background story for the audience. He introduces the other characters, previous nightclub stories as a way to help the audience understand from his point of view, which is a point of view we don’t usually come across.
The freeze frames used throughout help to make the film more visually interesting, it also helps the voiceovers catch up with the visuals and tell the story at the same pace.

We go back and forth between the present of the main character talking in a gym, to flashbacks of the story unravelling.
The lighting is dark and realistic making it feel like we as the audience are being told a true story.
The soundtrack throughout conveys the emotion, feelings, etc of the characters
The twist brings the whole story back to reality, as if to bring the audience back to the consequences of our actions and the character’s actions. It also challenges what the audience initially thinks.


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