My version of the one minute short film 'Trapped'

The original short film:

My version of the short film:

I wanted to go along the same lines as the original however I wanted to make it my own and also suite it to the location I was shooting in which was a school. For this I had my actress dress up in smart clothing as if she is in sixth form. Which goes in with the setting which is set in a office. It wasn't very effective in my final product as it wasn't that similar in the end as when I started to film I wanted to make it more interesting. When making my version of this short I decided to add in more shot selections than the original short. I decided to do this as it added in more of the background setting rather than just focusing on the person. I changed shot lengths so that I had some that showed a second of what she was doing and others like her trying the window which were longer this was to show that she was 'Trapped' whereas the other shorter shot lengths where her bored. I decided to only add in the sounds of the door closing at the beginning and closing at the end this was to emphasise that she was 'Trapped' and to also concentrate more on the facial expressions. I also felt that dialogue would have ruined this short clip as she would have been talking to herself. Todorov's theory of equilibrium can be applied to 'Trapped' because all is normal when she walks in the room then the door shuts behind her, she realises that it has locked, she tries to get out through the window its shut she finally realises that the door is a pull she goes back to normal just now feeling a little stupid.