Drama, Film Analysis - About a Girl (2001)

The themes that run through 'About a Girl' (2001) directed by Brian Percival, are themes of neglect, child innocence and Independences. These themes are based around the main focus of the film, a young teen female and the struggles explained within her story and how she is confident she will make something of herself one day. The approach of this film is a simple one shot of a girl walking down a canal and selling the story to the audience as if we are walking with her down the canal. The one shot is broken up however with cutaways to back up her points. This gives the film a fictional documentary style approach to the narrative. The actress for the main protagonist is very believable in her performance, especially with the costume, dialect, accent and location. I really felt connected to the character and her story, which captured and held my attention from start to finish. 

I liked this film a lot due to the as I feel it portrayed the character extremely will in reflecting the themes in a believable and relatable way. The way the film is shot with a monologue to camera with relevant cutaways in a contemporary documentary style, which I would like to adopt for my future films.

Bibliography

• About a Girl. (2001). [film] Directed by Brian Percival. UK: Silver Films