Research Tasks - "Fade To Black" - Chloe McGlinchey

Fade to Black (Gary Martin, 2004)

* The genre of "Fade to Black" I have believed to have identified as a comedy. Dumped and heartbroken, Emma decides cosmetic surgery is the only way to win her ex-boyfriend back.

* The film uses the genre/style uniquely as it is basically just Emma recording her thoughts and feelings about her ex-boyfriend Sean. She explains to the camera how she feels about her ex having a new girlfriend, because she is obviously a typically jealous ex girlfriend who hasn't got over her "first love". Throughout the film she says how she is looking into liposuction. However in the end she decides to go through the procedure herself with a craft knife and a hoover.

* The use of sound throughout the piece is simply dialogue, the only other sounds you here is when Emma is using a hair dryer to dry her hair. If I was to extend any of the ideas myself then I would possibly look into the works of using simply diegetic sounds and only at the opening and closing of the film I would choose to use music.

* It's like Emma is talking to the audience about her ex, making the audience feel they are there with her in the room. She makes the film seem like people from the audience; male or female can relate to her "problems" about her ex.

Chloe McGlinchey