About a Girl

Brian Percival: About a Girl



About a girl is aimed at teenage girls but also an older audience, this is due to the fact that the film often reflects on real life for people living in parts of Britain and can give a physiological view into life.

The film explores a part of the young girl’s life, with particular emphasis on her parent’s lives and actions that have impacted on her childhood, this can explain her action at the end of the film.

The film follows a structured story line with the girl narrating throughout, flash backs are used so that the audience can understand the topic. The audience is almost invited to follow the girl on her journey along the river bank.

The location of the film reflects the grim tale, the streets and cannel she follows are run down areas covered in debris and graffiti. The Mise-en-Scene is very stereotypical of a middle class child, with the large gold earrings and puffer jacket.

The film last approximately 09:45 minuets, although short in length the theme is put across clearly through a graphic, twist. This is the key moment in the film; it is also the reason for all the events that occur. It is only until the very last moment where the screen shot is from underneath the water looking up towards the baby and the sky; that the viewers begin to realise the truth, that leaves them shocked and asking questions.