Marc Webb Short Film

Marc Webb is the director of 500 Days Of Summer, which up to date is his only feature length film (He is currently in the process of directing 'The Amazing Spider-Man'). However he has directed a variety of music video's for the likes of artists such as Counting Crows, Regina Spektor, and even The Pussycat Dolls. I also found that to kick off 500 Days of Summer's release, he made a separate short film, starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt about a bank heist in which the male character's heart gets stolen along with the money. Now I have to say I have found this video classified as both a music video (it is set to 'Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? by She and Him), and as a short film, so I'm not really sure what it would be officially categorized as; but as I believe short film is a very broad term, for all intents and purposes, I am going to brand this as one, and analyse it as preparation for creating my own short film. 

MISE-EN-SCENE: 

• The male character is seen wearing a full suit and sunglasses, which evokes a sense of mystery about him. The female character is wearing a vintage inspired outfit, which could indicate that this short film is set in maybe the fifties or sixties. 
• The location is a bank, which implies that the characters are either middle or higher class. 
• The facial expression of the female character remains quite innocent throughout (this is re-iterated when we see her doing dance steps such as a 'hop-scotch'). This is contrasting to other aspects we see of her: She seems fierce enough to not be afraid of a bank robber with a gun, and even goes as far as seducing him. At the beginning, the male character maintains a serious facial expression, but as the film progresses it's like it continually fades as he falls in love

CAMERA WORK:

• There is only one cutaway shot in the duration of the short film, and it is a close up of the two character's hands touching. This highlights how this is the turning point of the narrative - it is almost suggesting the whole idea of 'love at first sight', and how this changes everything
• At the beginning of the film, close ups and mid shots are mainly used to familiarise the audience with the two main characters
• For the majority of the choreography part of the short film, long shots are used so that the audience can clearly see the character's dancing

EDITING:

• The only editing used in this short film is a cut, showing that it all the action happens at one particular time
• The pace of the editing is fairly slow so that the audience can clearly see the action and choreography 

SOUND:

• The soundtrack to this short film is a song called 'Why Do You Let Me Stay Here'? The song has an overall theme of desire and lines such as 'I would like you for own' connote the romantic nature of the narrative
• There is no dialogue at all in the entire short film - it is almost as if the director is trying to express the storyline instead, through the music and choreography. It also connotes the physical nature of the relationship - from the eye contact at the beginning to the close dancing in the middle.