About a Girl

About a Girl is a British short film directed by Geoff Boyle and written by Julie Rutterford.

First of the name "About a Girl" is a play on the title "About a Boy" and stresses the oppostition to the mainstream cinema.

The film follows the path of an innocent young girl that has had to grow up too quickly. The text message style opening sequence lets the audience know straight away the target audience and the themes that might be present in the film. The young girl is pictured dancing which shows her age and then juxtaposed with images of her swearing and such. The camera pans out to reveal her true age to be about 12-13 and the audience feels a sense of hurt that is portrayed through the walls and trapped feel of the film.

The girls father seems not to care about her and isn't providing for her, financially and otherwise. The audience feels a resentment of the father.

During all of the outdoor scenes, prothetic falasy is used to highlight the themes in the film as the weather is dark and dingy. This also compliments the surrounding areas.

At the end of the film, the girl is pictured throwing her dead baby into the river, the baby reaches gating in the river and this is suggesting the entrapment of her own life. The girl is stuck in a council estate when she longs to be in the comforts of a large home with a loving family and have a popstar career.

Bibliography:
1. Julie Rutterford. (2010). About a Girl. Available: http://www.gboyle.co.uk/aag%20qt.HTM. Last accessed 5th February 2010.