"Bouncer"

The short film bouncer concentrates on the story of a British bouncer. As the story unfolds the audience is introduced to a number of emotions that are all due to carefully planned production techniques.

Lighting is used to highlight the bouncer's image and hide the punters in the queue. This suggests that the bouncers are a target for the punters as is later revealed in the film.

The film plays on time in that when the bouncer is training in the gym he is telling a story that happened. We later find out that the gym is a prison gym and realise why he is in prison.

The voiceover in the piece is in a way the main asset. It is the gruff London accent that helps to stress the nature of the story. Ray Winstone voices the part perfectly and engages the audience with the story. The script tells the story in a way that relates to the working class and suggests a target audience.

The location of the club suggests a nasty run down area where one might expect trouble. This is shown with the bad street lighting, shouting and arguing and the positioning of the club. When the bouncer runs after the killers the audience is shown a wider view of the surroundings and so more assumptions can be made about the area. Another factor that might make the audience feel uneasy or expectant of trouble is the speech. The bouncer is constantly talking about being vunerable and about the likeliness of someone "coming back for you" when you are on your way home. Things like this keep the audience involved in the film and provide a personal feeling that the audience might have experienced, feeling unsafe when you are alone.



Bibliography:
1. Michael Baig Clifford . (2002). Bouncer. Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6s_iD1r9c. Last accessed 5th February 2010.