Wasp Film Analysis

Wasp is an Academy Award winning short film production written and directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Natalie Press and Featuring Danny Dyer.

Zoë (Andrea Arnold) is a single mother of four living in a grotty Dartford cancel estate. Stuck in a desirable state for a better life and a love interest such as David Beckham, whilst struggling to provide and care for herself and children with the basic needs of food. Zoë becomes fixated on an old friend - Dave (Danny Dyer) that is recently making a reappearance in her life. Zoë and Dave arrange a date, which will be her first in years. Unable to find baby sitters of her own she is forced to leave her four children - one only being a baby - outside of the pub whilst she stays with Dave, refusing to …show more content…
I initially found the short film to be too gritty for my taste. I wasn’t a fan of the storyline and the overall makings of it. The camera work was too a poor standard and the film displayed no taste to the film at all. However, the more I watched it made these aspects seem fit. The handheld camera shots and camera shake worked effectively as it made you feel apart of the story - particularly at the beginning which created a sense of nervousness to the drama, making it appear as if you the viewer are trying to keep up with the action. The dull lit scenes helped set the low tone throughout the film; setting a mood for the audience. Throughout the film there are effective camera shots used to display the atmosphere around the actors and to make the audience gain more emotion, feeling more connected the …show more content…
Zoë is shown to be in the kitchen hunting for food whilst on the phone kitchen, with the eldest daughter peering in hungry as she waits for a hopeful moment at the side lines. Unable to find anything but empty wrappers Zoë then pours out bread onto the counter; making Kelly perk up at the sight of food. This brief showing of excitement and hope over something so basic as bread which is an item people always expect to and are used to seeing shows how deprived the family is. Nonetheless the bread is mouldy; resulting to Zoë providing the children with just sugar - a poor replacement for a meal. With Kelly easily accepting the sugar on the lines of “share it out; not too much” suggests that this situation has happened previously and the children already know what to do. This lack of food has led the children to look after themselves by finding food in other means, such as food fallen on the ground. But also at the beginning where a fight is shown between Zoë and another mum about Kelly taking the other child’s