SHORT FILM RESEARCH: I'M YOU DICKHEAD

I'm You D*ckhead
Dir:Lucas Testro
Accessed by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAUjt7KWp9A
Plot Summary: In a world where time travel is simple and easy, a man travels back in time to force his 10 year old self so that he can have greater success in his love life in the future.

Mis en scene: setting/location- The film is set in present day, although in an alternate reality where time travel exists. When the protagonist travels back in time, the setting changes to 1985. The location itself changes from a setting within a hospital like environment. It then changes back to the younger self's back garden where he is having his 10th birthday part. In present day, there is also a modern day house where the main character has developed a family and is living with the woman that he always desired.

 Mise-en-scène: iconography and props- The director has primarily decided to use props that would be found a typical 10 year old's birthday party. It decides to use the 1980s setting as a way od developing props e.g. the Optimus Prime action figure. For amusement, it includes a quote from Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park as it shows how scientific advances should not be used.

  Mise-en-scène: colour and lighting- Lighting is generally bright as it's primarily set during the day. Ther lighting is very naturalistic due to the middle class setting of the film. It uses this in order to make the film's setting and story more real, despite its science fiction story. Unlike Power/Rangers which uses dark colours such as black and red, it generally uses naturalistic colours but never overtly uses dark colours as it has a much lighter tone.

Mis en scene: make up and costume- For the most part, costume is generally present day with the protagonist generally wearing modern day clothes such as a shirt and jeans.The 1980s setting does provide for some different clothing, especially from the mother who's wearing clothing from that period. 

Cinematography- There is shot reverse shot in order to display conversations between two of the characters. There's also constant over the shoulder's shot to make the audience feel like they're part of the many

Title and credits- Credits are traditional, although for comedic effect, they put the protagonist and the actor who plays him several times due to the different versions that exist of him. However, there are no opening credits in the traditional sense however.