About a girl - directed by Brian Percival

About a girl is a short drama that focuses on a young teenage girl, bringing in aspects of her family and friends however mainly focusing on her. The themes throughout this film including family relationships, belonging whether it be were she wants to/needs to live and loneliness as we can see from when she speeds time with her dad, although she seems fine with her friends and has two parents it seems that she is distanced from them even whilst being around them. The film consists of the girl delivering a monologue directly to the camera/audience cut together with relating scenes between her family/friends. At the beginning we get an almost lighthearted feel from film due to the comical way in which she delivers her comments, but in the shots where she isn't speaking you see the reality of her life. For example she wishes to go live with her dad, explains how the family aren’t too well off financially etc. however as she is just a kid she tells us in a way that isn't as serious and provokes the occasional laugh from the way she delivers it. The director has used the perfect amount of each to show you her perspective and the reality which is slightly different. I think the director used this approach to ease us in in order for the plot twist revealed at the end of the film.