Pudding Bowl

For my short film evaluation I watched "Pudding Bowl" by Vanessa Caswill. It's focussed around nine-year-old protagonist, Ivy who is stuck in 50s British suburbia and loses herself in glamorous images of Hollywood magazines. However, her brother's actions result in her mother giving her a traumatic Pudding Bowl haircut and so her imagination takes flight as she refuses to be cut down by misfortune.

Mise-En-Scene

• Ivy's red spotty dress is similar to the dresses the models in her montage are wearing, showing that she wishes she looks like them

Editing

• Fade in
• Clock-wipe transition indicates the passing of time
• Ivy's glasses, the editing used here portrays her poor eyesight

Sound

• Sound Bridge
• Pause between Ivy and her brother's talking which could indicate her naivety
• Piano music when Ivy is in the bedroom which sets a sad tone to the film
• Upbeat guitar music signifies that she is about to cause trouble
• Radio - diegetic sound

Camerawork

• Extreme close-up of Ivy helps to build a relationship with her early on
• Close up when Ivy crumples up her paper which could represent her dreams
• Worm's eve view when Ivy is having her hair cut off to highlight her vulnerability
• Panning Shot of Ivy's magazines and to the sky at the end of the film