Response to 'About A Girl'

About a girl is about someone who doesn’t necessarily get along with their parents. Talking about how she would love to be a singer, having very innocent and child like manners, talking about ice creams and how her dad is a footballer ect. However, she is also keeping a large secret which is revealed at the end when she dumps a baby into the canal.

The approach is a very realistic drama, almost in the style of a documentary, where the girl talks about her family and her dreams for when she grows up. Which helps to follow the drama form because it shows the character talking about lots things which causes her to rapidly change emotions/

I like the film because I believe it is successful at showing a troubled teen that may not really get along with her parents. However, I believe seeing the baby come out of the bag at the end was rather unsuccessful for the character in terms of a drama. This is because when we see the baby there isn’t really any emotional response from her. It would have been better with an emotional response to it.

I found that the constant hand-held camera and the long takes helped to keep the drama very similitude to real life. Making it almost relatable for the audience. I found this rather interesting because of how it makes the audience feel as though they are apart of the drama that is unfolding in front of them.