Two cars are parked outside a pub late at night with children left unattended inside. A boy in one car tries to impress a girl in the next car by pretending to drive and swearing, and she responds with abusive language. They eventually warm up to each other, exchanging names and ages. At the end, the girl allows the boy to hold her ring so he will remember her as she drives away with her guardian.
Two cars are parked outside a pub late at night with children left unattended inside. A boy in one car tries to impress a girl in the next car by pretending to drive and swearing, and she responds with abusive language. They eventually warm up to each other, exchanging names and ages. At the end, the girl allows the boy to hold her ring so he will remember her as she drives away with her guardian.
Two cars are parked outside a pub late at night with children left unattended inside. A boy in one car tries to impress a girl in the next car by pretending to drive and swearing, and she responds with abusive language. They eventually warm up to each other, exchanging names and ages. At the end, the girl allows the boy to hold her ring so he will remember her as she drives away with her guardian.
Two cars are parked outside a pub late at night with children left unattended inside. A boy in one car tries to impress a girl in the next car by pretending to drive and swearing, and she responds with abusive language. They eventually warm up to each other, exchanging names and ages. At the end, the girl allows the boy to hold her ring so he will remember her as she drives away with her guardian.
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Textual Analysis I
Two Cars, One Night
Two Cars, One Night Production Information Production Company: Blueskin Films Ltd., Defender Films, New Zealand Film Commission
Directed by: Taiki Waititi
Executive Producer: Vanessa Alexander
Producers: Catherine Fitzgerald, Ainsley Gardiner
Film Editor: Owen Ferrier-Kerr
Runtime: 13 minutes Narrative Analysis Set-Up Two cars are parked next to each other outside a place marked HOTEL (likely a pub). Children left on their own in a car for extended periods of time problems within the social community, child mistreatment Protagonist problems: Young child, accompanied by his companion Sees an older girl within the other car Pretends to drive/puts seat back to impress the girl Abusive towards the girl/swearing/gestures Girl responds with abusive language and gestures Narrative Analysis - Development Girl is playing with her ring Interactions: A man on his bike asks both the protagonist and girl a question, before cycling off Protagonist exchanges a nod with a man driving by in another car Protagonists further problems: Gets out of his car, goes over to the girls car Acts like a policemen towards the girl/tries to make himself look older/tries to act cool Girl and boy exchange names and ages Protagonists companion is unresponsive/untroubled to the protagonists rude remarks towards him/ perhaps protagonist is trying to eliminate the competition of his companion from the girl. Narrative Analysis - Resolution Resolution to the problems: Girl and protagonist are sitting closer together Girl feels the boy is trustworthy, allows him to hold her ring Protagonist is given the ring by the girl so he will remember her The girls driver gets in the car, and they drive off, leaving the protagonist staring after her Technical Analysis - Camera Camera fly's through the dark clouds at the beginning of the short at an intense pace. Limited use of different camera shots/angles Signifies the low budget of the film Continuous shot-reverse-shots of protagonists Continued close-ups of the protagonist and girl Signifies their importance as the protagonists Technical Analysis - Sound Soundtrack interludes with diegetic sound of the wind at the beginning No dialogue exchanged between any characters until two minutes into the film. Dialogue begins at an infrequent pace between the two protagonists Signifies their current non-existent connection Dialogue becomes more frequent between them Now signifies their existent connection Pace quickens as each scene changes Shows difference in time Sound of drunken dialogue/singing heard in the background, coming from the pub, again highlights the disregard parents show towards the safety of their children
Technical Analysis Mise-en-Scene Set design Black-and-white film suggests the film is old-fashioned (back when black and white film tape was used) Lighting Low-key Props Ring, book
Technical Analysis - Editing Fast-paced editing Sped-up action Exemplified through fast movement of cars/people -used to signal the passing of time Also used to signify the changes in attitude both protagonists feel towards each other They go from being rude towards each other to then being extremely friendly, sociable and even hinting towards feeling love between one another
