Tight Jeans

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What is the film about:
Three black teenagers are becoming frustrated while waiting for their friend. A young white lad walks past wearing super tight jeans. The boys look on until one of them asks the pivotal question, "How can a man wear jeans that tight?" This sparks a hilarious debate about race and culture.

Who is Destiny Ekaragha:
Destiny Ekaragha is a UK based filmmaker who was named Best British Newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival 2013 and BAFTA breakthrough Brit in 2014. 

Her award-winning feature comedy GONE TOO FAR!, which played at TIFF, and had a cinematic release in the UK announced her arrival as only the third black female director in Britain to make a feature-length film. 

Following this, she started directing episodic TV, including episodes 5-8 of season 2 of THE END OF THE F**ING WORLD for Channel 4/Netflix (Winner of the BAFTA for Best Drama Series in 2020). In 2020, Destiny directed a block of Y THE LAST MAN for FX / Disney +, and then went on to direct two episodes of PAPER GIRLS (Plan B/Legendary/Plan B/Amazon) (2021), an eight-part adaptation of the cult comics by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang. Most recently, Destiny has lead director on two episodes of Series 3 of TED LASSO Apple TV + (2021) and continues to direct on international drama projects.

What I thought about Tight Jeans:

I really enjoyed Destiny Ekaragha's short film "Tight Jeans" I thought it displayed that you don't need a big budget, fancy locations or special effects to create an immersive story. The films simple but comedic story line was really simple but made me laugh and feel like I was fully immersed and felt like I was sitting amount these three young men. After watching this and The Arrival I have defiantly found that a good short film usually has a strong centre narrative and uses usually one location and not many actors. The narrative also takes into account the length of the film and that a whole narrative arch needs to be achieved in 5 minutes.

Genre: 

Comedy/ Short 

Cinematography:

Panning shot on a rail which goes around the three characters in a semi circle. 

Medium close ups of characters

Extreme long shot from the balcony 



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