Tight Jeans.


Tight Jeans is a light comedy short film directed by Destiny Ekaragha and released in 2008. The main characters are three teens who are impatiently waiting for there friend sitting on a wall, a white man walks past wearing skinny jeans and they start to talk about how he can wear such tight jeans, the conversation seems light and friendly and they make lots of jokes about it. the film very much puts us in an observing position as most shots are mid three shots of all three men on the wall with only a few closer shots and some eyeline matches to highlight the tight jeans before they are discussed  The scenario of a light conversation between friends lends itself to the genre of light comedy and shows that the narrative for a short film does not need to be complex.
personally I did not enjoy the film that much, I didn't find most of it funny and the simple narrative needed the comedy to hold my interest, however it did show me that, with other elements going for it a film does not need a complex narrative. 

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  1. Caroline BirksOctober 18, 2018 at 12:21 PM

    Did you learn anything from the director interview we watched in class? She makes interesting points about representation.

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