Long Shot: A Netflix Short Film


 Long Shot: A Netflix Short Film 


This short Netflix film called “Long Shot” holds the idea of the “what ifs” in this tense situation where a man could face death penalty for a crime that he did not commit.

Long shot is a short film that portrays a conflict between a man and the judicial system. He did not commit the murder and the investigators that had him questioned admitted that they were trying to trick him to get an incriminating response in spite of his continuous claims of his innocence. By the end of the short film, the audience can see that the people being interviewed hold to the idea of “what if…”. What would have happened if he decided to stay at home instead of going to the game? What would have happened if he did not make that phone call to his wife? It is scary to think that a man could have been wrongfully convicted into death penalty for murder if something as small as his daughter wanting to leave the baseball game earlier happened.

This narrative is very well executed as it jumps from the people being interviewed, to the real footage of the baseball game and the court. It is mixed perfectly and it gives a feeling of storytelling that shows almost everyone’s perspectives on this unbelievable situation. It also shows realism. The fact that he did not comprehend what was happening during court, his emotions and his luck on the HBO series shooting that same day, the comparison that his lawyer did to the O.J Simpson case that helped prove his innocence… This story is told in the best way possible by contrasting the past with the present, confirming the story and the facts that they are talking about.

The transitions from the past and the present is something that I would like to apply in my own short film. For example, the before and after of the stadium. It shows the real footage of the game, and compares it with the present day, where he sits in the same place with his now grown up daughter. Those transitions made a good contrast between past and present and also represents the “what if” through imagery.




 

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