Short Film Recreation - 'The Big Shave'

As part of our A2 media studies blog myself and three other students (Joseph Nowell, Jonny Briggs and Courtney Radley) will recreate the Michael Scoursese short film 'The Big Shave' - as seen below.

The next few blog posts will consist of a character profile, story board, prop list and a location setting for the recreation.

Plot Synopsis

This short film is a metaphor for the Vietnam War. A man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom, concentrating on the polished porcelain and shiny metal motif. He then proceeds to shave. When his face is clean, however, he only continues to shave until he pierces through his skin. Blood covers him and falls around him, the red contrasting the perfect spotlessness of the bathroom.