Drama Analysis | Sign Language (2010)

This film has a clear theme of love, not just the love between a man and woman but also the love from a man to a job that many would consider boring and unfulfilling. The film maker clearly wanted to take a documentary styled approach in order to make the characters seem more real and by doing this created a connection between the audience and characters. A technique used to help create this realistic tone was the use of natural light of an overcast day in London. They also applied the use of over exposed shots and having the subject dip out of focus occasionally to further solidify the real feel to this film, which in turn helped the theme seem more real within the film.
I personally liked this film as its a feel good film and I believe it was successful in portraying realistic characters and created a genuine documentary style. However, I do believe that the over exposed shots and dips out of focus created a more amateurish feel to the film rather than a realistic one.