Unnatural Comfort Film Review

How to control the nation. This is the famous quote which shall be remembered by Britain as the day we have been incapacitated to believe we were stuck to our chair. Darren Brown, the nations most renowned magician, demonstrates his astonishing powers by inviting us to be part of a special TV event which will literally have you on the edge of your seat. This had inspired 3 students from Paddington Academy to create a short film which shows a character fallen into Darren Browns mind control, this film goes by the name of 'Unnatural Comfort'.

The idea of this film came into mind when the group of student were discussing the effects of Darren Brown and whether if it had really worked and the conspiracy behind it, until we decided to have a perfect idea which will open up to a wide range of audience and entertain them by projecting the Darren Brown event onto a short film. The original idea slowly developed from a small suggestion which grew into a spectacular short movie.

Unnatural Comfort holds a similar trait to other films such as Fight Club and The Usual suspect, mainly for mind twisting endings and psychological effect throughout the film. The short film follows the conventions of other short films, allowing the audience to fall into the stress and frustration of the main character. The film is based in a quite isolated workplace of, ironically, chair building company, this immediately shows a connection between this movie and around the Darren Browns highly popular 'how to control the nation'. This creates a constant atmosphere throughout the film, allowing the audience to feel the protagonists depression.

The character is suited perfectly for the theme of the short film, an average everyday 9-5 worker, who is sick and tired of his job and walks carelessly throughout the film, a perfect victim for Darren Brown, allowing Brown to put images and subliminal message into his mind. This makes the film more interesting and entertaining as us audience as we love to see the struggle of a character.

The scenes throughout this short film are professional and the students have clearly taken in the idea of big blockbuster type movie, the direction and camera works explore different variety of shots to feel as if we are spectating the film. The acting was amazing and fitted the role for the film, the actor had clearly taken on board the natural attitude of the character. However, the props in the films are chosen carelessly without taking any consideration, such as, the chair specifically chosen for the film has wheels, the protagonist makes it seem as if it the wheel is stuck making it seem rather strange and awkward.

Overall, this spectacular movie is worth to watch, it had worked well in many ways, the film delivers a mind boggling and entertaining plot, the scenes have been edited in a professional style to give it a blockbuster style movie, the atmosphere and feel of the movie stays consistent thoughout.