Shane Meadows- Stairwell

His shortest film, The Stairwell, was shot on a mobile phone and is just 40 seconds long. It consists solely of a man and woman, played by Meadows regulars Andrew Shim and Vicky McClure, violently bumping into each other on a stairwell.

The film plays with camera angle, it uses alot of POV shots to track characters as they are coming down the stairs- this creates a feeling as it the character are floating. The music is pacey, adding tension- we do not know where the character are heading. The film is mostly shot on steady and cuts between handheld. The interesting shots used engages the audience as it tell a journey rather than just a 40 minutes narrative. The characters faces are hidden from the camera which creates mystery. The end brings the audience to a climax however is the ending- it is effective for a short piece.