Short Film Analysis

‘An Ode to Modern Democracy and the Hairdresser’ – http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p007qsdh

The short film ‘An Ode to Modern Democracy and the Hairdresser’ centers around a young female hairdresser who finds herself in a position of power as she cuts the Prime Minister’s hair. The film uses aspects of humour and comedy to contrast her position with that of an assassin (she likens herself to John Wilks Booth), however instead of Assassination on her mind she holds absolute power over the quality of the Prime Minister’s hair cut. Throughout the duration of the film, there is rarely much spoken dialogue, as we mainly hear the non-diegetic narration of the hairdresser as she contemplates sabotaging the PM’s hair-do. Similarly, there is also a lack of