Get off my land

Get off my land is a short film released in 2008. It is part of the thriller and crime genre. It's themes are ownership and conflict. It follows a couple who are on a public foot path and met the owner of the land. After a bit the man in the relationship says that he'll fight the owner of the land for it. The owner comes back with a shotgun and shoots the man and the woman.

I am able to tell that the two are a couple as they are often seen very close together in different shots. Another thing that tells me this is that the man clearly has come unprepared as he is wearing jeans and trainers in an muddy field, meanwhile the girlfriend is prepared as she has a thick coat and boots. Because of this it shows me that they aren't related as they both would of have known the same that either they will need boots or trainers for what they are going into. the owner of the land is clearly shown to be a local as the owner has a jeep and also wears a farmers cap showing that he knows the land. Clearly the couple and the owner don't know each other as the couple seem confused to see the two there there. The relationship between the couple doesn't seem to that great of one as the two of in the opening seem to be distant, it's shown by having the them separate in an establishing shot near the start. In addition near the start they go over a shaky gate symbolizing that the relationship between the two could also be shaky. At the end you see birds flying and hear a gunshot go off, this is a clear sign hat another person has been shot and it's very impressive as they didn't need to show this as they told the audience without showing them.

The theme of ownership is shown by having a conflict of if the land is private or not. It's shown by asking who had owned the land before all the back in time. It goes all the down to the roots of ownership. This then leads to the second theme of conflict as the two men get into a conflict over the land. This is because they agree that the ownership of the land was decided by conflict. This turns into the two men about to fight over the land. The owner then leaves making the boyfriend to assume that he has won there for a slight bit seems o be a bit of conflict between the couple as they to have different views on whether it should of happened. The owner of the land then comes back showing he has a shot gun this greatly and suddenly increases the tension of the film.