New Boy 2008

A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.



WOW.. Everything about the film was great. Loved the way it was shot beautiful use of 50mm, great use of colour grading to show the contrast from the new boys past, from the vibrant colours in africa to grimy britain. The was not much technicality when it came to cinematography which was great, keeping it simple just worked. The one main change in the camera work was in the african school which they used the hand held technique a really great touch to the film, showing the african school in a different way like it was a lot more fun and everyone was happier. Also just a great narrative, it had so much soul and you could connect with the new boys within seconds of watching the film. This hand held technique of making the audience engage with the film and character will help us do the same in our production.