“A” honest exposure

An outright descriptive story, even the Oscar’s should nominate

Rating: 8 out of 10

Ever had a sense of dishonesty or full exposure to wrongdoing, this is what is portrayed in Vincent’s, Hughes’ and Shmelev’s Hitchcock inspired short film, “Dial “A” for Honesty”. Remember the classic James Bond movies, “Dr. No”, “From Russia with Love” and “Goldfinger”. Well, if you do, then you will have a good feeling when it comes to the quality of the editing in the fighting scene. Although good, there is still some room for improvement when it comes to modern standards. This film-making in NO way involves an autrochously-ridiculed plot, right from the start it is clear as to what happens, with both images and dialogue clearly explaining the story as the movie goes on.

In this new Alfred Hitchcock inspired piece, the honest student (Vincent) works hard and has his sights for his future set out for Oxford University. However, so does Hughes. (the dishonest student). When Vincent leaves his work alone in the library, Hughes. finds out and sabotages the essay. After Vincent’s submission of the essay, he gets his grade back. Getting a 2 out of 8 for his essay meant his dreams for Oxford were inevitably cancelled. His depression because of this leads him to almost committing suicide. However, Shmelev (playing a Jesus-like role in this movie) advises Hughes to tell him the truth and confess to both the teacher and Vincent about his actions, which he does just in time to save Vincent After having confessed to a teacher, Vincent gets another chance to re-write the essay. Later at break, Vincent’s feelings lead him to hurt Hughes to such an extent that he is no longer heard of. And that is where this tale ends.

The directors use of various settings, being inside of a classroom, on a stairwell, or a library, as well as the use of different camera angles such as high angles, close-ups and medium shotss, makes this short film all the more powerful and tense. The sound effects used in the movie, especially in the fighting scene, make it a more memorable experience as well as directly adding to the tone of the piece and thus enhancing the message which is brought to the viewer which is clearly portrayed at the end, and in the case of the use of a hyperbole in the film enhancing this film yet more.

This intricate piece of edited film, is a movie designed to embed the image of what could happen if one were to plagiarize. This clearly being laid out in-front of the viewer, it will be very successful and is very educational, thus being very well applicable to schools of any caliber and one should show their children at a given mature age, several years before heading off to university as it shows that not all endings will be happy such as can be seen in movies such as “Cars”, “The longest ride” or James Bond’s “Spectre”. This is especially when talking about the topic in this specific short film, academic dishonesty.

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