{"id":7340,"date":"2010-02-16T11:55:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T19:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2010-02-16T13:52:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:52:43","slug":"exam-stuart-hazeldine-2009-uk-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=7340","title":{"rendered":"Exam (Stuart Hazeldine, 2009): UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Charlotte Brange<\/a>. Viewed at Metro 4 at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\"\"In a room that looks so small<\/p>\n

Sits 8 contestants with the same determination inside them all<\/p>\n

\u201cI really want this job!\u201d<\/p>\n

The invigilator slowly turns the knob<\/p>\n

He says that the contesters have to take the exam<\/a> and solve the mystery<\/p>\n

And simply use their history<\/p>\n

Only one of them will remain<\/p>\n

Because only one of them in the end will be sane<\/p>\n

You have 80 minutes for you,<\/p>\n

Answer the question is all you have to do,<\/p>\n

But if there is no question on the paper, what will you turn to?<\/p>\n

The lightening and close-ups gives the room a claustrophobic feeling<\/p>\n

Sterile light is bounced of the ceiling<\/p>\n

Different light sources are used<\/p>\n

Glows in the contesters eyes as they are confused<\/p>\n

As the story goes on the room grows bigger<\/p>\n

And someone might pull the trigger<\/p>\n

Because the happenings are intense and thrilling<\/p>\n

But is this job they want worth to start killing?<\/p>\n

Their true personalities a discovered and shows<\/p>\n

The contestants get up and start to break up from their rows<\/p>\n

One is the leader, the one that begins the action<\/p>\n

And the others follow with their reaction<\/p>\n

1 is quickly breaking the rules and forced to leave the room<\/p>\n

Next one follows and is probably disappointed I assume<\/p>\n

Because this is the job of their lifetime<\/p>\n

I hope I can show the movie\u2019s intensity into this rhyme<\/p>\n

The emotions is shown through several close-ups of them<\/p>\n

The characters are not late to each other condemn<\/p>\n

Lightening in the movie changes a lot but the story is the same<\/p>\n

When will they start with each other and blame?<\/p>\n

The third one leaves with a bang<\/p>\n

And the fourth one is soon joining the outsider gang<\/p>\n

This is now deadly serious and the minutes is going down<\/p>\n

Everyone wants to be the one in the end that will have the crown<\/p>\n

The contesters are dropping like flies<\/p>\n

And they\u2019re suspicious and looks closely into each other\u2019s eyes<\/p>\n

The movie takes time and the story comes alive<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019re only five<\/p>\n

Close-up of blood, sweat and tears<\/p>\n

Yes it\u2019s all in this movie alongside people\u2019s greatest fears<\/p>\n

Beautiful editing makes the movie never boring<\/p>\n

In the well-developed characters\u2019 hearts you\u2019ll never stop exploring<\/p>\n

Because this is more than just a movie or a lazy time-spender<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a psychological experiment that they will slowly surrender<\/p>\n

Director told us that life is just like the white paper the characters are given<\/p>\n

Use your on perception to be motivated and driven<\/p>\n

It started out as a short film but he changed it<\/p>\n

Luckily for us at SBFF who can now see this movie\u2019s every bit<\/p>\n

As the end of SBFF, a price was given to Exam<\/p>\n

It took home the price for independent cinema with a slam<\/p>\n

So go out and watch the brilliant Exam now<\/p>\n

Afterwards you will just sit there and think; \u201cwow!\u201d<\/p>\n

The ending is well done and has a big twist<\/p>\n

And this movie will in my mind continue to exist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Charlotte Brange. Viewed at Metro 4 at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. In a room that looks so small Sits 8 contestants with the same determination inside them all \u201cI really want this job!\u201d The invigilator slowly turns the knob He says that the contesters have to take the exam and solve the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":814,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/814"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}