THE FLY

 DIRECTED BY OLLY WILLIAMS

'The Fly' is a film about a bank robbery. Or rather, it is a film about the getaway driver, waiting for the bank robbery to end. This is another short film that uses genre conventions to surprise the audience. It is not the bank robbery that the film focuses on, but the drivers attempts to squash a fly.

'The Fly' uses many conventions of action or heist films but in unexpected ways. The driver chews a cocktail stick, which then becomes stuck in his lip. The masks that are used for the bank robbery are also used to try and squash the fly. The driver pulls a knife from his pocket, and uses it to cut open an airbag.

As the driver attempts to get rid of the fly in increasingly ridiculous ways, his attempts are intercut with a shot of the door to the bank, accompanied by screams. However, in comparison these screams are much quieter and less intense than the scream of the driver when the cocktail stick is stuck in his lip. This is yet another example in the set short films of how juxtaposition can be used to comedic effect. By switching the scale of two events, dramatic events can easily be made funny. 

This use of juxtaposition is again seen when the bank robbery is completed, in the contrast between his crew, covered in blood and with bags of money, and him, also covered in blood, but significantly less noble. Clearly, his crew succeeded in their task. However, the final sound effect of the film is the buzzing of a fly.