Little Old Lady From Cricket Creek Comparison

Short stories and films both have very similar structural elements with the tension in them increasing and the ways they use to make both visual and literature entertaining, however they both can be very diverse. “Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek” written by Len Gray and the 2 minute short film “Be careful with that Crossbow” have some similarities. It just seems that the plot flow and the words and visual aspects used for the characters in these two entertainment sources are not very cohesive. Take the Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek. The plot is an old lady who is applying for a job at an insurance company. Compared to a boy who is shooting arrows at a little girl’s face they are not really relatable. The element of tension rise and personality however are probably the only aspects these two have. The tension rise in the short story seems to be mounting equivalently with the short film.

The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek’s orientation starts off as a traditional orientation with the characters being introduced and the setting they are in (which is Great Riveroak Insurance Company) which is the who and where part of the story. Then the “what” part of the orientation which is the old lady is applying for a job at this company. On the other hand, Crossbow doesn’t really show the “who, what and when” scenario. With the film just starting on a shot of the little boy shooting arrows. With no dialogue at all, it doesn’t tell who they are this forces the audience to really pay attention to the characters. As the short story seems to be more coherent, the film seems to be out of line which makes these two incommensurable. However the only thing that they do have in comparable is their rising