Short Film Analysis - Just Another Day

This is 'Just Another Day', directed by Noah Borer, and produced by Karli Woods.

The film was shot in 2009, and is a linear story, of two men. There are some interesting shots in this film, including tracking shots.

At the start, a man is seen, doing his everyday routine. The camera follows him as he awakens, gets changed and opens his mail.

A voice-over begins a minute or so into the film, where a voice explains a job, that the owner of the voice does. I word around it like that, because of the late twist in the film. We are supposed to assume the voice belongs to the man we are seeing on the screen.




The voice tells us that the man does a difficult job. It tells us that he's an assassin. We quite clearly see the man on-screen sat at a desk, doing an office job, so that is our first clue for the twist.


The voice then tells the audience that he has a new target. A very important target, which builds suspense, because at this point, you still believe that the man in the shots, is the one the voice belongs to.

The man continues his daily routine by visiting a local shop, and buying some food, whilst the voice continues to accompany him everywhere.

The further into the film the audience get, the more they believe the voice belongs to the man, because as the voice speaks about his target, the man gets a stressed and agressive posture, but probably due to the every day stresses of life.

After this, the man's car breaks down on his way to work. He complains that this is an inconvinient time for his car to break down, still leading us to believe he is the assassin.


He walks to the riverside, to calm himself, and another man is seen behind a tree. The voice proclaims that the target is spotted, and instantly, the twist is shown, as the voice belonged not the man seen throughout the film, but the man waiting for him to arrive at this location, so he can kill him, which he then does.