Relationship between characters

In this part of the study guide, we will offer you some suggestions on how you can focus your analysis on the relationship between the two characters, James and Adam.

Adam and James are old friends, but their relationship is not as close as it used to be. In fact, we can see there is some tension between them. However, the interaction between Adam and James never bursts into an obvious source of conflict.

In reality, confrontations like that do not happen—they rather choose to keep their thoughts …

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Explanation of title, framing, atmosphere, and setting

In the following section, we will explain the concepts of title, framing, atmosphere and setting and help you understand and use them in your analysis of this short film.

Title

By title, we understand the name of a film, book or other artistic work. In our case “We were awesome” refers to one of Adam's lines in the film. He considers that during high school, the two friends were awesome. They partied and had fun with no care in th…