3 minutes
James Lees
"What's in your pockets? Filmmaker James Lees asks Londoners to share what they're carrying in their pockets and what it means to them. Every object tells a story, revealing more than expected about its owner. From tiny treasures to the downright bizarre, the contents of Pockets provides a quick and charming social insight."
Honestly this is one of the most effective short films that I've ever watched. Such a simple idea, but executed perfectly. James Lees must have asked hundreds of people in order to get such a fantastic range of responses.
The use of focus pulls and the juxtaposition of people and images all come together to create a very focussed and poignant documentary. My personal favourite moment is the boy talking about the spider key ring his mother made and how the key he has it attached to doesn't actually open anything. It's a wonderful bit of humanity.
In a lot of ways this documentary is particularly inspirational to me in how such a simple idea with simple shots and a fairly simple edit can be so effective and emotionally resonant. Especially as it is only 3 minutes long. We employed some of the ideas from this documentary in making our own such as our focus on the buskers' money boxes.
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