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Responsibility Project
Table Guardian -- Short Film Analysis
The short film chosen from the Responsible Project is called the Table Guardian and was originally posted on February 14, 2008 (The Responsibility Project, 2008). The short film was produced by a company known as RSA who were retained to produce a series of short films that are focused on personal responsibility and Table Guardians was one of the first films the company produced for Liberty Mutual ( Liberty Mutual via Business Wire News Releases, 2008). The setting for the film takes place in an urban coffee shop that is bustling with morning activity.
The film centers on Michael who is pictured sitting at a coffee house with his laptop and personal materials, while looks busy doing some kind of work. Shortly after this character is introduced, Michael asks a woman who is sitting at...
The woman initially declines the responsibility however after a bit of persuasion from Michael she eventually gives in.
Michael tells her that he will be back in 10 minutes, 12 minutes tops. However, ten minutes go by and Michael has not returned to the coffee shops. The lady continues to watch his things and steadily grows more and more impatient. After an hour of waiting for Michael to come back, the lady negotiates a deal in which someone else agrees to watch his things because in exchange for getting her table in the busy coffee shop.
The stranger agrees to watch Michael's things despite the fact she did not know who he was. Eventually this person also strikes a bargain with a new guardian for the arrangement. The film continues to show a series of different people looking out for Michael's things while he was gone. When he finally returns to the coffee shop and to his things and elderly lady is in charge of his possessions. The lady currently looking after his things is hesitant in believing that the laptop belonged to him. He tries to convince her…
Works Cited
Liberty Mutual via Business Wire News Releases. (2008, April 28). RSA Films Joins Liberty Mutual's "The Responsibility Project" to Create Original Content for Online Community. Retrieved from Boston.com: http://finance.boston.com/boston/news/read?GUID=5245655
The Responsibility Project. (2008, February 14). Table Guardians. Retrieved from Liberty Mutual - The Resposnsibility Project: http://responsibility-project.libertymutual.com/films/table-guardians#fbid=HFSg9f-NfD9
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