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'Skin Deep' By Yusif Ali Khan 

-I found this film very powerful with the issues that were raised, it it quite a typical short film as it doesn't abide by any rules and i don't think was made for a profit but more to raise awareness to racial abuse and it also gives out a message to the audience telling them they should be proud of who they are as they don't want to end up having a breakdown like Romo. 

-The film begins with the Asian boy looking at him self shouting in the mirror, he uses the racist term 'Paki' it is ironic as the boy is asian so it intrigues the audience as he seem to have hate for his own race. 

-The whole film is very gritty and the lighting seems to be very dark and dull throughout, this seems to maybe be a reflection on Romo's life. 

-The audience definitely like Romo as they take pity on him and feel sorry for him as he desperately want to change what he is just to fit in to his community although he has no control and can't help the fact he is asian. 

- subtle things Romo does such as keep flattening his hair, taking the back alleys around his estate and even the way he talks using works like 'ite mate' show that he is clearly ashamed of what he his and show is desperation to be white. 

-The use of the flash back of Romo's past are good as it gives the audience an incite to what has happened in the past so they then know why he is the way he is.

-Romo is quite cowardly as he let's his younger sister take the racial abuse from the people on the estate and just lets her walk past them on her own, he also shows he's spineless when he shouts abuse at another asian boy when he is around his new white friends. As bad as this looks to the audience they can still understand the anxiety he must have been feeling inside as he abandoned his own race. 

-The ending is the total climax of the film as it is the most hard hitting part as we see Romo viciously and violently shave off his hair, where the noise is very exaggerated giving a sense of realism and the audience can really feel his pain.