Evaluating – Where have I been all your life? ‘Where have I been all your life’ is a comedy, drama short film. The narrative is the most important element of the short and keeps the audience engaged throughout, the narrative is mostly driven by dialogue. Liam’s character helps make the short comical this gives the film ebullient feel despite the sensitivity around the plot. A linear narrative is established throughout, one which can conform to todorrovs narrative theory of equilibrium. Liam and Suzie begin in the car, from the diegetic dialogue the audience find out that Liam is searching for his father he has never met, this is the equilibrium. The uncertainty of the narrative continues throughout as you don’t expect what will happen. The disruption of the equilibrium is when Liam tells John and Angela that he is johns son which outlines that John has cheated on Angela. Next Liam comforts distraught Angela and both John and Angela try to work out the mother of Lia...
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