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 evaluate the two twists of high maintenance 


High Maintenance is dystopian short film about a boring marriage where the partners are frustrated and unhappy. The opening shot pans from the back of the husbands head specifically focusing on the neck, this is foreshadowing as the wife later grabs his neck and turns him off as he is a robot. The room is dimly lit showing the atmosphere is intimate and romantic, however this is contrasted throughs the fact they are opposite each other but far apart. this physical distance reflects their emotional and romantic distance. The husband eats very mechanically with over exaggerated sound effects. This hints to audience he is a robot, he is also a computer analyst which shows he works with computers which would make sense considering he is one. The close up of the wife's shows and emphasises she is bored and unhappy with her husband. Throughout the first part of the short film there is a lot of over the shoulder shots where we see the wife but only the back of the husbands head, this means we don't need to see the husband because he isn't real and only temporary therefore hinting he is a robot. The wife states the 'asparagus is an aphrodisiac' the husband questions it intently showing he only cares about the logical side to things, this also hints that he is a robot. When the wife throws the wine the husband barely reacts, this shows is lack of understand of human emotions and therefore hints he is a robot.When the wife is ranting about her horrible marriage she says 'short mechanical sex' this also references robots and shows they are both mechanical. The first plot twist is somewhat predictable when you rewatch the short film but when you first watch it seems like an ordinary couple who are just unhappy. There are some things that are confusing and make the audience unsure if the husband is a robot 



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