'Love does grow on trees' is a short film that I watched in
class. It is both written and directed by Bevan Walsh.
It is about a boy named Danny who embarrassingly discovers
pornographic magazine cut-outs and girls at the same time, so has to make a
choice between the two of them. During the film, Danny discovers a large tree
which appears to magically grow these images. Before he meets the girl who he
really likes, he may have considered the images as 'love' because he did not
know any better; therefore, he unrealistically believed that love does grow on
trees. The title itself is a pun of the phrase "money doesn't grow on
trees". This may have been done to represent how finding true love is not
as easy as Danny thinks it is and in order to find true love, you have to get
rid of the obstacles that are preventing you from reaching that goal.
This short film was set before sites on the internet were
available for everyone, so for Danny to find these pornographic images was
quite rare and he got over-excited possibly because he was still young. I think
the genre of 'Love does grow on trees' is a romantic coming of age because
Danny is growing up and discovering new things, so it is his transition from a
young boy to a teenager.
Overall, I enjoyed this film because it was interesting to
see the emotions Danny felt when choosing between a girl and adult magazines.
Also I found that the clever use of sound was fascinating and effective. For
example, when Danny enters the woods and finds the large tree, the music is
very fantasy like to show that a situation like this is not realistic and that
he feels as if he is dreaming.
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