Audio Tour is a short drama about a woman who goes on an art museum audio tour which suddenly becomes a self-reflexive study on the world when the audio guide comes to life. Audio Tour blends light humour with blunt self reflexivity to create a bittersweet drama about a girl meandering along in life and not pursuing her dreams. The whole drama is told through narration/voiceover with the audio tour guide; the lead character (Sophie) does not speak for the duration of the film. When Sophie first puts on the headset, all of the sound drains out for a moment so that the only thing we can hear, initially, is the narrator. Though the voiceover dominates, there is still diegetic sound that can be heard, which helps to blend the surreal of the film to a real relatable world. The use of shot reverse shot between different characters and events that Sophie and the audio guide are observing shows her feelings and reactions toward each. This helps to build Sophie as a character as we see her perspective of things and see her seemingly happy, until the reality of her own life is literally reflected back at her.
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