This short film begins by showing the setting of the film. It pans through the close ups of the barber's instrument and the radio that the barber spends his time listening to. (Figure 1 & 2)
Figure 1.
Figure 2.
After the intro, the barber is introduced and the use of low lighting is meant to show his feeling of sadness with his seemingly empty business. A medium close-up of the emotionless barber is used to intensify his feelings of despair. (Figure 3)
Figure 3.
In this next scene, the barber is in disbelief after the bald man has asked for a haircut. This is shown through a clever shot showing the barber's reaction in the smaller mirror while the camera is at eye level with the bald man that is patiently waiting for his haircut. (Figure 4)
Figure 4
As soon as the bald man gives the barber a compliment for starting the "haircut", the barber suddenly feels a sudden rise of happiness and confidence. This is shown through the entrance of sunlight to the setting, brightening up the previously gloomy barber shop. This is also shown through the change of pace of the music, turning into a more upbeat song. (Figure 5 & 6)
Figure 5
Figure 6
The next scene uses a traveling shot across the window showing a kid that is witnessing the imaginary haircut. The kid's smile symbolizes joy, showing that the imaginary haircut not only makes the barber happy, but also the kid that is watching the haircut taking place. (Figure 7)
Figure 7.
After the haircut has been finished, a close up of the barber's face is shown (Figure 8). The close up intensifies the doubt of the barber seeing whether the bald man liked his haircut or not. The bald man walks down the street and checks himself in a mirror. He looks and apparently likes what he has seen (Figure 9).
Figure 8.
Figure 9.
In Figure 10, as the bald man disappears, the sunlight that once filled the room leaves. Returning the barber shop back into its somber mood. In Figure 11, it replicates the shot in Figure 3 with the same medium close up of the barber. The music that the radio played also returns back into its sad mood as it controlled the mood of the barber shop.
Figure 10
Figure 11
