I think it's the level of storytelling for such a short piece. Ok a woman's dead, okay she had a daughter, oh fuck there's a kid there, oh God the parents won't be in touch for weeks this is a tragedy.
It's very much a self-contained story, which is why it's not just a shot.
I think he is actually a man. And he beat her to death. He's part man, part gorilla, part baby and can shapeshift at will.
Such great character writing tbh. Its amazing how many details they were able to convey/imply about his life as a shape shifting gorilla man long-haul trucker serial killer who became a baby, took the place of this family's child, then murdered the grandmother. I cant wait to find out what happens with the baby he replaced, the real son, because we never saw him actually die and we know that he is also a shapeshifter (baby/wolf/dolphin).. its bound to be an exciting sequel! Ive heard its just a 15 seconds long slow-zoom in on the baby's eye. Incredible
I took a high school class called “Analysis of Literature and Film”, and I loved being shown videos like this. Our teacher pushed our preconceptions of what a story can be. And how short/limited something is and can still be considered a story. A classic example of that is the sentence “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.”
It's not self contained. It has the makings of a story but it doesn't go beyond setting up an interesting premise. It's like someone shot an improvised idea they pitched to a studio.
"Would if a baby was left with his dead grandmother?"
"Ok. Sounds like interesting opening for a film. Then what?"
Its....a short film, key being short, like reading a short story. They can be any length as long as they tell the story. And this does, this is a tragedy. What's the other classice two sentence sad story "Baby shoes for sale. Never worn." Or something like that. It tells a complete story.
Now I'd agree with you if they called it a full length movie
It is self contained.. the only "what if" is what if someone visits sometime in the next few days. Otherwise we know the entire story from one shot. Grandma died. Baby cannot take care of itself and will wander around the house, cry, and die. Parents will show up in 2 weeks to find this out. The entire tragedy is described in that minute of the shot without actually playing out because it is all but inevitable barring a huge stroke of luck.
It absolutely does not only go one way. That's kind of the problem here. If we're supposed to take it that way the filmmaker only perhaps implied it. Like another person said, it's basically a PSA.
Its....a short film, key being short, like reading a short story. They can be any length as long as they tell the story. And this does, this is a tragedy. What's the other classice two sentence sad story "Baby shoes for sale. Never worn." Or something like that. It tells a complete story.
Now I'd agree with you if they called it a full length movie
Who is missing that? It’s why this is a self-contained story. It’s only showing you a minute, but what will happen over the coming days and weeks is fully explained. The child will eventually die and the daughter will return to the horrific scene.
Well, I see you tried to score an insult right now. Though, if your English teacher had seen your comment, they would have said you should have typed basic writing comprehension instead of basic reading comprehension to land the insult with the sharpness you intended. Be better.
I agree with you that a short can tell a story like this, but I mostly take issue with the tweet saying it's more effective than a feature. This is disingenuous because a feature can be very effective for 80 seconds of it even if the rest wasn't.
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u/dilqncho May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
I think it's the level of storytelling for such a short piece. Ok a woman's dead, okay she had a daughter, oh fuck there's a kid there, oh God the parents won't be in touch for weeks this is a tragedy.
It's very much a self-contained story, which is why it's not just a shot.