We Were Friends - Short Film (2017)
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- Опубліковано 13 кві 2017
- A story about two people.
After 2 years, it’s done. This has been a project I’ve been working on since before I decided to come to Glasgow. It went under many transformations as the months went by, but I’m happy I stuck with it. Thank you so much for checking this out, and thank you so much to everyone who helped out for their patience and trust. It's not perfect, but it's WAY better than anything I could've ever done by myself.
Written & Directed by
Ben Chinapen
Starring
Alex Tersigni - / alexandertersigni
Khadija Raza - / itskhadijaraza
Cinematographer:
Naseem Loloie - / loloieproductions
Produced by:
Sonja Schweiger - sonjatica.com
Music performed by Sleeping At Last
“Her Joy Was Complete”
Written by Ryan O’Neal
Courtesy of MusicSales Creative & Music Alternatives
Special Thanks to CJ the X
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I loved how in the beginning we hear the door creak, but the door in the frame still closed then it pans over to the other door.
It gently and warmly creaks open and she smiles and says "I'm over here".
Contrasted with the ending where she slams the door shut and we're just left with the guy in the frame.
Also, not sure if this was intentional or not, but him knocking on the wrong door in the beginning might've tipped us early that he wasn't on the same page with her regarding their relationship.
So evocative, beautiful, and relatable.
Those colors tasted so good.
SERIOUSLY?! THATS IT?! THIS COULD HAVE GONE ON WAY MORE! I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS!!?!!
Same here
Same 💔
Its written above ... "we were friends" 💔💔
Me tooo
Natasha Armstrong sameee
Fuck, how can 3 and half minutes make me feel something. I've been through this and you did a great job making it into art.
I saw ####
3:02 my whole entire life
Maybe he ate garlic
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 epic
Hahahahhahahabaa
Hahaha
@ali what is lamao
LOL
@@malasharma1407
i’ve been heartbroken before, the guy i liked was dating my best friend , i used to dream of us being together but i knew it would never happen. this short film is honestly rlly beautiful. it gets my butterflies. i just want that kind of love. i want some one to think of me as more then just friends, cuz i’ve never had that happen to me before. dear adrian, (who was my crush) you will always be my first ever love but u won’t be my last.
Hey if its you on the right side in your UA-cam profile picture...you are very beautiful 🤗🙌
@@Cineraria99 he looks like the kid off of stranger things
Do you have the gay?
@@Harp_7 no gay.....i thought it was a girl
@@Cineraria99 idek dude, our generation is fucked
Can't wait until We Were Friends 2. ;)
I don't think I've ever said this about a film before but the editing makes so much sense in this movie. From the sick match cut to all the different perspectives before and after the kiss (kind of reminded me of the Expectation vs Reality scene from 500 days of Summer), it all works really well.
But there's no one credited as an editor. WTF Ben!?
Cudgel Thy Brain wait this is a movie or?
how a friendship dies 101
This isn't exactly the way how my friendship with my best friend dies but it's the same reason : love ...
hanni yeah I definitely not gonna ruin my friendship with my crush just because of my feelings
hanni that’s how mine is gonna end.
@@liyahj1586 I think you should try to tell him about your feelings ... maybe he's going to understand it... no matter how it ends you should try.... after I told him I felt so much better 😀and after about 3 months I fell in love with someone else and I told him so we are friends again 😀
hanni no I don’t think I should, things already aren’t really going great anymore..it’s like he’s being distant
you just made me cry from a single shot in a three-minute film. that was magical.
I think I just rewatched that transition like five times at 1:06 because it's just so good. And also I really like how you handled the ending.
Me tooo
If this girl is going to leave a friend just like that then they weren't real friends😂
I want to kinda disagree with you and agree with u to you and just kissed you I don't know if you would do the same but there wasn't more to it so you don't know if that's the acual reason they weren't friends but I also agree with you cause if I got kissed from my best friend I would probably tell him I wasn't thinking anything farther than friend's or I was just wasn't ready yet
I agree
@@kynnedyrobinson892 what?
Awesome film. It really shows them being genuine friends, being goofy and having funs like the kids we all are at heart. Then that kiss. It takes what they had, and kills it. Brilliant writing. It says exactly enough for you to know everything.
Does it kill it though?
Wonderful.
Poignant ending.
So much left hanging in the balance.....
Will she?
Won't she?
The attempted crossing of the bridge from friendship to something more.....
Ann Justin hotel? Trivago
This has to be my comfort vid. I come back every month and watch it at least once 😭😭
This is so beautiful and moving and also a bit confusing, and I love that and I love the whole thing just in general. Amazing work
This is beautiful, haunting, and real. Thank you for sharing it with us.
The transition at 1:06 is actually hallucinogenic but those actors were WEAK at skimming stones. I mean they didn't even get one bounce in there
Phat Dipole I am weak forgive me :(
Phat Dipole wow, I hadn't even noticed how smooth that cut was until watching it a second time
Kyle The Guyle I needed 4 times to really take it in
Tim Ovenden u do not need to be mean!
Lmao
Well that hurt to watch.In a good way.
I still come back to this sometimes.
Amazing work, Mr. FromCanada.
This is really great. The world needs more content like this. Thank you Ben
This is where it would have pulled on my heartstrings.... IF I HAD SOME. Well made, Mr. Canada. keep up the good work.
Blown away by the music!!!! Truly Amazing !!!!!! No words ......
Loved it's simplicity and human truth. The end resonated with me and I love what you do man. You have inspired me to let loose my movie passion. Keep up your work.
Nooo please continue this 😢 I need to see more
Excellent, Ben. Really well done in so many ways - and the acting really was effective. It brought back lots of memories of that area too! Congratulations.. Auntie Ann & Uncle Billy
love it! editing acting like another character in the narrative, great work
Sad,deep, relatable.....amazing
You said a lot with very few words. Thanks for sharing :)
Omgggg!! The sceneries are too good ♥♥🌸🌸🌸
I came across this video for the first time just over 2 years ago. It always makes me think what could’ve happened after the ending.
Love how the sun tells the story. Good visual work.
loveee the music!
Really touching short film. I'm not an English or media student but it was impacting and left so many unanswered questions!
I fall in love with this film every time I watch it. I can relate
Great job! That was awesome
Plz create more of these !!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤
Just want to tell you i love your content
oh this is gorgeous i'm done with u
It was breathtaking and just so beautiful
Like everything else of yours I’ve seen Ben…this is really good
The places are beautiful
This was amazing please continue to make more
Brutal. Good job man.
Dude this was amazing!
I loved it til the end and now I don't know what to feel
Hi Ben From Canada,
I really liked your film. It felt genuine. Keep it up!
Max From The Netherlands
Awesome video man, loved it!
Wow, I felt his confusion, surprise, and ultimately, pain.
That was unexpectedly good. WOW
this is so good ❤️
U HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!??? THAT'S IT!!??? I WANT MORE PERIOTTTTTT
love the music, spotify for concentration
damn it ben you gave me the feels
but i’m literally obsessed with this so much, the guy in this is so cute i would definitely kiss him back!
Yassss .
The kiss is my fav part of the movie . So good
great short film Ben
Amazing!!
That is pretty intense!
The first 2:11 minutes could fit perfectly into a section of Up where Carl and Elie are teenagers.
Yea, that’s pretty much how it goes. Sometimes art following life is vicious to behold.
Damnnnn, also BEAUTIFUL CINEMATOGRAPHY
This is great!
when he did that cartwheel i was like. Periodt
Great editing and shots - Best movie ever
You will always be my friend... And maybe forever...
No matter what my happens Edward...
You're the most caring heart on this planet...
I'm happy we are friends...
I like the colour s and light in this
Omg it's so SAD I watched this 2 TIMES and i still cried #TheFriendZone
this was fricking brutal
wonderfull!
I could relate in this video
classic art
your going going places man👌.
Can you tell me which camera you used?
so true.
Hey Ben! Can you give us a part two? I could tell the girl was going through something and didn't want to share it.
😂😂 it got my feels going good work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That was good!!
Well done.
2:53 *YA DUN GOOFED*
❤❤❤
THEY KISSED OMG! 😂😂😍❤
2:30 my brain is stop working! ( i see dis scene 8 time cuz it’s so cute)
WHAT WHAT WHAT!!!! THATS IT....
damn the sad part is that this can happen, even when u don’t expect it
It's even more emotional when you slow down playback speed to 0.75. you might cry
Nice!
Hey technical question: Did you cross, 180° line, in the last conversation shot?
Yes I did! Very deliberately. Good catch!
@@BenFromCanada It looked extremely natural and super smooth. Good Job!
@@BenFromCanada Good man replying to him out of the sea of comments
awesome job I really like it the ending surprised me, also I have a short film with the same title aha
Great video. Very surprised to find out that your surname isn't 'From Canada'.
Aw
did anyone noticed beautiful golden hour damn
They were friends?!
..this is why i’m scared to tell my crush i like him.. I feel like.. if i tell him.. Our friendship will.. break..
DO NOT DO IT I HAD THIS BEST FRIEND HE WAS A GUY AND WE BOTH DEVELOPED FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER BUT NO ONE WANTED US TO BE TOGETHER SO WE WERE SECRET AND IT GOT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND HE GOT MAD THAT ONE OF MY FRIENDS SNITCHED AND NOW WERE NOT FRIENDS SO I LOST MY BEST FRIEND MY LOVE MY EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE BUT YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT IM JUST HERE TO WARN YOU HOPE THIS HELPS
Baishali Kaur - oh well one of my friends told him and well, we aren’t together but.. we’re friends still..
@@Joyce-bd6ku thsts good i just wish mine wouldve actually cared about me he invites me to his house and everything and he just wants me everywhere with him but still want to keep our realationship a secret so im like wtf then he takes me after class and we skip school and nothings working out
So, how're things now?
Deep💔💔💔😖❤
What happens!!?!! By the way...I ship it😆♥😂
Anyone know the name of the song
Very good
It’s good