Cautionary Tales (Award Winning Short Film)

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  • Опубліковано 23 січ 2018
  • A short film written & directed by Us - weareus.co.uk
    MAKING OF - • Cautionary Tales - Mak...
    For more info and BTS visit - www.cautionary-tales.co.uk
    "A bizarre incident as a young boy left Aaron with an unusual facial disfigurement that has plagued him all his life. Isolated and vulnerable, Aaron seeks comfort in the friendship and understanding of an unexpected group of outcasts"
    AWARDS
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    BEST FILM 'Liechtenstein Short Film Festival' Liechtenstein
    BEST SCRIPT 'Maniatic Int'l Film Festival' Spain
    SPECIAL MENTION 'Manchester Film Festival' UK
    2017
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    Official Selection 'Short Shorts Film Festival' Japan- Oscar®
    Official Selection 'Flickerfest' Australia - Oscar®
    Official Selection 'Foyle Film Festival' Northern Ireland - Oscar®
    Official Selection 'LA Short Film Festival' USA - Oscar®
    Official Selection 'Edinburgh Film Festival' UK
    Official Selection 'San Diego Film Festival' USA
    Official Selection 'Bolton Film Festival' UK
    Official Selection 'Fancine Film Festival' Spain
    Official Selection 'Fantastisk Film Festival' Sweden
    Official Selection 'This Is England Film Festival' France
    Official Selection 'Kino Fest' Romania
    Official Selection 'Orlando Film Festival' USA
    Official Selection 'Lusca Fantastic Film Fest' USA
    Official Selection 'Kerry Film Festival' Ireland
    Official Selection 'Kinsale Sharks' Ireland
    Official Selection 'Chiddingly Chillerama' UK
    Official Selection 'Catacumba Film Festival' Spain
    Official Selection 'Colchester Film Festival' UK
    Official Selection 'Hollywood North Film Festival' Canada
    Official Selection 'Winchester Short Film Festival' UK
    Official Selection 'Soria International Film Festival' Spain
    Official Selection 'San Sebastian Fantasy Film Festival' Spain
    Official Selection 'Red Rock Film Festival' USA 2017
    Official Selection 'Weyauwega Int'l Film Festival' USA
    Official Selection 'Make It Short Film Festival' UK
    Official Selection 'Duhok Int'l Film Festival' Iraqi
    Official Selection 'White Whale Film Festival' USA
    Official Selection 'NEO International Film Festival' USA
    2018
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    Official Selection 'Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival' USA
    Official Selection 'Four Seasons Film Festival' UK
    Official Selection 'Artfools Int'l Film Festival' Greece
    CREDITS
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    WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
    Us
    PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Academy Films
    PRODUCER
    Medb Riordan
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
    Lizie Gower & Simon Cooper
    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    Sebastian Winterø
    PRODUCTION DESIGNER
    Francesca Di Mottola
    CASTING
    Hammond Cox Casting
    EDITOR
    Sam Rice-Edwards
    EDIT HOUSE
    Assembly Rooms
    MUSIC BY
    Half Moon Run
    SOUND STUDIO
    Wave Studios
    SOUND DESIGNER
    Jonny Platt
    COSTUME DESIGNER
    Rebecca Hale
    HEAD OF PROSTHETICS
    Matthew Smith
    GRADE
    Jason Wallis
    POST PRODUCTION
    Electric Theatre
    DESIGN & ART DIRECTION
    Fieldwork Facility
    ILLUSTRATOR
    Giulia Ghigni
    CAST
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    AARON
    Ross Hatt
    MARK
    Anthony Barton
    JENNY
    Abigail Davies
    TERESA
    Michele Whitehead
    NORMAN
    Andrew Murton
    SARAH
    Laura Evelyn
    STEVE
    Selom Awadzi
    KID ON BUS
    Lucas Salem
    GALE
    Skye Bennett
    FULL CREDITS - www.cautionary-tales.co.uk/por...
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  • @bantehayes9973
    @bantehayes9973 4 роки тому +8707

    His face looks like that claymation stuff, like Wallace and gromit.

    • @karenoconnor4180
      @karenoconnor4180 4 роки тому +6

      Oh yeeaaah .. 🤔😬

    • @Nina-vv3ev
      @Nina-vv3ev 4 роки тому +3

      Bante Hayes yassss

    • @ares12351
      @ares12351 4 роки тому +13

      Omg I knew it reminded me of something!!! I’ve been tryna place it! Thank you so much lol ur so right

    • @cryinglennyc2980
      @cryinglennyc2980 4 роки тому +23

      Well thats why i clicked it cuz i thought of it as animation

    • @taiyoctopus2958
      @taiyoctopus2958 4 роки тому +2

      totally

  • @thenerd3146
    @thenerd3146 4 роки тому +2658

    Wow. This mans really said “😬”

    • @notyocici
      @notyocici 4 роки тому +16

      Thanks for this comment 🤣😂🤣🤘🏾

    • @Elisama
      @Elisama 4 роки тому +3

      TheNerd314 😩😂

    • @YourOwnDa
      @YourOwnDa 4 роки тому +7

      YES ok boomer

    • @duruslck
      @duruslck 4 роки тому +23

      no he said the smiling chicken from chicken run

    • @cassandram3911
      @cassandram3911 4 роки тому +2

      Lmaoooo

  • @tommygguitar
    @tommygguitar 4 роки тому +618

    No one:
    Aaron: 😬

  • @lyn3792
    @lyn3792 4 роки тому +1211

    okay wow i was so confused why sarah called herself veronica like..for what purpose? turns out shes ''the girl who told too many lies''. AMAZING

    • @isobel64
      @isobel64 4 роки тому +71

      the nose answered that

    • @3llevate
      @3llevate 4 роки тому +9

      I thought she was the nose picker/booger eater of the group.. and then she said Veronica

    • @MayaLove1976
      @MayaLove1976 3 роки тому +22

      If your not old enough to remember all these wives tales it would be confusing... those of us who remember got each character instantly. So clever..

    • @morganphenix374
      @morganphenix374 3 роки тому +9

      She was the one I understood as the leader corrected her & I thought the nose grew a little more like Pinocchio.

    • @HarcusCGTV
      @HarcusCGTV 3 роки тому +1

      Thanks Captain Obvious.

  • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
    @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 роки тому +3032

    FIRST THOUGHT: Wallace of Wallace and Gromit makes faces like that.

    • @MM-dm9gs
      @MM-dm9gs 4 роки тому +5

      yes!

    • @Andrea-xs4ny
      @Andrea-xs4ny 4 роки тому +6

      Cheese! :-)

    • @johnsmith-so5do
      @johnsmith-so5do 4 роки тому

      Pegasus too many distractions out there ? Find your place ....

    • @skottyo
      @skottyo 4 роки тому +1

      God Bless all who read this and all who don't.

    • @HighlyRegardted
      @HighlyRegardted 4 роки тому

      Wendsleydale face

  • @Eudaletism
    @Eudaletism 4 роки тому +1537

    "It's at times like this that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
    "Why? What did she tell you?"
    "I don't know. I didn't listen."

  • @kjell159
    @kjell159 3 роки тому +269

    So this is why my vision has been going blurry lately.

    • @VorganBlackheart
      @VorganBlackheart 3 роки тому +8

      It's part of your journey to ascension, embrace it

    • @nyctoby
      @nyctoby 3 роки тому +3

      😂😭

    • @nilakshandissanayake1379
      @nilakshandissanayake1379 3 роки тому +3

      Hahahaha good one

    • @kjell159
      @kjell159 3 роки тому +1

      @@VorganBlackheart I can assure you that it ascends and descends every day.

    • @darrenjames7837
      @darrenjames7837 3 роки тому +1

      But when do I stop master?
      When your eyes are like mine grasshopper

  • @A.M.D.S.
    @A.M.D.S. 3 роки тому +98

    Just in case someone here needs to know: the song is Everybody Wants, by Half Moon Run

  • @TylerCassidyMusic1990
    @TylerCassidyMusic1990 4 роки тому +729

    Well if this wasn’t the sweetest thing ever

    • @fardsoop8567
      @fardsoop8567 3 роки тому +2

      Tyler Cassidy is a genius every song you've made is incredible

  • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
    @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 роки тому +2056

    I cannot remember ever seeing a movie or video in which the "Aha" moment comes during the closing credits.
    Brilliant.

    • @DavidaVeddar
      @DavidaVeddar 4 роки тому +30

      Pegasus exactly!! The blind guy “ releasing “ last week as he stroked the cane I felt so daft! It was so well done! ( also as a female especially adolescent habits masturbation was the farthest thing from my mind and still am surprised raising sons how y’all are like little bonobo chimps! My oldest would face plant constantly his hands were always in his shorts as early as potty training!)

    • @douchymcdouche169
      @douchymcdouche169 4 роки тому +46

      Sounds like you should've been in that short as "the boy who was dropped on his head as a baby".

    • @user-co6de5tc6q
      @user-co6de5tc6q 4 роки тому

      agree

    • @sarapatrick4027
      @sarapatrick4027 4 роки тому +2

      Pegasus I’m so glad too, because I was wondering what the others were lol

    • @Samfransch
      @Samfransch 4 роки тому +7

      You would like the British tv series ‘inside no9’ you would love it, full of that stuff

  • @josephfrancoya
    @josephfrancoya 3 роки тому +65

    I've scrolled past this SO many times thinking it was going to be a claymation video lol

  • @BelFinnova
    @BelFinnova 4 роки тому +73

    Idk about you guys, but at the ending when they're just staring at eachother, that made me so happy.

  • @igkgigoh
    @igkgigoh 4 роки тому +1669

    The blind guy stroking his cane... I *see* what you did there.

    • @bogusmcbogus2637
      @bogusmcbogus2637 4 роки тому +62

      Well, different strokes for different... oh, I see what you're pulling there

    • @edwardx4979
      @edwardx4979 4 роки тому +131

      Good catch! Also, his line was brilliant when he said, "Yeah, umm, it helped me to RELEASE a lot." 🤪

    • @andersoni.7472
      @andersoni.7472 4 роки тому +11

      Ostkreutz Rox double joke

    • @teejs1087
      @teejs1087 4 роки тому +7

      Isn't that actor in Shaun of the Dead??

    • @jessewru6425
      @jessewru6425 4 роки тому +16

      TJ Sands you mean Shaun the sheep? 🙃

  • @TheSprinklerNinja
    @TheSprinklerNinja 4 роки тому +2039

    Starring mark Zuckerberg as himself

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley 4 роки тому +231

    Why am I crying so hard? This was absolutely wonderful. I've been scarred, and I'm not alone. Thanks for being here, with me.

  • @jakehawkinsmusic
    @jakehawkinsmusic 4 роки тому +139

    For every scar, there's someone out there who's scars will fit perfectly with your's like puzzle pieces, and those little pieces will grow into a love not even your first love can come close to. A love that can only be understood by your soul mate.

    • @meghanbonnie9097
      @meghanbonnie9097 4 роки тому +5

      Jake Hawkins beautiful

    • @vvblues
      @vvblues 4 роки тому +13

      Yeah, except that’s utter bullshit. Unlucky people die alone all the time. Luck is an integral part of success and happiness.

    • @chinookvalley
      @chinookvalley 4 роки тому +7

      @@vvblues I hear you. My guy died alone, and it's been years, and I still miss him. I know there's someone else out there, but I haven't seen their scars, nor they mine. I miss my soulmate, and his scars.

    • @nileyfan1998
      @nileyfan1998 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful thank u x

    • @DangerousDevilOfficial
      @DangerousDevilOfficial 3 роки тому +4

      I thought I had found mine. Apparently not. I am in declining health, middle aged and still never found true love. I suspect I will die alone. So yeah, lots of us end up dying alone.

  • @JesseDanLee
    @JesseDanLee 4 роки тому +1381

    If you just hang in there long enough you'll meet someone else with your special kind of damage - that's all any of us can really hope for.

    • @indyalx
      @indyalx 4 роки тому +59

      They don't need to be damaged like me. But maybe my strength can support their weakness and their strength can support my weakness.

    • @JesseDanLee
      @JesseDanLee 4 роки тому +11

      @@indyalx exactly, your baggage puzzle piece lol

    • @Adam-xv7du
      @Adam-xv7du 4 роки тому +33

      I met someone with my special kind of damage. She broke my heart and then treated me like shit lmao

    • @JesseDanLee
      @JesseDanLee 4 роки тому +15

      @@Adam-xv7du now you have a new damage

    • @oc5515
      @oc5515 4 роки тому +10

      Adam Adamee did she give good head atleast?

  • @jim191185
    @jim191185 4 роки тому +1367

    Should've had someone with square eyes from sitting too close to the TV.

    • @ljbroadwood
      @ljbroadwood 4 роки тому +11

      jim jimjim I thought about that too! Thought that was what the blind guy was at first!

    • @Us-Inc
      @Us-Inc  4 роки тому +225

      You know what we did speak about having a character in there with square eyes as its such a classic one. The thing is we wanted to do everything in-camera with no CGI. Which meant we just couldn’t think of an elegant solution to execute square eyes with this approach sadly. Will have to save that one for next time;)

    • @lala-kc3br
      @lala-kc3br 4 роки тому

      V

    • @crescentfresh8001
      @crescentfresh8001 4 роки тому +30

      @@Us-Inc Next time? Cautionary Tales 2: Judgment Day confirmed? Haha, seriously though, I really enjoyed this, well done.

    • @lf3862
      @lf3862 4 роки тому +6

      Or if you cross your eyes too much they’ll get stuck

  • @Lia-A-Eastwood
    @Lia-A-Eastwood 4 роки тому +90

    When I was about six years old, my mom and I were waiting for the bus. It was pretty late and already dark. Then an old lady came along, walked straight up to me and asked me if I wasn't afraid of the boogeyman coming to get me. My mom got so furious and angry, asking her why on earth she was so keen on scaring me for no reason at all - and vividly told her to get lost. I still love here for that moment (and of course for a gazillion other reasons). Therefore I never was, and never will be afraid of the dark, or of spiders, or of dentists, etc... - cautionary tales are for envious and lazy grown ups who've forgotten how it was to be a child and sadly are only capable of patronizing - Thank you for that story. My mom just would have loved to see this. ♥

  • @cabbiefps
    @cabbiefps 4 роки тому +150

    I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that, I love this

  • @cedarmay4245
    @cedarmay4245 4 роки тому +788

    Things told to us as children follow us into adult hood. Even though you can’t physically see them they’re always there.

    • @coochimoochi478
      @coochimoochi478 4 роки тому +2

      That is true

    • @OurAncestralSociety
      @OurAncestralSociety 4 роки тому +33

      Soo true, yet you can't allow those things that happened to you as a child continue to define who you are as an adult. Use wisdom and learn from those lessons. While honoring your inner child.

    • @dr.renukak7396
      @dr.renukak7396 4 роки тому +1

      Wow

    • @cedarmay4245
      @cedarmay4245 4 роки тому +3

      Basil The Rat Eating crust makes your hair curly

    • @MrFucktard12345
      @MrFucktard12345 4 роки тому +3

      Sometimes the intangible things are the heaviest you can carry

  • @silverstategarage4834
    @silverstategarage4834 4 роки тому +1436

    The pain on Alan's face was palpable. How do you make a character pull on your heart so much in so little time?? Well done!

    • @timdolinger1352
      @timdolinger1352 4 роки тому +33

      Aaron

    • @christyzhong9725
      @christyzhong9725 3 роки тому

      P

    • @samrat447
      @samrat447 3 роки тому +10

      That's the art of casting the right guy/girl for the right role.

    • @derekgault9448
      @derekgault9448 3 роки тому +14

      Well done to the actor who played Aaron, you can see the despair lift from his face when he looks at the girl for the first time!!

    • @tuvoksg1
      @tuvoksg1 3 роки тому +3

      It’s all in the eyes.

  • @Tinhamodic
    @Tinhamodic 3 роки тому +54

    That li'l kid on the bus is going to be attending one of those sessions in the future if he keeps it up! But seriously, amazing film!

  • @debrabertelli5076
    @debrabertelli5076 3 роки тому +33

    I remember all these from when I was a child. This short is on my top 10. It's perfect. When she walked in the room, I got chills and a smile from ear-to-ear and a tear in my eye. Its got everything.

  • @mikiprimus
    @mikiprimus 4 роки тому +2806

    He would be okay now since everyone wears a facemask here these days.

    • @jpmacc94
      @jpmacc94 4 роки тому +23

      He d have to use a blanket from a double bed for his mask

    • @eac-ox2ly
      @eac-ox2ly 4 роки тому +3

      Lmao this

    • @Purebliss007
      @Purebliss007 4 роки тому +4

      except in 2 months no one will be wearing them anymore......

    • @krishelfferich8260
      @krishelfferich8260 4 роки тому +3

      Thats what I commented too 😷😀

    • @charlesmagpili
      @charlesmagpili 4 роки тому +2

      Same thoughts hahahha

  • @WakaDudePlays
    @WakaDudePlays 4 роки тому +1448

    its gonna be so frikin weird when they make out

    • @sogsmcgee2183
      @sogsmcgee2183 4 роки тому +34

      Wakamoly-Alfred Plays-Go they touch teefies

    • @sogsmcgee2183
      @sogsmcgee2183 4 роки тому +8

      This Is Fallacious ahhh so they make a vacuum seal of saliva and deformity?

    • @thisisfallacious9463
      @thisisfallacious9463 4 роки тому +1

      @@sogsmcgee2183 and old food stuck between the teeth

    • @sogsmcgee2183
      @sogsmcgee2183 4 роки тому +4

      This Is Fallacious yeah and they use their tongues to lap it lap like the peanuts in a drumstick ice cream.

    • @thisisfallacious9463
      @thisisfallacious9463 4 роки тому +6

      @@sogsmcgee2183 okay you're weirding me out now shut up

  • @discombubulate2256
    @discombubulate2256 3 роки тому +667

    jesus christ, the shear amount of drool this guy must excrete.

    • @welldone8235
      @welldone8235 3 роки тому +4

      😂 watch BTS 😂

    • @avr7
      @avr7 3 роки тому +4

      *shit, i'm laughing so hard at this comment*

    • @workingmomnc3013
      @workingmomnc3013 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 omg rolling omg

    • @Stahlgewitter
      @Stahlgewitter 3 роки тому +2

      Sheer.

    • @morningstarmedialab9824
      @morningstarmedialab9824 3 роки тому +3

      if you keep your mouth open long enough it will dry out.

  • @YesPlease964
    @YesPlease964 3 роки тому +21

    Oh my god, the feelings...this is a masterpiece! The non-vocal acting is outstanding. And the comments are as I expected.

  • @agee7777
    @agee7777 4 роки тому +527

    i would just like to add, in the uk we always left the crust so our mothers would tell us that they would make our hair curly if we ate them, like in a positive way.

    • @wsn111
      @wsn111 4 роки тому +77

      Ah! Thanks for clearing that up. Never heard that.

    • @phelan_pt
      @phelan_pt 4 роки тому +10

      Yeah, thanks, I never heard of it either

    • @laetitiapohl138
      @laetitiapohl138 4 роки тому +7

      ohhh now it makes so much sense! thank you

    • @kalaniserrell4918
      @kalaniserrell4918 4 роки тому +5

      Same here in Australia

    • @mjribes
      @mjribes 4 роки тому +5

      I'm South African and that's the only one that I hadn't heard of. Thanks for clearing that up.

  • @dyrim3492
    @dyrim3492 4 роки тому +234

    This is a perfectly-acted short film. That moment when he looked at the person beside him after seeing the girl, that moment when he was looking for a validation of how beautiful the moment is. Perfectly crafted

    • @ea1381
      @ea1381 4 роки тому +5

      Bruh I caught that but I thought I was just being cheesy 😭

    • @agee7777
      @agee7777 4 роки тому +4

      the way he looked at tree girl thinking there is always someone worse off.

  • @jamisonh2280
    @jamisonh2280 3 роки тому +459

    I don't get the crust eating guy, like according to the wives tale eating crust gives you curly hair, but why would you go to group therapy for that? Is there something I'm missing?
    Edit: That awkward moment when you ask a genuine question and accidently start the Ginger Lives Matter movement.

    • @hanskanns1710
      @hanskanns1710 3 роки тому +96

      yes, the crust

    • @shachaha
      @shachaha 3 роки тому +7

      @@hanskanns1710 hahahaha!! :)

    • @chaosjuan
      @chaosjuan 3 роки тому +92

      i may be wrong but i think the stigma against curly hair comes from racism against africans and jewish people.

    • @HorkPorkler
      @HorkPorkler 3 роки тому +29

      @@chaosjuan lol, no

    • @reecewithoutherspoon1324
      @reecewithoutherspoon1324 3 роки тому +31

      @@chaosjuan What about the stigma against ginger hair? Funny how if something is associated with race, it's sacred, yet no one cares about the discrimination of gingers or old people.

  • @automaticchic
    @automaticchic 4 роки тому +31

    Kudos to the tree woman.She had to bite that fake branch the entire time, through cuts and retakes😄

  • @ralphschraven339
    @ralphschraven339 4 роки тому +140

    I like how the artists don't mind helping us out of the dark and giving us a clear picture of the concept in the film. I'm not too familiar with all these children's tales and got that they probably all personified one tale but didn't quite understand how. Then the credits rolled. Terrific!

    • @superfreakmusic7681
      @superfreakmusic7681 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah the penny dropped when the blind guy was talking-but I do like how they explained it fully at the end. Sometimes short films leave me a bit non plussed, much like art and scultures do. I appreciate the beauty but I hate not understanding the story behind them.

    • @Salatiels
      @Salatiels 4 роки тому +3

      although the parents don't tell these "superstitions" to their children here in my country, I could understand thanks to the credits
      :D

    • @Ten_Thousand_Locusts
      @Ten_Thousand_Locusts 9 місяців тому +1

      I still don't really get the crusts one.

  • @MikeBoothFilm
    @MikeBoothFilm 4 роки тому +732

    This is really great - such a wonderfully simple concept charmingly made. Aaron is great, says so much with his eyes. Makeup was beautiful, too. Congrats.

    • @tarynestrada3760
      @tarynestrada3760 4 роки тому +9

      The other girl who pulled a face also had a lot of emotion and beauty in her voice and body language. His emotional eyes plus her pretty voice

    • @amirahkukan782
      @amirahkukan782 4 роки тому +2

      Its funny you say he say so much with his eyes. I only saw him convey 2 things with them. Utter despair and hope...

    • @derranged28
      @derranged28 4 роки тому

      Exactly.

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 4 роки тому +1

      Make up ? Oh, its not real ?

    • @onecardshort2934
      @onecardshort2934 4 роки тому

      and someone with their finger stuck in their nose

  • @Cruish
    @Cruish 3 роки тому +313

    I was like “wtf is this?” For 90% of the video 😆

    • @erikadean5164
      @erikadean5164 3 роки тому +12

      You might just have to try a bit harder to get this story.

    • @sunshinemama2325
      @sunshinemama2325 3 роки тому +11

      I didnt understand until the end credits

    • @adelinogama9277
      @adelinogama9277 3 роки тому +3

      I loved everything about this. The actors portrayed such incredible emotions through their eyes. Rather than a film, I thought I was watching a doc as the acting was so genuine.

    • @aykosamoka7338
      @aykosamoka7338 3 роки тому +1

      Same...

    • @shariffbrown04
      @shariffbrown04 3 роки тому

      @@erikadean5164 👏

  • @JonsTunes
    @JonsTunes 4 роки тому +22

    "you'll end up with square eyes if you watch to much TV"

  • @Broomehall
    @Broomehall 4 роки тому +185

    :"If you keep pulling those faces one day the wind will change and you'll stay like it" ..... I swear my nan used to say that !

    • @eyeship6037
      @eyeship6037 4 роки тому +7

      The same in France with crossing eyes 😂

    • @skeetermcswagger0U812
      @skeetermcswagger0U812 4 роки тому +7

      Yet here in the States the saying is; " if you're making that funny face and someone slaps you on the back it'll stay that way!"

    • @kriddie88
      @kriddie88 4 роки тому +3

      Nice one. Here in the Netherlands the saying is; "If you are making that face and the little clock of Rome ticks, your face will stay like that forever!"

    • @combatantezoteric2965
      @combatantezoteric2965 4 роки тому +1

      Lol i only heard this in spongebob

    • @cloudiiday5557
      @cloudiiday5557 4 роки тому +1

      Broomehall well if she didn’t would this short film make any sense?

  • @dhedarkhcustard
    @dhedarkhcustard 4 роки тому +166

    He'd be pretty good at harmonica at least.

    • @snocamo154
      @snocamo154 3 роки тому +1

      🤣👍

    • @roafett8052
      @roafett8052 3 роки тому

      🤣👍

    • @williamhood7548
      @williamhood7548 3 роки тому +5

      No. Hed be terrible at it. As a harmonica player, a person with a pin-hole sized mouth would play better than someone with a watermolon-slice mouth.

    • @theemeraldfalcon9184
      @theemeraldfalcon9184 3 роки тому +1

      @@williamhood7548Maybe he just used his nose.

    • @williamhood7548
      @williamhood7548 3 роки тому +1

      @@theemeraldfalcon9184 wow. That was so funny, I literally forgot to laugh. I was too focused on getting back here to comment how b-d'ass that comment was. 😅

  • @mimifilms496
    @mimifilms496 4 роки тому +16

    This was absolutely amazing. That last scene where everything just paused and everything felt okay. Well done!!

  • @commentcrusader3809
    @commentcrusader3809 4 роки тому +50

    That was a beautiful short film. Very well made. Very well thought out.

  • @Pehe-peepeepoopoo6969
    @Pehe-peepeepoopoo6969 4 роки тому +620

    The last letters to disappear at the beginning title were “us” pretty cool.

    • @Liam-cj5kh
      @Liam-cj5kh 4 роки тому +50

      Letters dude

    • @jbre2149
      @jbre2149 4 роки тому +5

      That’s a nice touch, i didn’t notice.

    • @leilasparks8342
      @leilasparks8342 4 роки тому +12

      Alphabets? That’s fkn legendary

    • @DiandraStarShine
      @DiandraStarShine 3 роки тому +1

      personally, I *do* like, "alphabets."👍and are you a polyglot or something..because don't be so mean, don't be a such a *snob.* 🙄 just because he's not an English language scholar..at least he knows how to communicate his thoughts in a language that you KNOW isn't his first/native tongue..I, for one, *applaude* him.👏👏😀👩🏾‍🏫

    • @leilasparks8342
      @leilasparks8342 3 роки тому +1

      01 02 no one was actually particularly rude...

  • @legosquad25
    @legosquad25 4 роки тому +112

    I laughed WAY too hard when I realized why the blind guy was stroking the stick 🤣

  • @nubianfx
    @nubianfx 4 роки тому +5

    Im always in awe of how short films can be so moving in such short time spans. Powerful

  • @jeffreyvanodenberg5288
    @jeffreyvanodenberg5288 3 роки тому +10

    Sometimes it just needs 8 minutes to put some magic into your heart. Thank YOU! ❤️

  • @DraugrGrog
    @DraugrGrog 4 роки тому +1462

    Wow. So many of these "award winning" shorts on UA-cam are pseudo-intellectual pretentious nonsense, but this is so thoughtful and well done. Glad I clicked.

    • @adriancunningham3552
      @adriancunningham3552 4 роки тому +14

      Yeah well they were "award winning" and that is all.

    • @K-daz
      @K-daz 4 роки тому +39

      Is this really the deepest short film you've ever watched ?

    • @omichillian
      @omichillian 4 роки тому +45

      @@K-daz I mean they never said it was the "deepest" one they watched

    • @DavidaVeddar
      @DavidaVeddar 4 роки тому +10

      Exactly some funny gems in there are a really welcome change. Also I felt stupid not getting why that gentleman was blind, and stroking his cane until the credits, then I lost it!! Pretentious and high- brow indeed!!

    • @dirtluverluveruvdirt7009
      @dirtluverluveruvdirt7009 4 роки тому +5

      The same worms that eat me will someday eat you too

  • @Elisama
    @Elisama 4 роки тому +229

    What in the uncanny valley world is this

  • @simonpage6362
    @simonpage6362 3 роки тому +8

    Wow. Every now and again I come across a true little gem. This is surely one...a short story that leaves you wanting so much more and yet there is nothing left to be said. Beautiful. I wish I could make shorts like this.

  • @frankfromrrradicalaliens8515
    @frankfromrrradicalaliens8515 3 роки тому +3

    YOU COULD SEE THE HAPPINESS IN HIS EYES OH MY GOD THATS SO SWEET

  • @yakari1982
    @yakari1982 4 роки тому +70

    When the movie ended, I was like: "No!!!! please don't stop now!"

  • @AGreen-ug9oi
    @AGreen-ug9oi 4 роки тому +683

    0:40 the really tall guy getting off the bus with 6 gal of milk. Milk does a body good! Helps you grow big and strong! Isn't that more an American thing, or is that worldwide?

    • @Us-Inc
      @Us-Inc  4 роки тому +220

      A. Green To be honest hardly anyone has ever picked up on this guy in the film. Nice to know he didn’t slip under everyone’s radar ;)

    • @shutupnerd9694
      @shutupnerd9694 4 роки тому +10

      GET THAT CALCIUM IN YA BODY

    • @monetroshi
      @monetroshi 4 роки тому +2

      A. Green lol even animals are aware of this

    • @lurchy12
      @lurchy12 4 роки тому +7

      As an embarrassingly tall thin man myself, I noticed him very much. People always ask about what made me tall, I tell them cranberry juice.

    • @claytondavidson6308
      @claytondavidson6308 4 роки тому +19

      Fun Fact, studies have shown that people who drink a lot of milk actually have weaker bones than people who don't drink very much milk...

  • @lisap.1826
    @lisap.1826 3 роки тому +3

    UA-cam has been recommending this for almost a year and I finally watched it. Well played UA-cam, this was a good one. Now I will honor all your recommendations for my life.

  • @MrJ1Horrordirector
    @MrJ1Horrordirector 3 роки тому +2

    This was so beautiful. These are the stories that should be told in cinema more often.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 4 роки тому +124

    This little flick has inspired me to write this comment, despite my debilitating palm hair issues. Thank you.

  • @nobbystyles4807
    @nobbystyles4807 4 роки тому +365

    the comments are really lofi for a decent production like this.

    • @gigiemma3192
      @gigiemma3192 4 роки тому +18

      I was thinking the exact same thing.

    • @bloodmaged
      @bloodmaged 4 роки тому +6

      Seriously

    • @udkc
      @udkc 4 роки тому +14

      It's youtube, what did you expect?

    • @pauline9303
      @pauline9303 4 роки тому +4

      Yes! Disapointing...

    • @rodrigosimoes3177
      @rodrigosimoes3177 4 роки тому

      probably ppl who just never been there ...

  • @crazycatlady710
    @crazycatlady710 3 роки тому +6

    Awesome! You could actually feel his pain through the whole thing... Great film ♥️

  • @christopherlopez1608
    @christopherlopez1608 3 роки тому +1

    This film made me cry...Absolute masterpiece! Excellent Work!

  • @kevinmachate59
    @kevinmachate59 4 роки тому +40

    As a short filmmaker, this is the kind of story and quality that I appreciate.

  • @skater1178
    @skater1178 4 роки тому +25

    I love how this shows that no matter what difference you may have; theres always someone out there with a very similar experience. Love yourself for who you are and not for who you think you are 😊

  • @alabasterlight
    @alabasterlight 3 роки тому +1

    I come back to this gem of a film often, It has such a heart to it, and always makes me teary at the end.... in a good way. Many thanks to the creators, a great job well done.

  • @seancaelum4587
    @seancaelum4587 3 роки тому +2

    Love it when you have that “aha!” moment. Well done.

  • @aniEkanem
    @aniEkanem 4 роки тому +80

    Indeed 8mins well spent. The choice of sound track did justice to the quality of the story.

  • @gerrymarzilli
    @gerrymarzilli 4 роки тому +235

    The sad part is that an amazingly talented “filmmaker” has under 1k followers but if you started to unbox cameras you’d have a million...
    Anyhow, we’ll done! That was beautiful!!

    • @abbyboyone
      @abbyboyone 4 роки тому +1

      this

    • @NightMedicine
      @NightMedicine 4 роки тому +9

      I turned this crap off 2 minutes in because literally no one was unboxing cameras...

    • @frankcarver9074
      @frankcarver9074 4 роки тому

      Too true mate.

    • @Mickey71773
      @Mickey71773 4 роки тому +1

      🤣

    • @kubrickwon2895
      @kubrickwon2895 4 роки тому +5

      UA-cam has changed over the years, and it now only rewards "Influencers" who mindlessly post videos every day, and ignores the creatives who take weeks (even months) to create a single piece of art.

  • @vvonderr2017
    @vvonderr2017 4 роки тому +1

    Recognising one of my favourite bands best songs straight away really did this video for me

  • @yourfriend651
    @yourfriend651 4 роки тому +1

    It made myself happy almost brought me to tears when the girl showed up. Beautiful. Good job guys

  • @austinsavage5962
    @austinsavage5962 4 роки тому +23

    Its always a struggle until youve found yourself in someone else

  • @user-yi3ws1mt1o
    @user-yi3ws1mt1o 4 роки тому +112

    This guy like: "Do you want to know how i got these scars?"

  • @jamisongutierrez3986
    @jamisongutierrez3986 3 роки тому

    I still melt. Amazing flick

  • @tracybarbour6531
    @tracybarbour6531 3 місяці тому

    Just beautiful, and so clever at the end! Thank you!

  • @nature0244
    @nature0244 4 роки тому +129

    "Yeah um it helped me to release alot "*stroking his stick*.

    • @romella_karmey
      @romella_karmey 4 роки тому +2

      Maybe the stick is his deeekk

    • @weepingwillow-ud6xl
      @weepingwillow-ud6xl 4 роки тому +1

      "I'll stick to what you know" said the dog to his walker. Let's say he's more a barker & less of a talker.

  • @brappadappa
    @brappadappa 4 роки тому +111

    my favorite part about this is the tree girls name being TAREEsuh

    • @nadamuchu
      @nadamuchu 4 роки тому +4

      The other names were also fantastic. You can say Alan easily with that face (doesn't have to make his lips meet like names with a M, B, V etc.), Mark was all marked up, Norman is arguably the most normal. I didn't catch the others though.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 роки тому

      @@nadamuchu Steve was the pervert. Lol
      Tree-sa was the tree girl.

  • @judithl1171
    @judithl1171 4 місяці тому

    I loved this, made me a bit teary-eyed. Beautifully done.

  • @michaelalmano2940
    @michaelalmano2940 3 роки тому

    What ever your problem in life, remember that you are not the only one who is strugling how hard life is

  • @FireFoxBancroft
    @FireFoxBancroft 4 роки тому +181

    So all their ailments are based on Old Wives Tales. I'm guessing the speaker must have handled too many toads and a got a huge wart on her hand.

    • @rat8984
      @rat8984 3 роки тому +23

      or it's not special effects and you've just insulted someone

    • @linavikman3425
      @linavikman3425 3 роки тому +9

      @@rat8984 💀

    • @centraltexasbear9973
      @centraltexasbear9973 3 роки тому +3

      the video hardly pays attention to that at all. it could easily just be a ring

  • @schneir5
    @schneir5 4 роки тому +211

    It's probably all of the pandemic stuff, but I can't help thinking this guy must be susceptible to all kinds of viruses and bacteria with his mouth open all the time like that!

    • @upsidedahead
      @upsidedahead 4 роки тому +4

      Can't get a facemask big enough 😂😭

    • @CR-zx2zi
      @CR-zx2zi 4 роки тому

      And bugs

  • @Tiggitytye
    @Tiggitytye Рік тому

    This always helps when I'm sad and need a good cry.

  • @marissabones
    @marissabones 4 роки тому +8

    You can really see the pain in his eyes.
    Amazing actor

  • @ashesoftime5864
    @ashesoftime5864 4 роки тому +43

    Such a clever well-made little film. And yes - read the credits! Pathos, humour, compassion and the absurd all rolled into one.

  • @SandrodaSilvaTraveler
    @SandrodaSilvaTraveler 4 роки тому

    Makes me cry. Amazing. Thank you.

  • @gtmumma
    @gtmumma 4 роки тому +1

    How simply beautiful
    And that song...so perfect. Brilliant!

  • @airey773
    @airey773 4 роки тому +36

    Exceptional. That slow, methodical pacing was so confidently delivered, first class.

  • @Karlsteins
    @Karlsteins 4 роки тому +29

    The cinematography was amazing, well-acted, well-scripted, the music and score choice are perfect, editing was smooth, I wish it was longer. It really felt like watching an A24 film

  • @jattjames3379
    @jattjames3379 4 роки тому +10

    loved it. made me smiled at the end. i can know how love at first sight feels

  • @gavinwilliams6000
    @gavinwilliams6000 3 роки тому

    Awesome! Thanks for a brilliant short film.

  • @poutinedream5066
    @poutinedream5066 4 роки тому +208

    Me looking straight on: What, her nose isn't that b-
    Me seeing the profile: whoa

    • @ffy0000
      @ffy0000 4 роки тому +5

      THATS LITERALLY MY SIDE PROFILE HIFHEWS

  • @bsoakininsunshine
    @bsoakininsunshine 4 роки тому +29

    The ending reminded me how single I am

  • @startrekalien
    @startrekalien 3 роки тому +3

    Who didn't expect someone like him to make him feel welcome? And this won awards? Wow.

  • @jamisongutierrez3986
    @jamisongutierrez3986 3 роки тому

    Probably the most beautiful film I've ever seen.

  • @gordonshumway6128
    @gordonshumway6128 4 роки тому +371

    The woman with the tree growing out of her mouth shouldn't have eaten those seeds.

    • @brooke9643
      @brooke9643 4 роки тому +7

      no stop dont say that

    • @susgib296
      @susgib296 4 роки тому +7

      brooke anne What? She swallowed a pip and grew a tree he wasn’t meaning to offend next time watch the full video.

    • @brooke9643
      @brooke9643 4 роки тому +15

      @@susgib296 no sorry i think you misunderstood my tone, i watched the whole video, i meant like no don't say that because its creepy to think that could happen. I've accidentally swallowed watermelon seeds when I was younger and my mom said a tree was gonna grow. i don't expect you to know that of course but I meant as like, ew no don't say that its creeping me out

    • @susgib296
      @susgib296 4 роки тому +4

      brooke anne oh ok

    • @straighttalking2090
      @straighttalking2090 4 роки тому +22

      It's interesting how different people read different things into words. I did a customer care course once that showed how 80% (I'm still a little dubious about that percentage) of a verbal conversation is not about the words - it's about the body language, tone, volume, pause, what you don't say, emphasis etc. That's why sarcasm (some call that irony) doesn't work (unless you know the person) on the internet. I had to think so hard to write that!

  • @AnthonyWithlove
    @AnthonyWithlove 6 років тому +187

    This was awesome, well shot and I loved the credits.

    • @Us-Inc
      @Us-Inc  6 років тому +18

      Thanks Bruce, the credits were the last thing we added to the film, we wanted to help wrap up the 'Tales' just in case people didn't quite get them. So its great to hear they are going down well :)

    • @AnthonyWithlove
      @AnthonyWithlove 6 років тому +8

      It really helped. For example the woman with the tree. I thought she got into a car accident and smashed into a tree. The credits (which btw are illustrated very well) helped immensely. This is sort of an abstract take on group therapy and it stands on it's own, but the credits gives the story context if you didn't pick it up on your own, which I did not.

    • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
      @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 роки тому +2

      @@Us-Inc Yeah, I didn't get it at all until the credits.
      Loved it though!

    • @Moonbeingstrandedonearth50
      @Moonbeingstrandedonearth50 4 роки тому +2

      Thanks for no spoilers.

    • @amirahkukan782
      @amirahkukan782 4 роки тому +1

      @@Us-Inc did u ever do them? Theyd make great shorts The boy who stayed in the bath to long ect... they would bd great

  • @highnerd9594
    @highnerd9594 3 роки тому

    I almost cried. In fact, rarely do i cry.

  • @theventureletter3343
    @theventureletter3343 3 роки тому

    How could you not like this? A wonderful short!

  • @SanchoDomingo_
    @SanchoDomingo_ 4 роки тому +66

    This reminds me of going to AA & feeling like a black sheep. I had a rare skin disease & felt like nobody could relate to being stared at in public & being alone, etc etc. Just making every excuse to be miserable.
    I realized running will never help me feel better. Also. I'll never get better alone.

  • @chaveze89
    @chaveze89 4 роки тому +77

    The lady with the branches name is “Theresa” lol (Tree•Sa)

  • @Pabloworldwide
    @Pabloworldwide 3 роки тому +7

    I genuinely enjoyed this. The tales were things my parents told me as I was growing up and the music score suits the story very well.
    Thank you from the future.

  • @uniworkhorse
    @uniworkhorse Рік тому

    Came back to this after learning more about lighting, and man, this film is beautifully lit, props to the DP.

  • @huhsaidcj.1837
    @huhsaidcj.1837 4 роки тому +17

    I feel this beautiful art work, I’m born with a facial deformity so I understand his pain. Love the ending made me smile 😊

    • @googlethis313
      @googlethis313 4 роки тому +8

      Droopÿ
      In my comment I called it a piece of art also ❤️
      I was scalded with hot water at 13 months old. So I’ve scars from the waste down. I used to hide them. Yuh know...pants,long skirts and dresses,etc. But then in middle school I met a girl with scars from hot water from her chin and down her front. We became friends and she really changed my whole outlook on life. She was and is still one of my heroes that taught me that it doesn’t matter what we look like on the outside...not to the people that count anyway. 🥰
      Be well... and don’t Ever let anyone take your joy!
      ❤️, A Dorothy In Kansas

    • @huhsaidcj.1837
      @huhsaidcj.1837 4 роки тому +5

      Google This 😊🥰, that’s right! It’s all about how we treat each other.

  • @markv2087
    @markv2087 4 роки тому +26

    I love everything about this little film. The little wave at 6:03 was sublime.

  • @adrianclarke6829
    @adrianclarke6829 3 роки тому +1

    Simply. Wonderful.

  • @brittalorenz3377
    @brittalorenz3377 3 роки тому

    So sweet. I cried. Thank you. From someone who was feeling lonely.

  • @aidangreen152
    @aidangreen152 4 роки тому +6

    And Norman with the curley hair "leave the crusts alone". So good