BLIND SPOT | Omeleto
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- An Uber driver works a shift with his skeptical teen daughter in tow.
BLIND SPOT is used with permission from Soph Webberley. Learn more at / sophwebberley .
Azaria is at a party, unhappy and waiting for her dad Paul to pick her up. Paul arrives in his car, where he's still on his ride-share shift right before he's due to go to his school reunion. But all those plans have gone awry with Azaria in the mix.
After dropping off a passenger, Paul continues with his shift, and the conversation reveals the gap between him and his daughter. Paul lectures Azaria about enjoying her youth and not taking things so seriously. But when they listen to a local call-in show and things turn embarrassingly personal, Paul's authority as a dad is punctured.
Directed by Soph Webberley from a script written by Nathan D'Arcy Roberts, this sharp yet affectionate short comedy is essentially a family drama with a sly eye for the ironies of life, as a father and daughter verbally spar during a ride-share shift. Shot with a moodily dark eye with dynamism in the framing, pacing and editing, the film weaves a series of Uber rides into a unique riff on a road movie, where a family relationship is changed by the journey together.
The storytelling takes advantage of the close quarters of a car to force ideas, beliefs and dynamics out into the open and then upends them in an unexpected and sharply funny manner. Paul is a specific, well-drawn character, but any parent will recognize the put-upon exasperation in his tone as he lectures Azaria, who immediately sulks with an eye-roll and a slump in her seat. On the remainder of his ride-share shift, Paul gets on Azaria's case, telling her she needs to enjoy her youth. In other words, act more like him when he was a teenager.
With the format of the car ride, the film leans on dialogue and performance to generate tension and turning points in the arc. As Paul, actor Ben Bailey Smith's engaging performance drives much of the film, playing Paul as both lovably full of himself and genuinely caring (and worrying) for his daughter, played by young actor Ozioma Ihesiene with just the right balance of snark, cringe and vulnerability. As Paul reminisces about his youth, we get the unspoken sense that his glory days are over. But even that illusion will be punctured when a caller on the radio show they listen to reveals the truth about Paul's teenage years, which unmasks the pretense of parental authority that Paul has.
Well-written with sharply drawn, relatable characters and touches of sly humor, BLIND SPOT builds up to a gently heartwarming ending that stays true to the slightly gritty London setting and recalibrates the relationship between father and daughter. "Parents just don't understand" is a saying that many teens would say about their parents, but the fun of this short is revealing parents as flawed and full of foibles as the teens they're trying to mentor. As parents want their children to live up to certain ideals and expectations, adults often muster a sense of leadership that they still struggle with. For Paul, that ruse is up. But luckily, what's left is a willingness to meet one another where they're at, leaving a little more room for affection and love to flow unfettered. - Фільми й анімація
"You wish you was me. I wish I was me. And I'm me." What a great line and nicely done on this film... well written and such a creative way to shine a light on an important and timely topic! 🎥👍
I thought he was redeemed with his daughter, but then showed he was still the same bully as in high school.
Note: I believe Uber tracks their driver locations. His next prank might not go unpunished.
Exactly 💯
Unfortunately dad has no insight and still has a childlike mindset. He's passed his bad behaviour onto his daughter. Like they say an apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Exactly 💯
Yep exactly, i knew he was the bully in school . He's actually a hypocrite aswell by telling his daughter off , when he hasn't grown up himself. And to make matters worse he's going to get 'revenge' on his victim now . But i guess more fool the victim when his address and full name is exposed .
Been re-watching old Taskmaster episodes, good to see Doc Brown pop up in my feed! :)
Haven’t seen Doc Brown in ages.
Awesome acting performances from everyone in the cast and great writing 🔥. The father clearly needs to grow up and mature mentally and emotionally
lol….well that took a turn…👀🤣
Two people grew up on that Ride . Ok maybe just one😂
"Must've been your mum" is a mod ting lol
Used to watch this guy in 4 o clock club all the time! Legend ❤
I ain't seen Doc Brown in years. The father passed on his bullying behavior to his daughter which influenced her to become who she is.
Nope I need a part 2
Wow I guess revenge is a dish best served cold 😂
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How is he giving Uber rides with his daughter in the car 😂🤦🏽♀️
music is a vibe ngl
Wooot doc brown is legit
This was DOPE
Funny as hell!
1st…let’s see this…
sigh
Doc Brown still fine. 💓
😂😂😂
I think the young lady doesn’t look like a teenager. The father and daughter don’t seem related.
She looks like a teenager and they don't seem related cos they're actors 😂.
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I think that that was the message of the story. I think that the story wasn't disparaging men or fathers. Rather they were showing where she got some of her bad influence. I kind of like the story, but I hate how creators seem to always focus on the parents being the people than need to learn, or the men that need to learn. They can't create teenagers that need to learn from normal parents.
@@eugenetswong there isn't really such a thing as "normal parents."
@@jamiejoygatto There definitely are. people who are mentally healthy, and who have good parenting skills will definitely be normal.
@@eugenetswong Yes, but we all go through trauma of some type. Nobody has a perfect childhood.
@@jamiejoygatto Yes, but that doesn't stop us from being normal.
Typical ones and their ill behavior. Nothing new to see here.
What's that supposed to mean 🤔🤣?
Ah yes, when the pattern recognition group starts recognising patterns in fiction it becomes reality to them. 🤡
Absolutel rubbish acting ..rubbish script..! Please omeletto you can do better than this!
You wouldn't know a good film if it slapped you across the face. 🤣