Award-Winning Stop Motion Dark Comedy Short | Second to None
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2020
- When Frederick's twin brother becomes the world's oldest man by a mere minute, Frederick finally sees his chance to take first place, by whatever means necessary.
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Second to None
Directed by Vincent Gallagher
Caboom, Screen Ireland, RTE
www.secondtononemovie.com
"Anyone who has a sibling has felt a bit of rivalry at some point in their life. Growing up in my older sister’s shadow, I certainly spent a big portion of my early childhood plotting her demise. However, I never took it quite as far as Frederick, the bitterly jealous twin in Vincent Gallagher’s deadly funny "Second to None". With deliciously dark humour and intricate set designs, revealing new, ingenious touches with every watch, this seven-minute stop-motion is a gift that keeps on giving, delighting audiences young, old and everyone in between.
When Herman becomes the world’s oldest man, his younger brother Frederick (born just a minute later), makes it his life’s mission to steal the title by any means necessary. What follows is a meticulously crafted sequence of hilarious gags, reminiscent of the beloved Loony Toons series, and just as thrilling and surprising. Think Sylvester and Tweety, but brought to life through the magic of stop-motion. Oh, and much bloodier.
“It got me thinking about this possible age-old, or rather, old age rivalry”
“I was looking to explore themes of drive and ambition when I read about Jiroemon Kimura becoming the world’s oldest living man”, Gallagher shared with S/W, as we discuss why he chose this particular story. “His predecessor only held the title for 13 days, so it got me thinking about this possible age old, or rather, old age rivalry. It’s a film that catches you off guard, it seems quite charming and sweet on the surface, but it gets pretty dark pretty quickly, and I think that’s where a lot of the humour comes from.”
Indeed, as a big fan of dark humour, I found Second to None utterly captivating. From the very first scene, where you learn so much about what drives Herman’s relentless hatred towards his brother, to the last line of the credits, it’s clear that the short has been created with love and painstaking attention to detail. Stop-motion is an extremely time-consuming process, making the already impressive animation a real gem worthy of closer inspection. I strongly encourage a second, even a third watch, because there is so much to love here.
Gallagher is currently working on a new animated short called Available Light and a live-action feature in development with Screen Ireland, for Treasure Entertainment. Stay tooned for more info! Sorry…" - S/W Curator Serafima Serafimova
Animator - Jason Watts
Character Design - Pierre Butler
Production Design - Aoife Noonan
Costume - Miriam Donohue & Laura Anne Moone
Music - St. Francis Hotel
Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers. - Фільми й анімація
Imagine you made your brother a robotic hand and he just tries to kill you because you're a minute older than him.
Lol
Spinningly brilliant! It's so incredibly detailed, the humor is perfectly timed, and the characters are wicked and charming. A+++
One of the best short films I've ever seen. Dark humour at its best.
I just wonder how much effort and work to do this short movie. So many details, so well done. Congratulations to the crew.
This is like Doofenshmertz meets Tim Burton and I love it
*So this is what quarantine has brought me to watch...*
The shot of the street at 6:06 is stunning! Perfect merge of both models and background painting!
seven wonderful minutes!!!
In the end I was like OHhHhH mY gOD........ sO tHE GrANny iS ThE MOsT WicKed
Loved this peice of art.i now realise what true art and talent is after seeing this film.
I thought she was their mother!! Until I noticed the medal around her neck. Touche Vince
AMAZING MESSAGE WITH GREAT WORK
Thank you for this wickedly delightful bit of entertainment!
that was a well put together film. nice touch at the end. i didn't see that one coming.
I love seeing this every time it pops up.
I loved it ..this was ridiculously awesome! Hats off to the detailing done!
Not how I had expected it to end.
Gotta admit, wasn’t expecting that.
Awesome !!!, just a definition of brilliance..... what a great sense of humour...
I wish I could like👍it a thousand times.....superb!
legit first... this is a first
awesome short such a fun piece!
yay! congrats. Glad you liked it
I gotta say - stop-motion gore looks GREAT! haha I loved this!
dang, that was dark.
THE DAMN BOARD AT 2:00
WHY
Haha
Nice job on this .... Well done 👍
I can see why his inventions didn't work. Also props to granny, she was READY. Like that's the difference between her and second best guy whose name idek. Sniper training also takes a long time, but the end result is simple and effective
Amazing!
Holy crap this was hilarious!
Very good!
It's epic 💗 just loved it 💗
Very brilliant. So wow💕
4:56 "Oops, I accidentally punctured my cheek again"
When it said dark humor, it MEANT dark humor.
this sense of humor...
really funny, with a good surprising end XD
beautiful!!!
Their was a large twist which was not imagined by me at any instant
That was cold. Tim Burton style
Nice job
Lmao. That was brilliant
THAT was the more twisted version of RED.
1:56, mmmyes, amazing sound
amazing
Awesome ☺️
That was great
Well subject 👏🏻👏🏻
what an ending
Why they want to kill each other 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It was quite good story.. the moral was "karma" if u try to do wrng with others, it comes back to you in disastours way!
*PERFECT*
Keep imagining that the Rube Goldberg took weeks to do. Not sure if it's the greatest job ever or most frustrating. Either way super entertaining.
Good neighbor!
I love the video
As the second twin I really relate to this (I would never come as far as Frederick tho) but being the “youngest” is a little bit anoying sometimes, and your twin will always “win” on it :v and they’ll never miss an opportunity to remain you this XD
Very nice
Awesome ..
Great!!!! 😃👏👏👏👏👏👏
reminded me of an old toon episode named No.2 Dog
I want to quit my job and make claymotion
Do it! I'm serious, this is the voice of the universe telling you to follow your intuition!
@@gitsurfer27 🤣🤣
Well done, BRAVO! 👏👏👏❣🏆
Stay 'safe' everyone! Blessed be~🌙
Stink ending.
That scratch my brain.
Waw I loved it
Man I didn’t believe it when it said dark comedy...I should’ve lol.
Nice.
this is a wild e coyote and road runner cartoon but for adults.
😂😂😂 true
3:15 Soy de River Plate. Boca Juniors, entiendo tu envidia
পরের ক্ষতি করা ঠিক নয়। নিজে ভালো হও।ভালো লাগলো। 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Konsi app h
What did I just watch... 👀😳
a snuff film
The Communists manifesto by marx & engels
I don't want to be that old ..
1:57 🥶🥶🥶🥶
Goodness
Karma
Good
i think its one of the ever green animated movie....
В русском языке есть поговорка - Не рой яму другому сам в неё попадёшь! Думаю подходит как нельзя лучше! )))
Yellow radioactive container - a Back to the Future reference?
Como se llama la musica
Fevkalade.
nice
If only they had employed their ingenious engineering skills towards constructive uses - for the benefit of the whole humanity!!! 😳
😂❤❤
1:57 my ears
It is very well made ! But why their community is of full of envy!
Wow 😍😱
It's so scary.
Didn't realize they were siblings but still good
No idea how you didn't realise that, as the entire beginning was devoted to articles calling them "twins"...
Reading is your friend, laziness is not.
2:41 la ¿mamá? pasa detrás del gemelo manco
Lol omg
I wonder y do they need so much enemity even after they are old
That's the point
Why they had to do this, i had my earphones on.... 2:00
Same....lol!!!!
what the h3ck? amazing story !
Wow
Karma is worked on all the man think good of his enemy and recivie good as man thought bad for him as got bad and in the last he died and other man live alive means we will die but peacefully.
No one suspects the sweet old lady.
Concorrência mortal
Well it was okay the only thing I didn’t like was that the old guy hand was cutting and a lot of murder
OMG..... This is freaking sick..... And Mama's got the gun to kill her boy.... She probably would have killed both of them... Wouldn't it be a twist ending if the father was around and came and shot his wife to be the oldest person alive??
1:58 is the best scene 😀
I want to dislike this comment but I can't.
..., HUMOR NEGRO DA MELHOR QUALIDADE!!!!
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