A Childs Toy – surreal short
Short film combining surrealism and psychological horror element. Influences include David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Bunuel and Dali’s Un Chien Andalou and several shorts by Jan Svankmajer. Similarities and elements of all these works are noticeable throughout the film. All thoughts and Feedback is welcome and helps a lot!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
25 Comments
Leave a Reply
A Childs Toy – surreal short
Short film combining surrealism and psychological horror element. Influences include David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Bunuel and Dali’s Un Chien Andalou and several shorts by Jan Svankmajer. Similarities and elements of all these works are noticeable throughout the film. All thoughts and Feedback is welcome and helps a lot!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
25 Comments
-
lots of work on your side and it takes/took a lot of Thinking on both sides (this horrible T-word
. For me you’ve proven that video surrealism is even richer then paintings and I find it really cool! )) -
Very nice work.
-
Very ‘David Lynch’! Good work!
-
@britsploitation Sadly, I have no understanding of either, although I have several ideas.
-
@WretchedSpawnUG I edit them on computer and if you know your 3D animation programmes or even flash then im sure you could make a good film on computer.
-
@ilovefakietreflips Yes it definately would be different if I made it today as I’m constantly in search of a unique look. This was very Lynchian for me, and was made on the back of inspirations such as he, Tsukamoto, Svankmajer and Bunuel for college. I’m happy it’s still getting feedback it seems to be the only film of mine that is!
Thanks for watching buddy -
@WretchedSpawnUG Hi there, thanks for watching. I filmed it on a Digi8 camcorder, with the big hi8 cassettes before I moved onto miniDV. Seems so long ago now since I don’t even use miniDV anymore!
-
What did you use to film it?
-
This is pretty great i think your strengths were in lighting an texture. I also thought that the sound was a crucial part of this film which was done very well. I’m not familiar with your style but i think that it could’ve been better if you included different symbolic things interwoven with the plot to make it more abstract. But indeed a very interesting film work.
-
I’ve always wanted to try making surreal shorts and this is a very good one
Are there by chance any ways to make them on a computer? -
@HungerCultFilms Thanks a lot for watching! funnily enough it was only filmed on a digi8 camcorder but the B&W added richness and quality. post wasn’t too much of a big deal after that. – TOM
-
@valorit thank you my friend 3 years on now and it’s still getting attention. for that thank you and everyone else very much, it is appreciated.
-
i will never look at my cousins toys the same way.. o___o
good job m8 5/5 =) -
Very well done. I can see quite a lot of time must have been spent on this in post. Wonderfully atmospheric!
-
bravo.
-
thank you!
-
terrifying. excellent.
-
WELL DONE… check out my films on you tube. I think you’ll like what you see.
cold.white.productions -
Hi all, my new surreal little weirdy SHOE is online now! Go see it and let us know what you think
-
thanks mate glad you liked it!
-
Never noticed the subliminal dick before! Sadly its the shadow of the Clowns arm, but thanks for pointing it out!
-
Brilliant!, great lighting and sound. five stars mate!
-
decidedly dark. i kept wanting nothing to happen.
-
I think there is some excellent stop motion photography in this film. Very surreal, Nice one, even though it was a college project.
William
-
Hey
Shot it on digi8 camcorder
pic looks quite cool considering!
lots of work on your side and it takes/took a lot of Thinking on both sides (this horrible T-word
. For me you’ve proven that video surrealism is even richer then paintings and I find it really cool! 
))
Very nice work.
Very ‘David Lynch’! Good work!
@britsploitation Sadly, I have no understanding of either, although I have several ideas.
@WretchedSpawnUG I edit them on computer and if you know your 3D animation programmes or even flash then im sure you could make a good film on computer.
@ilovefakietreflips Yes it definately would be different if I made it today as I’m constantly in search of a unique look. This was very Lynchian for me, and was made on the back of inspirations such as he, Tsukamoto, Svankmajer and Bunuel for college. I’m happy it’s still getting feedback it seems to be the only film of mine that is!
Thanks for watching buddy
@WretchedSpawnUG Hi there, thanks for watching. I filmed it on a Digi8 camcorder, with the big hi8 cassettes before I moved onto miniDV. Seems so long ago now since I don’t even use miniDV anymore!
What did you use to film it?
This is pretty great i think your strengths were in lighting an texture. I also thought that the sound was a crucial part of this film which was done very well. I’m not familiar with your style but i think that it could’ve been better if you included different symbolic things interwoven with the plot to make it more abstract. But indeed a very interesting film work.
I’ve always wanted to try making surreal shorts and this is a very good one
Are there by chance any ways to make them on a computer?
@HungerCultFilms Thanks a lot for watching! funnily enough it was only filmed on a digi8 camcorder but the B&W added richness and quality. post wasn’t too much of a big deal after that. – TOM
@valorit thank you my friend 3 years on now and it’s still getting attention. for that thank you and everyone else very much, it is appreciated.
i will never look at my cousins toys the same way.. o___o
good job m8 5/5 =)
Very well done. I can see quite a lot of time must have been spent on this in post. Wonderfully atmospheric!
bravo.
thank you!
terrifying. excellent.
WELL DONE… check out my films on you tube. I think you’ll like what you see.
cold.white.productions
Hi all, my new surreal little weirdy SHOE is online now! Go see it and let us know what you think
thanks mate glad you liked it!
Never noticed the subliminal dick before! Sadly its the shadow of the Clowns arm, but thanks for pointing it out!
Brilliant!, great lighting and sound. five stars mate!
decidedly dark. i kept wanting nothing to happen.
I think there is some excellent stop motion photography in this film. Very surreal, Nice one, even though it was a college project.
William
Hey
Shot it on digi8 camcorder
pic looks quite cool considering!