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Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
- cratib 13y agoreminds me of "The Sceen" http://www.welcometothescene.com/ http://www.welcometothescene.com/
- dewey 13y agoWas about to post this, I'll definitely have to rewatch it now.
- billybob255 13y agoBe sure to check out Season 1 https://technutopia.com/ https://technutopia.com/
- aksx 13y agohn never disappoints. i saw it long time back but couldn't remember the name of the series. thanks
- thrush 13y agoThis is a pretty negative portrayal (obviously) of the dark side of social media. I think that it should be taken that people should be careful about getting too sucked in rather than thinking that social media is "evil". A lot of good and amazing things have come from Facebook (maybe chat-roulette not so much). For example, the Soccer Goalie story is pretty moving (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOvYWd4KW4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpOvYWd4KW4). Granted this came directly from Facebook, there are other similar stories out there if you look.
- esrauch 13y agoI'm curious whether anyone on here ever actually seen anything like the Soccer Goalie story in your own usage of social media. I would say this video is one of the most truthful statements about what social media is actually like; the soccer goalie story is an absurd outlier about possible upsides of social media and an unusually negative portrayal would be more along the lines of cyberbullying and harassment.
- burntsushi 13y ago> rather than thinking that social media is "evil". Are you suggesting that this was the message of the OP? That's not what I took out of it.
- stephengillie 13y agoI don't understand how this shows the dark side of social networks. It does show the ugly underbelly of human interaction, but that side is no uglier for the technology used. The guy was lonely, his gf was worried about something else, so he became insecure & impetuous and decided to move on, as young people are wont to do. Only today it's happening through websites and webcams instead of phone, telegraph, snail mail, or message-in-bottle.
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- awjr 13y agoWell I really didn't expect to end up watching this all the way through. Worth every second. Be aware this is NSFW but I'm not sure if the film would have lost anything if the NSFW clips had been left out.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoReally unfortunate about the NSFW part! This could have been a great tool to show kids about the darker sides of social media and the skewed perceptions you can have with digital communication... and stuff like that. But I don't really want my kids to see a bunch of dicks. The Chatroulette part could have been just as powerful without actually showing dangling cocks and jerking off.
- electic 13y agoI think perhaps you can look at it another way. Maybe it is meant to show you, the parent, what happens if you don't teach your kids another perspective early on. They might fall into this trap of not getting out and interacting with people in real life and, instead, engage with everyone they know through a computer screen. Honestly, if small kids see this, they won't understand. It is up to you to show them another way.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoThat same lesson does not need to involve porn. Maybe I'm crazy for thinking that. But I don't think so. I don't need to show them pictures of bloody bodies smeared on the street to teach them to look both ways before crossing the street.
- electic 13y agoThis is not about showing them. It is about showing you. The reality is that is what the net is like and yes, getting hit on the street is gruesome. There is blood when that occurs. Welcome to life.
- psbp 13y agoWhy would you bookmark chatroulette?
- tvararu 13y agoI've seen people bookmark Facebook and Youtube as well, even though they can get to them through their browser's version of Speed Dial or by simply typing the first letter of the link in the address bar and pressing return.
- aroch 13y agoI understand the mouse is being used as a standin protagonist, but why bother bookmarking something and then not using the bookmark if you're using the mouse anyway
- Kiro 13y agoWhy not?
- electic 13y agoGenius, loved it.
- jafaku 13y agoWhat's so crazy about it? I don't get it.
- aroman 13y agoAs a 17-year-old, this hit disturbingly close to home. Absolutely brilliantly executed, and definitely worth the 17 minutes.
- jspark 13y agoGood demonstration of sensory overload looks like
- billybob255 13y agoAm I the only one that doesn't really like it? I see all these websites talking about how amazing it is, but it's just, eh. Everything pre-chatroulette was alright and realistic but then a third of the movie is wasted time jumping around dick shots until he magically hits upon a girl who has a quick speech talking about how fake Facebook is. The bond between those two parts doesn't really work for me. And it seems like he just ran out of ideas for concluding the Facebook paranoia/break up scene so he cheated with the speech. It's like a bunch of people see this movie is completely on a screen and it's this hard hitting revelation that relationships are now on screen and so this movie perfectly encapsulates a young person's relationship.
- chatman 13y agoNot so well put together. I had higher expectations. Perhaps I miss "You got mail" (Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks).
- stephengillie 13y agoIt's a sign. It means we're getting old.
- thejulielogan 13y agoAh no, it means the filmmakers are young!
- aroman 13y agoI had the opposite reaction to your perceived flaws. I found them extremely true to the rapid and abrupt nature of teenage computer use, as showcased in the first 30 seconds of the movie. That really is how chatroulette works -- you jump around dick shots for a while until you hit a decent human being. The speech didn't seem like filler to me. Perhaps you haven't wasted enough time on ChatRoulette and the like ;)
- stephengillie 13y ago
- rooofl 13y agoAn art video with a similar form from 2010 https://vimeo.com/12567938 https://vimeo.com/12567938
- aleksandrm 13y agoThere's a similar short-film that I thought was more thought-provoking -- http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/42857970 http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/42857970
- pimpl 13y agoDoes Facebook really work so fast in the USA? :D
- evilturnip 13y agoyes, at least for me.
- josephpmay 13y agoIt depends on your ISP, time of day, computer resources, etc.
- ISL 13y agoYes.
- josefit 13y agoWhat surprised me most is not the movie but the realization of how much communication overload has changed over time. I am old enough to have lived the same situation depicted here on two different communication media: IRC chats and BBS + CB radio before that. The difference is that i experienced communication overload in a time 1990->2000 when such experience marked you irrevocably as a geek. Today this is open to the masses.
- hawkharris 13y agoBrings this to mind: The More You Multitask, the Worse You Get at It http://priceonomics.com/the-more-you-multitask-the-worse-you-get-at-it/ http://priceonomics.com/the-more-you-multitask-the-worse-you...
- chrislipa 13y agorooofl, you're hell-banned. Looking through your comment history, I don't see why.
- litmus 13y agomade me want to rewatch Antonio Campos's Afterschool, the first feature-length film I came across that tackled the youtube generation. That film is slow-paced to the point of irony given its subject (this video is Crank by comparison), but its basically similar to what you would imagine if this kid was a couple years younger and at boarding school, and if the camera followed him beyond the screen.
- flipp 13y agoYes! I thought of Afterschool too. One of my favorite films.
- kawsper 13y agoSeems a bit like "Welcome To The Scene" but less interesting. http://www.welcometothescene.com/ http://www.welcometothescene.com/ Notice that there are two seasons, you can access the first one here: http://www.welcometothescene.com/download.php http://www.welcometothescene.com/download.php
- Claudus 13y agoYeah, I thought the same thing... And of course, there's also "Welcome To Teh Scene". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_%28miniseries%29#Parody http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_%28miniseries%29#Paro...
- greenyoda 13y agoThe early part of the video gives some insight into why his girlfriend broke up with him: she's trying to have a conversation with him on Skype, but he's barely paying attention to her while playing with that game. It's almost like he lost interest in what she had to say a long time ago, and she finally got tired of it.
- psyklic 13y agoShe didn't break up with him. His paranoia/out-of-touchness convinced him that she did.
- fluxon 13y agowelcometothescene.com - web series starting in 2004. So much for "entirely on a computer screen" being unique.
- cclogg 13y agoIs this how people actually use their computers? I only watched the first couple of minutes, but it seems kind of odd. I did grow up with internet (25 now) but I don't use Facebook, so maybe I'm out of touch... but seriously do people just open tabs or flash games and porn while talking to someone via video chat? What's the point of video chatting then? I will say though, the way he didn't really pay attention to her in Skype is similar to what I experience in person... with regards to people texting. I make a conscious effort myself to not text while with another person, and if I do text, I make sure to pause if they talk to me.
- krenoten 13y agoMaybe it was more of a way to demonstrate that she didn't mean nearly as much to him as the electronic status he shared with her. Or maybe the younger generation does multiplex much more than we've been accustomed to (I'm also 25 and don't use facebook).
- philangist 13y agoI think the'generational gap' here is fascinating. I'm 18 years old and I browse the net like this, as do most of my male friends from conversations we've had. The only difference for me is that I don't have porn up while talking to friends.
- rfnslyr 13y agoI will say though, the way he didn't really pay attention to her in Skype is similar to what I experience in person... with regards to people texting. I automatically lose any respect for anyone if they do this a few times in a conversation without warning. Infuriating and disrespectful. When you start texting during our conversation I lose the will to continue speaking.
- shocks 13y agoReminds me of http://www.welcometothescene.com http://www.welcometothescene.com
- jka 13y agoFor anyone who enjoyed this and might like to look at similarly themed pieces (impact of social media / internet communication on relationships) - the following might be of interest: * Catfish [movie, USA] - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/ * Black Mirror [series, UK] - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/ Both a little on the bleak/dark side, forewarning!
- Amadou 13y agoFYI, MTV has spun off a weekly reality show based on Catfish. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it may be their highest rated show currently airing. It is now about midway into a second season.
- antihero 13y agoI like Catfish. There are lots of sketchy/unrealistic things about it, but I think it's fantastic that they've finally made a show covering something that's been happening since the dawn of the internet. Also Nev and Max are massively charismatic and likeable.
- keypusher 13y agoThe first video I remember in this style was "The Website Is Down". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU
- moreentropy 13y agoGreat stuff. Came to post that one.
- brianobush 13y agointeresting to view into a new generation's issues from a gen-Xer POV.
- swang 13y agoWhat the hell was that line about not wanting an Asian roommate?
- novalis 13y agoThat was surprisingly good, 'weak' start but tied it well in the end. If you are reading the comments to check if it's worth the time, it slides well through the time it takes. And it will speak to you, because it does what a good short should do. It makes you think.
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- MattyRad 13y agoThings I liked: Excessive porn may decrease a man's desire to engage women, exposure to sexual situations may be occurring at younger ages, the attention span of younger generations may be decreasing. (I use the term "may" because I don't actually know the extent to which these things could be harmful.) Things I didn't like: Noah was a scummy person for whom I had no sympathy (not paying attention to his gf, lying, breaking into her account, having no sense of subterfuge at that, using chatroulette), the girl's obnoxious and clichéd speech at the end, and the numerous exaggerated aspects. And I would argue a lot of this video is exaggerated, like the ridiculous music- "cuddle jams" played immediately when Noah starts feeling down. Overall, I'm not a fan of the video.
- joyeuse6701 13y agoI enjoyed it, I think if this film was out when I was a teen several years back it would have been enlightening to parents about typical teenage computer use and how much it differs from their own.
- MrBra 13y agoI love the clicks and keypress sounds. Oh and I liked the film itself.