Televisual Man, experimental independent short film

January 15th, 2011

Experimental Independent Short Film from UK indie Coffee Films. Inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 Big Brother exploring the concept of enforced surveillance whilst considering the future of the reality TV boom and maybe Andy Warhols “famous for 15 minutes” ideas. Includes a dark ambient electronica score from Amir Baghiri.

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Posted by Independent Short Films on January 15th, 2011 | Filed in Independent Short Films | View Comments

  • spectrekitty

    Ah, yes, but who is …
    Ah, yes, but who is watching the Watchers?

    I liked the fact that, on purpose or not, the televisual man was played by Dave Smith. Is that not a PERFECT “everyman” sort of name?

  • kukichn

    Honestly i feel …
    Honestly i feel like the movie didn’t really portray anything. I mean until i actually read the comment about the television and effects on people. I lacked a lot of visuals.

    Better luck next time…

  • Troutsky56

    you should check …
    you should check out my videos!

  • diggersstory

    Great Experimental …
    Great Experimental work…….keep it up…you learn so much and who knows what comes next from it.

  • dholt777

    Nice work, very …
    Nice work, very creepy & surreal. Well done.

  • GAndreiev

    Nice work there.
    Nice work there.

  • ajreddragon

    Very Very good job. …
    Very Very good job. Suspensful and creepy, yet surreal… I enjoyed this alot. Great camera shots and effects.

  • sentyan13

    I like it,well done …
    I like it,well done,it tells the truth about the effects of tv on the brain

  • toomanymonkeys

    Nice work, very …
    Nice work, very atmospheric and nicely shot.

    Good stuff!

  • Beilzibuddy

    Moody…
    It’s an …

    Moody…
    It’s an enticing process, returning to old footage and breathing new life into it. Diggit!
    Drop by and leave some comments by some of my short films.
    Go UK Indie!

  • DiegoDCvids

    Great work done!!
    Great work done!!

  • MEOSHABEAN1

    Wonderful job here …
    Wonderful job here nice work

  • artylife

    Thanks, I really …
    Thanks, I really enjoyed this one. Great ‘feel’ and quality to the piece. ….. Excellent…..

    Paul

  • RonanG

    Very eerie and …
    Very eerie and prophetic. A cathode ray tube nightmare!

    RonanG

  • biggersworld

    Nice ideas…. …
    Nice ideas…. moody indeed…. loved the end scene/fade… well done

  • spreadtheanger

    I love the …
    I love the graininess and the creepiness of the blown out windows. Music is awesome. Nice job.

  • goatboyfilms

    spooky and surreal. …
    spooky and surreal…fantastic mood!

  • coffeefilms

    We shot in S-VHS ( …
    We shot in S-VHS (DV had yet to be invented!), edited in camera as we went. That transferred to VHS, which I filmed off of a TV screen all the way through so that the end zoom worked, that got a lot of the look. That then went through a basic colour mixer and picture softener (a little plug in unit, PC editing was still a few years away from affordability) to VHS, transferred to DV about 9 years later, ran it through Premiere to get the blacks back to black from grey and put it on here!

  • allaroundfilms

    The cinematography …
    The cinematography of that was wonderful, what was your method of creating that grainy blue and black TV look?

  • iggy35

    That was pretty …
    That was pretty spooky!!!
    Loved it!..were we seperated at birth??

  • nex66

    This is great!! We …
    This is great!! We are all caught up in our own television.

  • Matzumotto

    The atmosphere, …
    The atmosphere, creepy if you ask me, made me rather uncomfortable – and that’s good. Haven’t seen your other shorts, but as a stand-alone, this piece (with main focus on atmosphere) works fine for me, even though the story doesn’t evolve more than on a feeling level. I’ll check out some more of yours… CU

  • straker2

    Not bad. Nice …
    Not bad. Nice atmosphere, very eerie music which slowly makes itself felt. Thematically I’d have liked a little more, but this is definitely a decent film, worth a look for anyone interested in the short film genre.

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