Why? (Thinksync 2008 short film finalist)

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Second chance, we all need that. Great story.

[crouchingmole]

Yep - you might be right - and my ego would certainly love to have 5million views but it would be a totally different movie. Not the one I wanted to make - the message would be different. Be interesting (and depressing) to see if more people liked it if he died. That's the problem with the world we live in today... Thanks for the comment though. Cheers mate

[kareem2357]

you do understand that if you had cut the film at 5:10 you would have at least 5 mlion views ;1

i think you should cut it and reupload it

and if im not right , than fuck im going to drop out of school

[jokejo64]

very good work dude.im a french fan .great work,great idea,great song,great great great...lol

[crouchingmole]

credits

[gkgasgcks]

Song name?

[disorderleigh]

I loved it! Great work!

[blahfallas]

Lol, I loved it.

[crouchingmole]

@blahfallas Thanks bud

[Pkoszyk]

hahaha, GREAT WORK MAN I was prope into it see what happens half way through i thought he will kill him self but then that sound appears Xd and was liek wtf ?:D nice great job :D

[crouchingmole]

@Pkoszyk Thanks dude - glad you like it and please share with others.

[BrooklynTrend]

LOVED IT! Already subscribed and think it deserves hundreds of thousands more views. Simon was an outstanding performance. I'm in the states but let me know what happens with the film your putting out. I would like to check it out.

[crouchingmole]

@BrooklynTrend Thanks dude appreciate the support. The new movie will probably be up in a couple of months as it's just entered into a few festivals at the moment. Cheers mate.

[xxxindierockerxxx]

What a great film, I just have almost the same questions on mind, even more when im alone but anyways keep up the good work!

[crouchingmole]

@xxxindierockerxxx Thanks indie.

[gbryant37]

whats was the message?

[TheSuperbsur]

WHY.. jst love it.. lol

[TheSuperbsur]

WHY.. jst love it..

[crouchingmole]

@TheSuperbsur Thanks dude - please subscribe if you'd like to...

[InnuendoProductions]

absolutely amazing i dont know how else to describe this

[crouchingmole]

@InnuendoProductions Thanks dude - appreciate the comment and friend request. please sub as well if you would.

[InnuendoProductions]

@crouchingmole done done and done

[menchieset01]

I was not in a good mood, just had a bad night and there's nothing that can make me smile until I watched this... I wonder if he'll attempt another suicide after this.. haha.. Good job.. xDDDD

[crouchingmole]

@menchieset01 Really good to hear that mate. Films are magic and if mine has even the tinniest positive effect on someone then I'm happy with that.

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Wow, this is emotionally intense at the beginning. The ending is a major surprised though.

[halfhourof8MuSt]

this is the 1000,000 time i'v watched this video XD i just never stop, i have bean watching it seance 2009...

[squiddey4]

I keep coming back to this short! i've watched this so many times now.... just wow :D

[crouchingmole]

@squiddey4 Thanks dude much appreciated.

[SuperSwanDive]

too bad about the fowl language, this could have been used....

[crouchingmole]

@SuperSwanDive

Used, er for what?

Yep I agree, too fucking bad about the fowl language, hang on a minute - you mean 'foul' language rather than 'fowl' language, perhaps you should spend more time reading a dictionary rather than your usual reading material. Thanks for watching though, number of views increased so that helps more cunts to find and watch my 'fowl' fucking movie...

Thanks for posting and have a good one Swanny. x

[carolLDickinson]

Hey and Hi everybody... I can relate to this video too... but then I found God/Christ/the Word... read it... believe in Christ and invited Him into my heart to be my Lord, Savior and friend. We all have a good purpose in this life... don't listen to the demons... but resist them... and follow God! The bible says of God to us... "I know the plans I have for you. Plans for good and not evil. Plans to give you a hope and a future." Read the New Testament... BEST medicine!

[crouchingmole]

Yep based on how I was feeling - and still feel at times - but as I hope the ending shows - life goes on, and so should we. Thanks for watching and commenting - much appreciated.

[89mikeymike89]

i think i like this so much because i can so relate to everything the main character is saying

[crouchingmole]

@89mikeymike89 Yep - it was (and often still is) from the heart. Thanks for watching and commenting mate.

[TheCoolisimo]

wow the ending just ruined it

[kareem2357]

whyyyyy:P hhhhhhhhh

[crouchingmole]

@kareem2357 taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[yilva]

Wow. this gets me goosebumps.

[crouchingmole]

@yilva Thanks yliva - appreciate the comment.

[Fellinijr]

Great job. Loved it.

Come to LA and let's make a film.

[crouchingmole]

@Fellinijr Don't tempt me buddy...

[kevinmarkfilms]

Great video! Check out my short film "NUMERICA" if you have some time. Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's public domain short story "2 B R 0 2 B".

In response to growing fears of overpopulation, a new law has been passed. For every person born an adult must volunteer to die. NUMERICA.

[ursulalawless]

hadn,t enough space to finish the message,anyway im going to look thru your other stuff,and post,im sure there is meaning in these too, happy new thinksync x

[crouchingmole]

@ursulalawless Happy 2011... x

[ursulalawless]

im watching this again, were u asking the questions as the first guy,and then you were reborn and came thru in the second guy,,realised your frist life,and then made sure lightening didnt strike again,,thats when you ran ? second time round, this is what i think,and thats why the track is called why,albeit,if you were to make things right ,the second time ,youd run away ,and do it differently,or know what you want the first time round,which most of us get wrong anyway,,,wow we all see difently

[ursulalawless]

back to back mmmm,very much yin and yang,,how the fck.. did you make this ,this is so good..that is the answer

[crouchingmole]

@ursulalawless Lot of planning, good actor, help from friends, and a great bit of music. Thanks for posting

[oceangems79]

great video-and the acting is great.I have watched it many times.

[crouchingmole]

@oceangems79 Thanks gems for your kind comments.

[TheJouhette]

Love it !

[crouchingmole]

@TheJouhette. Ta

[HDFEST]

This is great!

[Arby1993]

Haha made me laugh! Amazing twist at the end!

[crouchingmole]

@Arby1993 Hey Arby thanks for watching and posting.

[beckerisfly]

he just got his ass humbled lol

[crouchingmole]

@beckerisfly We all need to be humble eh? Thanks for watching and commenting.

[SideStream3]

great. love it

[crouchingmole]

@SideStream3 Thanks Side - aprreciate the comments - both of them!

[SideStream3]

great!

[edgardoangana1234]

hmm damn great the absurdity is on mode but at the end!! damn the mystery is on it!!! 2 thumbs up!!1

[Orangeapple247]

that was so good. you've really inspired me for writing up my own monologue. amazing! thank you for posting :)

[roshinishah]

Hey I am from the Usha Pravin Gandhi College Of Management, Mumbai, India..i really liked your film..We have an international short film making competition in our fest 'Aahan' coming up soon..Pls let me know if you are interested to participate..Awaitin your response!!

[shmakalay]

It's a good star, but ending is disapointed(((

[crouchingmole]

@NorthBerryFilms Hey dude - thanks for watching and posting

[cheeserula101]

awesome!!!

[crouchingmole]

@cheeserula101. Thanks cheese.

[almironyc1]

Fantastic!

[crouchingmole]

@almironyc1. Thanks mate.

[djtaylorjr]

I saw it from MakeUseOf too, I was really worried that I was going to hate the message from this, but then the ending fixed it.

By the way, MakeUseOf is a website, it was the first one listed if you google search "MakeUseOf"

[crouchingmole]

@djtaylorjr. Hey dude - thanks for watching and posting. Much appreciated

[maestropiano]

Your movie just got featured on MakeUseOf (: Brilliant ending :D

[crouchingmole]

@maestropiano. hey mate - thanks for watching and for your kind words - what's make use of? Ta. J

[maestropiano]

@crouchingmole It's a community portal-ish thing where the blogposts of around 6-10 relatively well-known internet bloggers is collated into a sort of E-magazine. This movie in question was recently featured in an article called '10 Cool Full Length Movies on Youtube' ^^

[serabob]

i think this should be the new advert for northern rail

[crouchingmole]

@serabob LOLOLOLOL - I'll forward it on to them and see what they say... Thanks Buddy.

[MsShithead13]

loved it!!!

[crouchingmole]

Thanks 13 - appreciate the comment!!!

[crouchingmole]

thanks 13 - appreciate it !!!

[Norm1011616]

Free-will? Determinism? Both bollocks.

Cool Vid :)

[crouchingmole]

Love it. Thanks Norm

[RoseRunning]

haha its was kinda funny at the end but it was good! Nicely down :)

[crouchingmole]

Thanks Rose

[MUSwmwLEE]

hey just one more question how do you get money to make these great videos !?

[crouchingmole]

Well - I have a 'day job' as many people do, but I've also just started a business that will allow me to concentrate on making movies full time... If you want to find out if it could help you too send me a private message and I'll fill you in on it. Cheers. Jason

[MUSwmwLEE]

i'm not going to lie to you i'v watched this video about 10 times and i still love it.

thank you guys for the hard work i wish to see more...

[crouchingmole]

That's very kind of you my friend, just finishing shooting another movie now hope to have it all done mid september, please subscribe so youtube will let you know when I post stuff up. Thanks again for your generous comments.

[MUSwmwLEE]

i just had an eyegasem !!

[crouchingmole]

Lol - my mate had one of them - friendly fire - stung like hell. Thanks for the comment.

[SillyNerdify]

it was so deep and poetic and then, srry, you just fell there for no reason! lol its good!

[milan20050]

aww, sweet guy..

[crouchingmole]

Thanks milan

[wezhira]

lol "Nobody controls my destiny" hahaha "We trust this will not inconvenience you" Destiny oh destiny.. thank you this was great..

[crouchingmole]

Thanks for the comments wez 

[OrangeAni]

I like it :-) It really has a point. Well done!

[crouchingmole]

Thanks OrangeAni - appreciate the comment.

[Sarah7654]

went through my old favorites, and found this.

1 year later, i still like it.. good job.

[crouchingmole]

Thanks Sarah - appreciate the comment

[from07till]

Check out my horror/mystery short film and let me know what you think!

[ramsayalli]

Awesome! Great story!

[crouchingmole]

Thanks buddy

[babymiley11]

Haha ^^'

Fail.

[crouchingmole]

Glad you laughed babymiley

[clubber001]

great twist :D

[crouchingmole]

Thanks clubber, appreciate the comment.

[EbonyyBlackk]

lmao. the ending is so funny.

good film.

[crouchingmole]

Hey Ebonyy - thanks for the comment - please send the link on to your friends. Cheers

CM

[EbonyyBlackk]

@crouchingmole

sure thing.

cheers

[Bakemovies]

swearing kinda ruined it.  but good i guess

[crouchingmole]

Hey Bake thanks again for watching, I think you'll get the swearing when you're older. Keep the filming going. CM

[brwin]

Nicely done! I was wondering what kind of twist would be thrown in haha.

[crouchingmole]

Mucho Gracias brwin

[felcgee]

"make your own beautiful path in your own life while still living"

lesson i learned from this nice film..^___^

[crouchingmole]

Beautiful felcgee - thanks so much for commenting and I hope your path brings you a life worth living...

[oldladypro]

really great film

[crouchingmole]

Thanks olp

[fenerbahceism]

Felt a bit Guy Ritchie film style. %100 english scripts for certain. Anyway, too bad that nobody even noticed him in the end. Life is indeed too short to give a shit about. Thanks for sharing!

[crouchingmole]

Life is short - that's why you do need to give a shit. Thanks for posting - much appreciated.

[fenerbahceism]

Don't worry, be happy. We are all going to die soon or later. That's the main idea :D

[vtg60]

Watching this again (after learning a bit about what it takes to create a great film), I am even more blown away by it - excellent work, Jason.

[crouchingmole]

Ta Vic.

[crouchingmole]

@RandomDudeAgainst Hey Random - thanks for watching and for posting. Life is hard for sure but maybe that's the point of it... Cheers for the comments

[RandomDudeAgainst]

right ;)

[RandomDudeAgainst]

Oh man... that makes me sad... life is so hard... we all have to fight...

Great vid! It's amazing! I have seen this a year ago... I have seen this different times... it's always great to watch!

[jsbeals]

I thought that it was shot and edited well, however I feel the music was too much in certain points of the film, almost taking away from the actors lines.....Overall a good job

[crouchingmole]

@jsbeals Yep - the competetition was to make a film to go with the music, so finding the balance was difficult. Glad you liked the camera and edit, and thanks for posting.

[evileaub]

That was BRILLIANT! Best ending EVER!

[crouchingmole]

@evileaub Thanks very much evil - really appreciate it. Please send the link on to anyone you think would enjoy it. Cheers.

[ButterflyBreakerr]

I love this, i even put it as one of my bookmarks.

[crouchingmole]

@ButterflyBreakerr Thanks BB really appreciate it.

[thepoofication]

yeah forgot to ask. background music? what song is it? if it's custom music could you send me the track? :)

[crouchingmole]

@thepoofication Hi poo - it's 'blueberry tree part 3' by husky rescue - see the credits at the end. Cheers

[thepoofication]

omg can't belive this xD I always remember songs in movies and then look at the cred's for it. when I watch why I just put it at the beginning always :D really love it mate, ty for song name and keep doing these :D

[Gisleide]

Thanks for your reply. So did he jump or fell? I am feeling stupid but I didnt get the end...

[crouchingmole]

@Gisleide Have another look mate, maybe needs a second viewing.

[Gisleide]

Sorry but I dont understand what the annoncement is saying at the end...didnt get it!

[crouchingmole]

@Gisleide The announcement says sorry for the dely normal service is resumed, but more the point that by that point the main guy isn't listening any more... Thanks for posting.

[diondasher]

Wow. I really liked this video! ^.^ Awesome music tooo.

[crouchingmole]

Thanks dion

[thepoofication]

this kinda crap happends to most of us, you get deep into some important taughts and the you just get back to earth, like wtf was I thinking, how are ppl gonna look at me and stuff like that, I personaly just fucken love those moments, you don't have to think about suicide, it just has to be something important and what requires a drastic change. Gosh the movie is a bloody masterpiece mate! :) haven't seen something this good in few years. cheers!

[crouchingmole]

@thepoofication Yes mate you got it - spot on sometimes when life gets too heavy to carry on you need to snap the fuck out of it! Thanks so much for your kind comments.

[thepoofication]

anytime mate, really enjoyed it. this one is in my fav , this definitely isn't the last time i'll watch it! ;) great job! keep it up!

[Mudoglav]

Beautiful film,so much different feelings came over me while I watched it.Ending was ok but I didnt like it cause he killed every fact he was saying with not killing him self although thats the huge price to pay for your principles.But all in all at the end he controls his destiny by not killing himself :) 5/5

[crouchingmole]

@Mudoglav hey Mud - thanks for the comments and the 5 stars. Really amazing to make a little movie which people actually have an opinion on! Thanks again, and watch this space for more...

[roendm]

unpredictable..

[crouchingmole]

@roendm I knew you were going to say that...

[OhMyBuddha167]

omg very nice ending im suprsied it dint win the thinksync 2008

[crouchingmole]

@OhMyBuddha167 Hey 167 - thanks for your kind comments - much appreciated.

[vinchenzo19]

I like the ending. Classic reaction to cocking something up like when you fall over in the street the first thing you do is look around to see if anyone's watching! Effecting & funny. A winner for me mate.

[crouchingmole]

@vinchenzo19 Thanks Vin - glad your with me on the ending, and thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

[kontube00]

i like it

[crouchingmole]

I thank you

[huggybear100]

loved it, well except the ending, i was hoping u were going to go with a motivational ending, like instead of falling forward, he falls back , and says something like " life's not worth wasting " then shows him doing something exciting and smiling .

but still a great video

[crouchingmole]

Thanks Huggy - showed it at a short film night, last night and sure enough the ending split opinion - but if peolple are engaged enough to have an opinion then I'm happy. Thanks again for the comment.

[beckerisfly]

but thats so cleshay and unrealistic hes trying 2 show that how much we really don't have control

[Fjell666]

nice short clip!

can anybody tell me the name of the song?

Thanks!

best regards,

[crouchingmole]

It's Husky Rescue - Blueberry tree III - it's in the credits

[wigs92]

i loved this, by far one of the best shorts i've ever seen. I loved how encapsulating the dialogue was, it really drew me in. he's a great actor. I loved this but I still can't settle on a message, although I'm not sure you meant there to be a single one. this is so great.

[crouchingmole]

Thanks wigs - very kind of you, to comment. Not a single message though, just an observation of life and the human condition I think...

[Marenqo]

nice movie mate, is there some truth in there somewhere or is i just all irony? England can be depressive sometimes or is just melancholy?

[crouchingmole]

A little of both, life is ironic. I think anywhere can be depressing, it's all relative. Glad you liked it, and thanks for commenting - much appreciated.

[Marenqo]

very true indeed. As long as you see the irony in it all, you are save I guess. Stay strong!

[jmck555]

Trains are never on time lol

well except in japan lol

that was really well made i got to say.

[TheMikeGuy]

This was very capturing! The dialog, cinematography, and music all captured my attention to fullest, pulling me in deeper as the suspense built up. Excellent job! I would just like to know, what camcorder did you use to record this? For some reason, I think it is the Hv40, but I know I am wrong.

[crouchingmole]

Hey Mike appreciate the comments - it was shot on my trusty old Canon XM2 then deinterlaced and colour corrected in FCP. Cheers.

[zacharymacias]

I enjoyed your short. I liked the sudden embarrassment at the end! Extremely fun! I also loved the angles you chose to shoot, they were very effective. I am glad you didn't kill him off. That is almost too cliche, cause everyone does it! Great work.

[crouchingmole]

Thanks zach - the ending really does seem to divide people - glad you are with me, and thanks for commenting.

[beckerisfly]

this in a weird way gives me hope we have 2 trust in ourselves and realize no 1 is gonna make u feel better inturnally only u can rest u cant control and its an external illusion or story anyway

[crouchingmole]

Thanks - I think!! If it gives a little hope then I'm happy, and thanks for taking the time to comment.

[tzipporahcook]

I loved the end... fantastic. He waxes all poetical about how noone controls his destiny now and how he's taking charge. But in the end, how much control do we have over our lives, really? Great work.

[crouchingmole]

Thanks cook - yep we're just here for a brief moment...

[charged220]

I really like this, it speaks to me. Reminds me of me sometimes minus the suicide thing. Really neat shots and composition throughout. The ending is great, an accurate portrayal of how nobody gives a shit about other people, they just mind their business.

[crouchingmole]

Hey charged - glad you 'got it'. Damn it reminds me of me as well, in fact need to dash or I'm going to miss my Train...

[thesacrement]

haha i liked the twist at the end

[crouchingmole]

Thanks mate - glad you liked it. Thanks for posting.

[aleksej983]

This is seriously one of the best edited and shot film I have seen in really,really long time!Well done!

[crouchingmole]

Thanks alek - really appreciate your your comments. Glad you enjoyed it.