MULTIPLAYER - Short film by Eric Bay-Andersen

This is my new short film - a comedy about three incredibly similar-looking friends discussing video games and pizza during a quiet evening in. If you like this, please check out my other short films and the trailer for my debut feature film 'Take'. Thanks.

Copyright (c) Eric Bay-Andersen 2009

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• comedy
• short
• multiple roles
• final fantasy vii
• final fantasy viii
• pizza
• juno
• video games
• cheese
• cheesy
• piano
• ballad
• dressing gown
• bedroom
• guitar
• split screen
• delivery guy
• multiplayer
• bono
• eric bay-andersen

[jmlani7]

haha, i must be a little slow, but i dont understand where the other guys went at the end! were they just in his imagination?

oh, and i love that this is on IMDB!

and Final Fantasy VIII is SOOO MUCH BETTER!

[mwadaddy]

the ending's kinda open to interpretation, but that's probably what it was.

I respectfully disagree with you on the Final Fantasy thing - each to his own. Oh, if you have an IMDb account, would you mind giving this a rating on there? cheers

[serpentsdanslavion]

I thought the dialogue was pretty amusing. A little 'written' perhaps, but very naturally delivered. And although the piano piece felt a LITTLE bit tacked on, it was still an absolutely beautiful piece of music. well done eBAY!

[mwadaddy]

Thanks Adam!

[lollerz16]

its not that the conversations they had were bad. I just didn't really know where it was going and it sort of didn't go anywhere, if you understand what I mean. Some of the lines were good but you have a habit of doing the weird idea monologues. Every QT fan has their own little 'Like a virgin' tirade, it seems, with yours being the pizza idea. However, I liked how each character had their own voice and I admire the time it must have taken you to complete it. You have the ability to do better.

[mwadaddy]

"you have a habit of doing the weird idea monologues"

- I take it you've seen my film "Take" then! It's true, I like randomness - I guess I write like that because I hate films where the dialogue is nothing but exposition. I realise it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's just part of my writing style.

However, I've done a new film which is completely different to "Take" and "Multiplayer" (my 'talkies'), it's a revenge film called "I Bet You" - the trailer is under My Videos.

[KamiStrife]

I very much enjoyed it, and I think I might have to use the "I can see why you think you're right" IRL. As for FFs VII and VIII, I loved them both. (Irvine is teh smex.) However, I first played VII as a high school freshman, and that was my first real exposure to video games (other than Pokemon as a kid, haha), so it was what got me involved in Final Fantasy and video gaming as a whole, so it affected me on a personal level more than VIII did. But they were both wonderful game IMO.

[Comanchenator]

I enjoyed the dialogue. It was quite amusing and I liked the references. It actually did feel like a conversation between friends. However, I felt most of the film was "chit-chat" and that we weren't moving anywhere. I think the ending would have been stronger if you had alluded to the character trying to sleep before and if you would have given us a clue. (Perhaps you did and I missed it). I felt that the length of the film could have been cut by a few minutes too. Very entertaining though.

[lollerz16]

Yean, I watched I Bet You earlier and its better than Take. I notice you till have the Pulp moments. I thought in general, it was better filmed, more imaginative and more...out there.

A few small criticisms though. The major one being the twist. The second the camera lingers on her at the birthday and then you find out she got raped, everybody knows who did it. Also, I don't think I've seen funnier running from Charlie Chaplin. The end chase scene was unintentionally hilarious. I give it 3/5.

[mwadaddy]

There is a version that ends when Eddie gets up and walks out, but I wanted to include those pictures on the shelf in the hallway somehow, to make the ending a bit more ambiguous (because I felt if I spelled the ending out too much it might kinda take the piss out of it). But the way I look at it there are two explanations - either they're all brothers, or they're all part of Eddie's subconscious (and playing the piano lullaby helps calm his thoughts so he can get back to sleep)