Grown - A short film by Tavis Urquhart

Written for an anti drug campaign competition, this short follows Daniel, a boy whose life takes a turn for the worse when his habits take over.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• short
• film
• drugs
• violence
• jordan
• dautovic
• tavis
• urquhart
• riley
• lockett
• ncpic

[0BRAN0]

1:40 wtf is that? lol are they smoking mulch?

[metalchocobo410]

very nice job, great to see your still making films!

[davidandrex2]

what was that song at 2:05

[davidandrex2]

@Gjkl345 well you had alot to say lol

[Gjkl345]

Back to the "your still running Daniel" part. It's an interesting juxtaposition using the rate of growth through the door's opening as if these events were all melencholy and blended in together without elaborate detail on life before, as if these were summaries of age phases. Still, I feel it wasn't used as well as it should have been, it felt like it was going to be a reoccuring theme to bolster the theme introduced to us with his first confrontation with his mom of narcotics.

[Gjkl345]

's were to depict him running from lack of responsibility. It's a very clear cut example of drug addiction, but I don't know... just seems very familiar to many entries against drugs, like that all-too-known story that people have already grown out of. Good editing, what I can compliment is that the ending supplemented the sporatic flashbacks very well in the sense that we're seeing his growth from his eyes but his eternal halted timeline in the mother's eyes.

[Gjkl345]

If say the mother outside the door or any part of her desperation was supposed to follow the passage of time which sets the theme of speed from innocence to complete downfall, it still wouldn't make logical sense why she just doesn't do anything throughout his life span, I mean it seemed like he grew about 8 to 10 years. In this case, his story and sensibility is abit more contrived when he literally is not running away from anything. Unless one of the status quo... Cont.

[Gjkl345]

Abit pretentious, but in an artsy way. Could've been worse but I'm sure you'll make some heart wrench. Thought the "your still running away" part was a bit underused in its meaning since it didn't tie in all too well. Yes he threw the bag out the window and their were different scenes of him escaping.... although continiuoty wise, why did the mother allow this without any actual sign of her trying to atleast prohibit something nomatter how little it is.