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Uploaded on Oct 8, 2011

'Skwerl'. A short film in fake English. Made for Kino Sydney #47.

Brian Fairbairn has directed a number of stage shows, including a production of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Karl Eccleston is a writer and language enthusiast.
Fiona Pepper is a Sydney based actor and graduate of WAAPA. She has appeared in short films and plays.
Thom Jordan is a Sydney based actor and filmmaker who regularly works on both sides of the camera.

June 2011

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  • pupyfanatic44

    I'm pretty sure this is how I sound when I'm trying to sing a song but don't know all the words lol

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  • Mason Lievense

    So the Sims got it right the first time.

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  • John Smith

    I was about a minute and a half in before I realized they weren't saying anything. Fuck.

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  • tycright303

    lol this is what i hear when someone is talking and i dont give a shit.

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  • Monaco Hernandez

    what the fuck are they saying

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  • Franz Bluesman

    wut

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  • JasonMarakGW2

    I'm not even sure there was a plot.

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  • sarahbear892

    Spot on.

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    in reply to pupyfanatic44 (Show the comment)
  • Scott Muller

    What's with the shaky-cam?

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  • the1chaos

    It's a phenomenon that's fairly well-known in the musical industry for artists who aren't that proficient in English, but want to sing in English anyway. They initially just write a song with a lot of stock phrases ("oh baby, yeah baby") and nonsensical English-sounding words so they have an idea of how it'll sound. Then they have someone write actual lyrics.

    Basically it's a nonsensical mixture of words and phrases that mimics the English language in tone and structure.

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  • XStorminTech

    Turn on auto captions

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