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Prawn | The Innocence of a Girl’s First Kiss Is Crushed by a Shameless Boy | Drama Short Film
During her first term back at high school, Eliza is on the delirious brink of her first kiss. But a brazen boy crushes her innocence.
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Prawn by Ella Carey
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"The initial concept for the film was inspired by my own first kiss experience. I was 15 at the time. It wasn’t until I was in my late twenties that I realised it was inappropriate and unwanted and how much it had impacted me and my understanding of sex and romantic relationships. Up until this point I had never really considered it as a non-consensual thing…teenagehood is so sticky and murky. I was protected in my childhood by my parents and in my twenties I knew what my boundaries were and right from wrong - I had confidence and an understanding by then. But in my teen years, it was so difficult to navigate consent. So at the point I knew I wanted to make a film about consent and I felt like the most simple iteration of that memory was the best way to do it. I wanted to engage an audience that had experienced those same feelings of shame and guilt in similar situations, on both sides of an incident like that. I am obsessed with teenage perspective focused content and stories, it’s such a devastating and heartbreaking time in our lives. Everything is so heightened and extreme, we just struggle so much with identity. I really wanted to capture that crippling theft of innocence that so many of us have experienced in a zoo-like high-school setting."
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// Credits //
Written & Directed by ELLA CAREY
Starring CECILIA KARLOVIC, ABI WILLIAMS, ROSE KAVANAGH
Produced by ISABELLE LOVE-DACK, GRACE CAREY & CAITLIN SPILLER
Co Written by FRANCESCA CAREY
Cinematography by JOEY KNOX
Edited by CAITLIN SPILLER
Production & Costume Design by FRANCSCA CAREY
Music by SIMON PORTER
Sound Design by HARESH PATEL
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Prawn Trailer
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During her first term back at high school, Eliza is on the delirious brink of her first kiss. But a brazen boy crushes her innocence. Watch the full short film th-cam.com/video/jVeybd-qgN4/w-d-xo.html Read our exclusive making of interview with writer/director Ella Carey directorsnotes.com/2024/05/20/ella-carey-prawn/ / Credits // Written & Directed by ELLA CAREY Starring CECILIA KARLOVIC, ABI ...
Expulsion Snuffs Out a Promising Student's Meteoric Rise | Coram - School Exclusions
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A campaign film to draw attention to the work the charity "Coram" do on school exclusions. The film aimed specifically to engage young people who might be in the situation of being expelled, or know someone that is - highlighting the help you can get if you are in trouble, in a light-hearted way. SUBMIT YOUR FILM directorsnotes.com/submit/ SUBSCRIBE TO DN ON TH-cam Website: www.directorsnotes.c...
The Shape of Life | A Woman Takes Flight as She Becomes One With Nature | Serafino Consoli | Fashion
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A flock moves in the sky among the mountains. While a woman begins to dance in a large hall, the same flock seen a moment ago enters and starts to move around her. From the combination of those movements, a flow of life and memories is generated. In the end, the flock with which the woman dances and flies is nothing more than a particulate entity formed by many small diamond rings. SUBMIT YOUR ...
People Person | A Lonely Chatterbox Does Whatever It Takes to Find a Friend | Comedy Short
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In a desperate plea for friendship, a lonely chatterbox does whatever it takes to find a friend. SUBMIT YOUR FILM directorsnotes.com/submit/ SUBSCRIBE TO DN ON TH-cam Website: www.directorsnotes.com/ Follow DN on Instagram: directorsnotes Follow DN on Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@directors_notes Follow DN on Twitter: WeAreDN Follow DN on Facebook: directorsnote...
Thursday | An Actress Must Bear the Physical & Emotional Pain of Her Secret Plans Alone | Drama
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Maria is an actress with secret plans for Thursday, but her day takes an unexpected turn. SUBMIT YOUR FILM directorsnotes.com/submit/ SUBSCRIBE TO DN ON TH-cam Website: www.directorsnotes.com/ Follow DN on Instagram: directorsnotes Follow DN on Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@directors_notes Follow DN on Twitter: WeAreDN Follow DN on Facebook: directorsnotes Sign ...
Thursday (Czwartek) // Official Trailer
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Maria is an actress with secret plans for Thursday, but her day takes an unexpected turn. Watch the full short film th-cam.com/video/oBJeC227ziI/w-d-xo.html Read our exclusive making of interview with writer/director Bren Cukier directorsnotes.com/2024/05/13/bren-cukiers-thursday/ SUBMIT YOUR FILM directorsnotes.com/submit SUBSCRIBE TO DN ON TH-cam th-cam.com/users/DirectorsNotes Follow DN on I...
Jude | A Lonely Opportunist Slips Into the Life of a Missing Girl | Drama
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Cindy needs a mother. Bernadette needs a daughter. But a haunting question still lingers over their town: what happened to Jude Vanderjohn? "Jude" is an evocative exploration of Sarah Elaine Smith's ground-breaking novel, "Marilou is Everywhere." SUBMIT YOUR FILM directorsnotes.com/submit/ SUBSCRIBE TO DN ON TH-cam Website: www.directorsnotes.com/ Follow DN on Instagram: directors...
Mud Crab | A Woman Recounts the Traumatising Assault She Witnessed & Considers Her Culpability
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Mud Crab | A Woman Recounts the Traumatising Assault She Witnessed & Considers Her Culpability
Mud Crab // Official Trailer
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Mud Crab // Official Trailer
Chasing the Drums | A Dark Fantasy Inspired by Pan-African History, People & Their Culture | Fashion
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Chasing the Drums | A Dark Fantasy Inspired by Pan-African History, People & Their Culture | Fashion
Composer Hollie Buhagiar on the Art of Crafting Bespoke Award-Winning Scores for Film, TV & Games
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Composer Hollie Buhagiar on the Art of Crafting Bespoke Award-Winning Scores for Film, TV & Games
The Corpse Series | An Escalating Series of Murders Tests the Limits of a Friendship | Horror Comedy
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The Corpse Series | An Escalating Series of Murders Tests the Limits of a Friendship | Horror Comedy
The History of the Carabiner // Official Trailer
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The History of the Carabiner // Official Trailer
Weapons and Their Names // Official Trailer
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Weapons and Their Names // Official Trailer
Tell Me Where Im Going Wrong // Official Teaser
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Tell Me Where Im Going Wrong // Official Teaser
An Ode to Procrastination // Official Trailer
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An Ode to Procrastination // Official Trailer
Promise | Nothing Will Ever Be the Same After a Friend Shares His Darkest Secret | Drama Thriller
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Promise | Nothing Will Ever Be the Same After a Friend Shares His Darkest Secret | Drama Thriller
The Licensed Fool // Official Trailer
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The Licensed Fool // Official Trailer
#LoveYourz | A Teenage Self-Love Creative Collective Search for Love, Adventure & Good Vibes
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#LoveYourz | A Teenage Self-Love Creative Collective Search for Love, Adventure & Good Vibes
The Corpse Series // Official Trailer
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The Corpse Series // Official Trailer
Promise // Official Trailer
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Promise // Official Trailer
EXILES | A Beam of Mysterious Light Promises Transformation | A Hamcus & Adidas Sci-fi Fashion Film
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EXILES | A Beam of Mysterious Light Promises Transformation | A Hamcus & Adidas Sci-fi Fashion Film
EXILES // A Hamcus & Adidas Sci-fi Fashion Film // Official Teaser
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EXILES // A Hamcus & Adidas Sci-fi Fashion Film // Official Teaser
Held | After a Brutal & Humiliating Attack a Teenage Boy Struggles to Accept That He Is a Victim
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Held | After a Brutal & Humiliating Attack a Teenage Boy Struggles to Accept That He Is a Victim
Home // Official Trailer
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Home // Official Trailer
My Eyes Are Up Here | A Disabled Woman Sets Off on a Mission to Get the Morning After Pill | Comedy
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My Eyes Are Up Here | A Disabled Woman Sets Off on a Mission to Get the Morning After Pill | Comedy
A Brush With Comedy // Official Trailer
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A Brush With Comedy // Official Trailer

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  • @theawesomer
    @theawesomer 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Fantastic short film from start to finish. Sharing on The Awesomer.

  • @LeoniFermer-vi4dc
    @LeoniFermer-vi4dc 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is a wonderful dramatisation of HPL' s short story. Excellent in every way!

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

  • @TheDeepExplorer1
    @TheDeepExplorer1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ahhhhh the historical “handing down” of the merapeak jacket. Would bring a tear to a glass eye. In all seriousness though I used to love the Young Team days.

  • @isaiahlangfords5574
    @isaiahlangfords5574 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lay off the drugs and you wont geek out so hard

  • @alexnorth757
    @alexnorth757 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No such thing as a truly private get together when it looms to be in a public park. Want it to be private? Go host it in your backyard.

    • @rayw1100
      @rayw1100 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ehh, if you pay to reserve the space though.

    • @ehekkert
      @ehekkert 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@rayw1100still a public park.

  • @futurevintage1597
    @futurevintage1597 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i like that you put in a rickyism

  • @christianshapiro819
    @christianshapiro819 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very nice style, tone, and look! Great work by the production designer and cinematographer. Big thanks for shooting it on film! And please, somebody, take Mr. Schwartz to the higher echelons of Hollywood, we're missing out on such good acting.

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      His performance really is magnificent here.

  • @1oSMAXo1
    @1oSMAXo1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How does this not have thousands of views this is so well made

    • @chandeliervalley7373
      @chandeliervalley7373 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It could be because the title of the video doesn't cater to TH-cam's algorithms. I've had to basically search the entire title in order to even find this outside of it being shared to me through close friends who were involved in the film.

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for putting in the effort to watch 🔥

  • @stifledvoice
    @stifledvoice 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Weird, and the funniest line 4:11 "...my mother always said I need to learn to be myself, but see, that's like the only thing people don't like about me"

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So many gems in this script

  • @kevosi
    @kevosi 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a strange and great film! The final “dedicated to” really got me

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's a toe-curling gem, thanks for watching!

  • @YenzQu
    @YenzQu 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0:24 Sweetheart, your body isn't incorrect, your haircut is. 😁

  • @taufiqhariyadi1888
    @taufiqhariyadi1888 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    <3

  • @NR-tr4tq
    @NR-tr4tq 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Powerful. Deserves way more views.

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks, glad it resonated with you.

  • @PhuongHai-xk4me
    @PhuongHai-xk4me 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    😮❤❤❤

  • @beverlyhillzchihuahua
    @beverlyhillzchihuahua 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    get into it

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You can watch the full film now at th-cam.com/video/oBJeC227ziI/w-d-xo.html

  • @lalaloveyou5186
    @lalaloveyou5186 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Watching this as an American without subtitles…so they don’t speak English in Scotland?🤣

  • @Richard-vu7kh
    @Richard-vu7kh 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very nicely done ! Great atmosphere 💕👍

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

  • @darktwolight
    @darktwolight 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ok. Who ever wrote this script is Dark. Nice attempt to normalize pedophilia. Hurting children will never be ok. This topic ruins this whole film.

  • @Lunaxoxo3333
    @Lunaxoxo3333 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    WOAH

  • @Xemphas
    @Xemphas 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

  • @bluelava4282
    @bluelava4282 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🗡

  • @citricdemon
    @citricdemon 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can't wait to see this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @aldentay92
    @aldentay92 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is it just me, or does this look like it might be really good?

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It is! Only 1 week until the premiere...

  • @RyDogg08
    @RyDogg08 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Spectacular!

  • @deragonflyz
    @deragonflyz 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Powerful storytelling! ❤

  • @JohnEvans-zo7kk
    @JohnEvans-zo7kk 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good luck to her, she's lovely.

  • @ashwalker9013
    @ashwalker9013 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I need a feature length in need the whole story please just like this but in total

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      David has a feature on the way, although not set in this world: "I have another short, We Used to Own Houses that will be out soon. I am writing my debut feature film Colossus which is produced by Julia Corcoran with Michele Bennett as Executive Producer." directorsnotes.com/2024/05/06/david-robinson-smith-mud-crab/

  • @justahumanbean_
    @justahumanbean_ 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The microexpressions from these actors are really good. The confession part looks realistic

  • @user-mt5zh2pz7q
    @user-mt5zh2pz7q 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The dialog feels like an internal monolog being externalized...should be quite uncomfortable and crazy making...let's do this!

  • @dragoncrackers7660
    @dragoncrackers7660 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    She'll never stop thinking about it. No matter what kind of armor she puts on for the world she'll never escape it; she's already wounded. People (normal people) are built with empathy; its what keeps most of us from doing cruel things like that to others. She did it and she laughed with her friends but inside she knew what a shitty thing she had took part in. She should have apologized when she had the chance, now she's stuck with it.

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You can see her wrestle with it in Laneikka Denne's beautifully nuanced performance

  • @theprecipiceofreason
    @theprecipiceofreason 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I can get behind this. I'm already beside it.

  • @Oscar-cx9xx
    @Oscar-cx9xx 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I REALY LIKE TO SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL GIRL LOVABLE

  • @nstarkd9951
    @nstarkd9951 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can I get a Friend Proxy Owen pls?

  • @Steven3D8888
    @Steven3D8888 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love it, wish you the best man! 👍

  • @huntergrey9818
    @huntergrey9818 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We don't get to chose our heaven... or hell.

  • @huntergrey9818
    @huntergrey9818 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One does not choose his hell...Avoid. Abstain. Suffer. Stay Safe, Stay Sane.

  • @86dp27
    @86dp27 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Im a Geese Goose

  • @curtisdaniel9294
    @curtisdaniel9294 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A Most Difficult Admission - especially to a friend. BUT what happens if the friend gets in a big argument/fight with Chris and decides to get even by calling the police?

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's a film that successfully leaves you with so much to think about

  • @UgandaWWE
    @UgandaWWE 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cool!

  • @maycontainnuts3127
    @maycontainnuts3127 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hell yeah

  • @squattingheads
    @squattingheads 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You cant love others if you cant love yourself. Find hobbies and goals first. Succeed a little. Keep your room clean.

  • @mononeo
    @mononeo 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Looks interesting

  • @sandorpap
    @sandorpap 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Akiket meggyőztek a saját igazságuk ellenében,azok már a vödörben vannak. 🦀🪣Egészen addig jól is érezheti magát,amíg meg nem főzik. Ha kívülről várod a megoldást,gyanakodj,hogy a vödörben vagy!⏳

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unfortunately true

  • @hylomane
    @hylomane 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    lucky bastard

  • @michaelmagdaleno6604
    @michaelmagdaleno6604 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good acting.

    • @DirectorsNotes
      @DirectorsNotes 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They really delivered on the intensity of the situation

  • @rippedtorn2310
    @rippedtorn2310 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Salty buns .

  • @oooowwwwdddd
    @oooowwwwdddd 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pointless film

  • @jackieraulerson2005
    @jackieraulerson2005 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Once they’re broken…

  • @renenunez1254
    @renenunez1254 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Chris hanging out at the park is quite insightful. Michael Jackson created his own private park.

  • @ProjectShinkai
    @ProjectShinkai 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow a sailor moon reference