HOW TO MAKE SHEPHERD'S PIE | Omeleto Drama
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- A woman prepares her husband's favorite meal.
HOW TO MAKE SHEPHERD'S PIE is used with permission from Christen R. Carter. Learn more at / christenrcarter .
Carla is a housewife living a quiet life in her suburban neighborhood, running errands and faithfully making dinner for her husband, Ben. Yet underneath the seemingly contented facade, Carla seems to be struggling, both in and out of the marriage.
When she gets some good news about her future, it offers her a ray of hope. But her husband is too wrapped up in his affairs to pay much attention -- even at a moment when Carla needs his help and comfort the most.
Directed and written by Christen R. Carter, this short drama is a portrait of a woman disappearing within her own home and quietly dysfunctional marriage. Lonely and neglected, she's lost the ability to assert herself -- a loss that she confronts in a small but painful way, rendered in storytelling that explores the tension between a quiet surface and the roiling feelings and thoughts underneath it.
Filmed with a quiet, composed naturalism, the narrative's power rests on the precision and emotional delicacy of the character-centered writing, particularly capturing the small but telling moments that make up Carla's emotional life. There are hints early on that all is not well in the marriage, from the overfamiliarity of the young grocery store cashier with Ben's life to a conversation with neighbors, which offers details that ruffle Carla to hear, perhaps for the first time.
But the core of the conflict comes when Ben arrives home early from fishing, just after Carla receives some life-changing news for herself. His interactions with Carla are ostensibly friendly and easygoing, especially with his friend with him. But he also exhibits little curiosity about Carla herself, perhaps in the way that spouses in long-running marriages take each other for granted. Carla exists in the hum of the background, making life comfortable and serving as a mirror and sounding board. Carla accepts this as the natural state of things -- until she can't any longer.
As Carla, actor Ferlith Young excels in suggesting the weight of years in her expressions, from her downcast eyes to the heavy, cowed way she carries herself. Withdrawn from her own life, it's taken years for Carla to get to this state, and it takes something quietly drastic to shake her, and perhaps Ben, out of it. In the end, the two spouses truly see one another for the first time in awhile -- and perhaps are shocked at what they discover. We're not sure what the path ahead is for the pair, but it's clear something has to change going forward. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
This is a second posting of this short film. I remember watching it a few months ago.
Omeleto Drama is a further-curated selection of Omeleto's main channel, focused on *drum roll* drama.
Oh. Okay...what does that mean exactly?
@@dustinmatthews387 It means that, as far as I can tell, everything on this channel was previously shown on the main Omeleto channel. That's why you've seen this one before. I think the main purpose of this channel is for people who want to focus on these sorts of short dramas without having to scroll through the other stuff (fantasy, comedy, horror, etc) that the main channel's wider selection offers.
@@dustinmatthews387 It means that, as far as I can tell, every film on this channel was previously shown on the main Omeleto channel. This seems to be a "playlist" of sorts meant for people who want to watch these drama-focused shorts without having to wade through the comedy, horror, fantasy, etc. that show up on the main channel.
I don't know why anybody uses tile on their counter top. It makes it difficult to clean and impossible to roll dough for tortillas.
Did you see any thing else in the movie other than that banal observation. How Odd.
I dunno. Maybe there's a few of a lot-of folks who don't roll raw dough for home made tortillas? Are you assuming everyone on the planet (or at least in the western hemisphere) makes DIY tortillas and therefore, should have the same kitchen set up, that's made for tortilla dough rolling??? Also, can't someone roll tortilla dough on a large wood cutting board...on a tile kitchen counter???
is because is cheaper that way and the landlord didnt care for the comodity of the people actually living in the house
Every writer knows, or should know that endings like this, that are open ended or have unanswered questions are the kind of stories readers hate. VERY unsatisfying.
Not always but sometimes I like open endings depending on how much I like the film
I think it ended quite well as he read the letter n she told him cold beers in the back of fridge so she's always put his needs bfr hers n he was too engrossed in his own life to notice that .
@@blessed9491 your response is as lacking as the ending.
@@AndyBends ok so what do u think shd happen or happened ? 😃
@@blessed9491 i am not going to give you an ending, that is the point of my post. This type of story was extremely dissatisfying due to he way you handled the ending. I have been a published author/writer for almost fifty years. I study what audiences/reader like and what they avoid. This kind of ending is generally not received well.
And it was so fuzzy. Wasn't sure what actually happened with the knife and her collapse. One of the four guidelines of good writing is clarity. This was not clear. the other guidelines are that writing should be organized, cohesive, and concise. And a story should have a resolve. These are standards that go back hundreds of years.
Ive played the last bit a few times and can NOT make out what she says....plzzzzzzzz someone put me out of my misery
She's repeating (in a daze) the thing she said earlier on about the beer: "The bottles aren't cold; the cold ones are in the back."
@@MisterNohbdy thanks
@@MisterNohbdy Those last words really give meaning to the whole movie don't they?