THE RECORDIST | Omeleto
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- A sound recordist listens in on an actress.
THE RECORDIST is used with permission from Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen. Learn more at stakeoutfilms.com.
Andrew is the sound recordist on film sets, where he operates in the margins, unseen and often forgotten. Using his audio equipment, he can listen to and record private conversations between cast and crew members, who often forget they're wearing the small microphones Andrew can put on them or the sets.
When Andrew overhears and captures audio of a young up-and-coming actress, Amy, having an affair with the film's director, he uses the recording to blackmail her. And the price he's asking isn't the typical money or power, but something altogether more strange and perverse.
Directed by Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen from a script written by Bell, this taut, self-assured short thriller generates both a sinister atmosphere and compelling suspense through whip-smart writing and superb craft. The result is an intelligent, provocative story that engages the mind and senses at every turn, leading to an archly ironic, indelible and memorable ending.
Like many effective thrillers with a solid foundation in the writing, this film carefully sets up its characters and world, igniting a powderkeg through conflict and watching the fireworks explode. The script situates its main character as overlooked, quiet yet intelligent and observant. From his perch on the literal margins of the action, he is often overlooked and ignored. But Andrew is also both omniscient and invisible. Through thoughtful, sculpted sound design and intimate camerawork, we sit for a moment in Andrew's headspace, experiencing the vicarious thrills and pleasure he does when he stumbles upon seemingly private moments.
One of these moments is a golden opportunity for Andrew, which he exploits and manipulates for his benefit, blackmailing the lead actress, who is having an affair with the director. Andrew coerces Amy into having dinner with him, a quasi-date at a lavish restaurant. It's a masterful scene, and what's both hypnotic and horrifying is seeing how Andrew -- played by actor Brendan Rock with both intelligence and quiet menace -- understands himself as marginal but possesses a great resentment at his lack of status and power. So when he does wield power over Amy, he does so with a long-awaited entitlement, with a gleam of sadism that gives audiences a sense of foreboding over what price he will exact from her.
Longlisted for the short live-action Oscar as a prize-winner at the Austin Film Festival, THE RECORDIST sets up a clash of power between the haves and have-nots of the world, written off as invisible and relegated to the sidelines. Many thrillers function around manipulation, whether gaming a system, playing with perception or exploiting resources through dubious means. The irony is that thrillers themselves are often masterworks of plotting and other seemingly benign forms of narrative manipulation. THE RECORDIST works so effectively, though, because it burrows deep into its main character. When we see what Andrew desires above all, it works because the narrative so powerfully explored his perspective and experiences. The ending is a nasty little surprise, but it's also oddly and hilariously true to the scope of Andrew's powers and his place in the world.
THE ACTING FROM THIS “CREEPY” MALE LEAD WAS FANTASTIC.
You should see how creepy he is in real life 😄
@@alecjohnst1512 he isn't
Spot on.Almost unbearable to watch....real actor.
most men are great at that.
@@BoglimWrangler666 femcell spotted lmao
The only unbelievable part was that the waiter wasn't aware that the restaurant played the same two pieces of music on a loop.
Having worked in the service industry I can assure you that the staff are very aware of the music as it endlessly eats away at your soul.
A three minute autotuned pop song definitely. But a long and complex classical piece not necessarily.
I’m still haunted by the Olive Garden music loop and I haven’t worked there for 4 years. Same 10 songs 40 hours a week for years. “Mambo Italiano” is still drilled into my brain
they just take a little longer to memorize
Same with retail, Christmas music will never be the same for me, two seasons working overtime, sometimes double shifts, took me a few years to be able to tolerate Christmas jingles again.
Yes, I know. Ugh!
that was super creepy...made my skin crawl...the male lead was so good!! well done!! :D
Yeah, mine too! Goosebumps!
@@cahidijoyoraharjo7833 I'm sorry but I had ass bumps!
He works so perfectly a nice person but with a hint of creepy that gets stronger and stronger
His smile as a nice person creeped me out....those teeth
This is... disturbing. And it's becoming increasingly uncomfortable to watch when he admits being a serial blackmailer in the dinner scene.
Agreed, and it makes you wonder if this situation happens very often in the real world
What happend to the actress?
@@TheSemtis The actress is no doubt fine....but the character topped herself :)
Jeff Epstein???
Just watching dude eat was horrifying..
Yes. This reminded me of "Wolf Creek" another Aussie film about a horrid, horrid man and his victims.
He's got some real chompers
@@Dayvit78 So do i, i keep in a glass next to the bed 😖
Steak never looked so vile...
and listening to him!
At dinner, he briefly becomes a textbook example of the infamous "Nice guy".
“It’s not fair. You give yourself so freely to other people but you won’t even look at me” ughhh
I went to sleep with a bit suicidal thoughts circling around my mind. I couldn't get any sleep and got bored with trying, so I headed to TH-cam and watched random videos in the hopes of falling asleep while doing it. At some point a got this urge to check out Omeleto again, even tho I had decided to not do it again for religious reasons. I watched some of your short films anyway, and time went by. The last one I watched was about the prison chef who wanted to be more. After finishing it I felt good for some reason. These random (somewhat) everyday stories about people living their lifes and getting trough their problems inspired me to get up and go take a quick shower and wash my teeth, and prepare myself properly for sleep. I wasnt supposed to watch short films and yet it made my night a whole lot better in a surprising way!
Why aren't you supposed to watch short stories? What religion would ban them?
Maybe step away from that religion and your suicidal thoughts will disappear.
what does your religion have to do with you watching short films? is it because of what one of the videos was about that it offended you or went contrary to one of your ideologies?
Dude, not trying to put you in a tailspin, but that's "TMI"...YT isn't the place for putting up stuff like that (if real)...you'll be eaten alive.
Free your mind from your childhood religious brainwashing. Always know that when things are tough, suicide is not the answer. Wait out the storm, calm waters follow.
Omeleto will always be a bastion in the sea of depressing banality, no matter what the subject matter is. You were were given an hourglass with finite grains of sand to spend. You could watch the Kardashians, and feel empty, or you can watch Omeleto, and be satiated.
@@lovingmayberry307 religion is the cause of so much unnessary suffering
Brendan Rock deserves a HUGE role. That guy is stunning in everything he does.
A well filmed, well acted short film that gave me the heeby geebies. One of the smoothest and creepiest actors I've every watched on Omeleto .This guy nails the part and leads you down the road of the tawdry, artful world of blackmail.Great directing and perfect script.Well done, sir.
Creeps knows creeps better. And creeps loves creeps too.
ASMR is not always sexual....I think this is a misconception among people when ASMR is mostly for relaxation.
Omeleto never disappoints. This is an amazing piece into the mind governing a terrible human condition. Incredible job.
Yes it does. Not in this film though it doesn't but yes it does!
The ending was very obvious actually. He blackmailed her into recording his perverse tape that he listened throughout the movie. The doll in the ending may suggest that it’s not real but I think it was real but he keeps repeating the scene with the doll while listening to her tape imagining she’s with him.
I'd love to disagree with you, and that's the problem with this short film. It leaves a sense of conflict among the audiences instead of providing a clean closure. If you believe that this is a plausible ambiguity then you're wrong since there is nothing plausible about ambiguity itself.
@@adamkeane2622 there’s not much ambiguity at all, they even showed her recording (when her lips are moving in the end in that room). Also it’s a funny sentence “if you believe something, then you are wrong”.
What happend to the actress? Did he made her do anything or did he do anything to her?
@@TheSemtis She had to hang out with him (not knowing what that would consist of the majority of the time, which would be quite frightening for just about anyone in her situation. It would be hard to know exactly what to expect and she likely expected the worst) and then he had her recite the words to the recording he had been listening to throughout the film. I don't think he physically harmed her, but definitely left her emotionally scarred from such a strange experience.
@@empathagain i dont really get it in detail with ur explanation. But i do now understand the whole picture. Thanks 2 u. 🍻🍻🍻
The creepiness was incredibly unbearable till I finally came around and was relieved it was not really me before him! Brilliant!
Creep factor 100%.
Rules: 1. Never trust someone with a hair line like that, they don't exist.
2. Never trust someone who wear headphones like that ever.
True words have never been spoken like that. 😂
Never trust someone ...
who says ...
'Never trust someone ...'
😂😂😂
To racisim!
Yeah what next. Never trust someone who snores. Never trust someone with belly fat....
Never trust someone that clatters his fork against his incisors...like that
Perhaps the best I have watched on Omeleto so far. And definitely the creepiest. That guy is even more frightening than Robin Williams’ character in ‘One-Hour Photo’. Excellent actor. And simply brilliantly filmed. The sequence from 11:50 to 12:14 is in itself a little film masterpiece.
Definitely nailed the creep factor. The shadow side of glamor and fame well enacted. Good scene pace too.
This is so uncomfortable!! And it’s so well done!
Well, that was dark.
The male lead reminds me of the creepy bachelor that lives down the street from our home. Personally, I would have gone to the director and said “hey, you’re recordist just taped our having an affair…” Seems to me she could have made it a stand-off for all three of them instead of being the only victim, but that’s just me…
He would have something prepared for the director in this scenario.
I agree G, was thinking that during the `movie`.
The director with a wife and kids and thus something to lose? He would have kicked her off set before he let the audio release. Since she a new actress, this would have tanked her
@@anthonyadeojo512 ....& then it would`ve been a case of "Tanks for the mammaries"
I don't understand why she didn't just tell the director and get the creep fired , how can she let him control her just over a silly affair . It's not like she murdered anyone *smh* .
that guy is an INCREDIBLE actor
He had me feeling her disgust!
100 % creepy.
Moral of the story? There is no moral. Just turn off your damn mic whenever you're having an affair.
That's counted as a moral lesson, right?
@@cahidijoyoraharjo7833 If you want to see it that way, sure.
and this is how hollywood (politics/sports) operate, indeed. i was surprised he did not 'take her out' at the end. my heart was racing, but not like it did with the girl in the movie theater.
She kind of had it coming tbh. If she's willing to who3e herself out to advance her career, it's inevitable creeps like this guy will come into the picture as well. Wouldn't have happened if she had conducted herself professionally snd didn't sleep with the director
Warning: Don't bargain with anyone of sinister intent. ⚠️
That is the job description of the devil…Andrew is one of his sons
Native Americans say there is no devil, though evil and a "trickster" exist.
@@donnawoodford6641 Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kristen Sinema are evil tricksters
only halfway through but i'm very impressed so far. it's very well done
Yeah, it's. a bit long, I can see why you took a break.
Creepy and one of the better ones here.. no, wait, they're all great.
The guy played such a great creep, that un-nerving smile...eek
Nothing makes this film better, than enjoying a Snickers bar
Of course the first thing shown is a couch😅
This should be under Omeleto Horror.
First of all, hats off to this awesome actor, I really wanted to punch him in the face multiple times!
Also the actress was damn good.
The plot twist at the end was something I wouldn't have foreseen ever. We all just have fun sometimes and we all become actors once in a while :D
I know some people think all of this happened and others like me think this was just his imagination. Short movies like it to keep the ending open for us, so for me this would be a movie I made up in my mind to entertain myself. The ASMR connection tho was weird xD
The asmr was somehow feeding his fetish.
ASMR gone wrong 😑
BRAVO. this is the caliber of film i'm talking about. bad guy was absolutely diabolical, victim hit the bulls eye direct in the center. absolutely stunning work.
Super creepy and outstanding acting by both leads. That dinner scene was so uncomfortable.
Holy crap. Intense and twisted af. And one wonders what perversity she had to endure to satisfy his demented demands. Love it, brilliant. Bravo!
She had to read the asmr script he wrote for her to say. Then he listened to it throughout his days and nights. He made a comment about her being like his mother in the way she spoke. SHE was the one on the asmr recording through the movie OR it was another woman he blackmailed. That's why it was telling him how awesome and stuff he was! Also, called him God at one point! Yeah, he feels almighty power over people when he gets evidence of their wrongdoing. Awesome film!!!
A documentary about TH-cam ASMR 😂😂😂
Damn, this actor should play a villain in the next Batman film or something
This is truly Hollywood depicted
Oh geez I got so confused I thought this was a Christmas music video I meant to click on lmaooooo but good short film bro
This guy is off the map. Great stuff.
That being said, the 'disturbed lonely single man' trope is well-worn, a few more 'disturbed lonely single woman' stories, while certainly far less threatening than a man, would be interesting.
But that would only involve cats. Lots and lots of cats. Uh oh another trope.
"See, Beethoven." :)
I watched this and asked myself how I can avoid becoming the creepy bachelor. I don't blackmail aspiring actresses but I do find myself occasionally watching ASMR girlfriend videos in an abortive attempt to fill the void.
The difference between you and him is that you KNOW you can be a creep and you probably know your own limits.
He is sick in the head and doesn't know a thing about danger.
@@JohnPierre-lz6vb asmr is still creepy af
You shud find trust in someone...take chances
Become immersed in a trade. Put that level of attention into becoming a skilled craftsman. Or at least clean up your room.
Become a workaholic. Just put all your effort into studying and working and making money. Girlfriends are nice and all but the overwhelming majority of relationships disintegrate rather fast anyway. Money > relationships. Worth noting that if you have money problems a relationship will start coming apart soon. Just stop watching girlfriend asmr ffs, that's pathetic.
Wow. Great acting
I think I would have just let him blackmail me, and take my lumps, then it would have been a good lesson for everyone.
Got some "Big Fan" vibes off of this one. Really well done.
I like how scary and evil he seems just from the way he is presented, but by the end we learn he's more vigilante than villain. The anxiety he provokes is the darkest aspect of him. Meanwhile, we're left almost completely to ourselves to imagine what moral compass guides the director character, or indeed the actress. Just reminds me so much of the contrast between the brothers in Big Fan, except there the main character is shown in a much more sympathetic light; you're almost rooting for him. This is such a great alternate direction to take that concept.
The only bit that confuses me is when she's talking to the 'creepy' guy in the parking lot and the director walks out the door. She turns and stares at him quite frightened and then with a look of disbelief in her eyes. Why was that moment so intense and why did the director look so awkward?
The guilt of their affair , and they're worried they'd get found out .
For she said, she thought she were the last...and obviously she was not...
Which is ironic, because he knew already, didn't he?
@@metermorphose What, you mean the director had some other company after her? Or you mean their secret was out after the other guy saw them leaving soon after each other..?
@@KarrieDreammind5 Ya, I meant the secret was out after the recordist saw them leaving (her, and she said she thought she were the last)
@@metermorphose But then why did she shake her head while looking at him as if she was disappointed by the way he handled the situation..
I didn't know this side of Hank. I guess Heisenberg gave him what he deserved!
😀
This is one of my favorites. The level of creep is just to good.
Really Excellent Story 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Wow. That was amazing. I have no words to describe what I've just seen. This gives me an idea for a story, actually :)
'an average 10 min 'movie' with some bad dialogue?', maybe?
"Protection of your Mistakes". Summary of this Video. Good one though.
The guy looks like a bald version of Piers Morgan
wtf did i just watch? such an amazing original short
PHENOMENAL ACTING. WOWWWW!
This is crazy...but really good kinda crazy. Well written, vindictive...well done.
How is it "vindictive" may I ask?
@@adamkeane2622
Possibly in the sense that she dismissed his attempts at normal conversation and simple compliments, then also rejected his offers of food or drinks.
It's a bit hinted at when he states "you so easily give yourself to others, but you won't even look at me."
@@Jadebones That's not vindication, that's instinctive resentment.
Amazing work!!
Hi Omeleto, loved this one. Your channel has great content. Can you please tell me the name of the song at the beginning and the artist. Thanks
If all that happened to her was represented in this video, she got off really, really lightly. At least, I hope that's all!
People don't want to reflect on the smallest acts made every day for selfishness.
Vndictive towards another for power and money, yet when tables are turned... and understand it will. How the same People cry out their victim and life is unfair.
Precisely! Lack of empathy is what I say!
The man is surely a born actor.
Why im terrified of "nice guys"
That wasn’t a nice guy please
Why didn't she tell the director right away in the first place? And from that recording you cannot actually clearly hear who's been recorded.
If I were her I would assume that the director is the one with something to lose and not feel as much pressure.
That is some great acting.
You know for a man that blackmail he is very polite. Are we sure he's even into blackmailing people. 😂
That is how it works actually... Blackmail threat is about rationality, calculating benefits and harm ,or more accurately different degrees of harm. if the emotion of the victim gets hyped they will react erratically and would not give in to the threat. Hence, blackmailers are always polite, or more accurately not vulgar, their tacit message is think carefully about this and consider the consequences before you act; which requires calmness. Unlike physical threats for example which about raw emotions of fear of corporal harm.
@KyleR I concur with you, I am not exonerating her, she got what she deserves. I am simply talking about the psychological dynamics of how blackmail works. Nonetheless, that also does not justify what he had done, which is equally abhorrent and vile, two wrongs don't make a right.
The ASMR streamers he was watching are actually on youtube, kinda cool they got shown in this.
Plot twist . This was based on tru story during a Omeleto film. So Omeleto was like …… this would be a good film ..
Wonder how he will blackmail the director? What will he ask for?
A part
He blackmail directors in affairs asking money: in the date he said "who payed this expensive dinner".
Well, at least that doll thing will be low maintenance.....
I felt pissed until the plot twist
Wow, this team is going places.
Mr. Wagner.
He did this more than once.
To more than one woman.
Andrew Wagner.
Hoooh, this short reminds me, that people are not as they "seem"...you only see a bit of them or a part of the role they play.
Great acting and filming and story.
And I do love robins either
What a sicko 😬. Marvelous acting 🎭 The moral of the story is “ keep it professional” because you never know who is watching or listening 👂🏾😂. This is horror by the way.
The moral of the story is dont cheat
Does anyone know what happened to "The One Note Man" on Omeleto?
2:56 actress: it's not love
I thought Dokken's song will be played..... weird mental connections
why didn't she just say she doesnt care? is it worth being blackmailed over something consensual and legal?
Exactly , anyone would think it was something illegal the way she let him have a hold of her . Even in the restaurant why is she just sat there letting him bully her insane really *smh* .
@@gemstar7286 yea, i mean sleeping with your boss i guess could be frowned upon, but i don't think its worse than having this creep hold it over you and blackmail you
@@thelonesomewanderer8359 Exactly, she should have just reported his ass and told him to leave her alone. Also he needed a slap across his face.
People are sick, and this has me thinking of what is heard when an employer/quality assurance listen in on a call😮
Omg reminds me of my english professor
Hmmm not sure I understood the ending? Can someone enlighten me.
What was that ending can someone explain ???
I'm asking the same lol.
It was all a fantasy
@@jj1only Didn't look like it, honestly.
He used her to make the recordings he's been listening to throughout the short.
@@Hipp1062 And for what reason?
7:50 she just got Batmanned by the soundguy
I can't understand the ending, plz anyone can explain it ?
What did he get her to do as the blackmail he was sitting watching her on the chair
I love it
Lmao nickname
Terrifying and creppy !
Had some trouble sleeping so end up on U-tube watching this jewel of a story. The acting was so good now I can't close my eyes because all I see is 'him' eating and grinning, hiyaaa
😳😬C-r-e-e-p-y...
Well done❣️👏👏👏🌹
PLEASE Stay 'safe', everyone❣️ Blessed be🌛🌹🌜
What do people mean to what outcome it is obvious ! He’s a creep!
So is she!
@@lovingmayberry307 she is worse
Bravo performance
its the ASMR guys
I liked him .He knows animals and gave up his bus seat to that crippled elderly lady. Did not like the girls anyways. They were all selfish idiots
wtf? He was so obviously creepy? So disgusting and selfish and preying on this girl. 'Nice guy' vibes. How does basic decency like giving up your seat to an elderly woman even begin to rectify anything this man has done her?
@@mahuuasharma9876 yes, but the girl was a ho3, willingly wh33ing her body out to advance her career. She had this one coming to her. Hope the creep was planning to blackmail the heck out of the director as well
I saw Ting Ting in those opening ASMR clips. Haven't listened to her in awhile.
1st, I have no sympathy whatsoever for her. Anyone who does something like that is not only acting in a highly amoral way, but is also making themselves vulnerable to blackmail. Especially if you let yourself be overheard and recorded in the process.
2nd, The "audio creep" is really very well played. Nevertheless, I also feel sorry for him. He obviously has no real ties / relationships in his life, only these blackmails / power games.
You got a balanced view
She should have recorded him at the dinner
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo mood
So we’re not gonna hold the woman accountable for being a th0t at the workplace?