Pet Name | Romantic Déjà Vu Haunts an Anxious Avoidant Relationship (Award Winning Short Film)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Pet Name is an award winning darkly comic exploration of the anxious-avoidant relationship dynamic. On the morning of his birthday, anxious Sophie discovers that avoidant James has recycled her cutesy pet name “Goose” from a previous girlfriend. With their special day now poisoned and the relationship beginning to unravel, they both embark on a desperate search for authenticity in a world that feels increasingly unoriginal.
Pet Name stars 2022 BAFTA Breakthrough artist Ambika Mod (This is Going to Hurt, I Hate Suzie) and Spotlight 2019 nominee and stage actor Conor Joseph (A-Typical Rainbow, The Tempest).
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Pet Name by Dan Boaden
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"From the start, we had the story structure built around that vicious anxious-avoidant relationship cycle, so we knew the journey each character had to go on to reach the final story beat. We then spent a while bouncing around scene ideas and dialogue, unearthing microaggressions that either resonated with our own experiences or those we’d seen leave tiny scars on others. From there we looked for moments where we felt either wronged or very much on the ‘right’ side of the argument and tried to re-examine it (with enough time having passed) and think, “Did I paint that person as the villain because it was easier that way? Did they really say that thing in that tone?” When you imagine the other person’s recollection of that fight you start getting an entirely different story altogether."
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// Credits //
Director - Dan Boaden
Producer - Amille Jampa-Ngoen
Writers - Amille Jampa-Ngoen and Dan Boaden
Cinematographer - Andrew Butler
1st AC - Trevor Murphy
2nd AC - Keith Williams
Gaffer - Alex Rigert-Harnden
Spark - Khulu Khabo
Spark - Tom McGoldrick
Production Designer - Laura Little
Hair and Makeup Designer - Eva Allan
1st AD - Richard Holmes
Sound Recordist - Harrison Ridley
Casting Director - Sydney Aldridge
Location Scout - Beth Ellsmore
Editor - Louise MacGregor
Composers - Aaron May & David Ridley
Colourist - Alex Marshall
Sound Design and Dubbing Mixer - Guy Chase
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Beautifully shot and acted man!
The nostalgic British seaside backdrop was the perfect setting for the sombre story. Looking forward to seeing what you’ve got in store next 🍿
It's nice of you to promote awareness of other creators (seeing as you're a number 1 best seller and all). I came here from your IG post 👍
There's clearly so much talent in this filmmaking team, we can't wait to see what Dan sets his sights to next.
Ambika brought me here❤️
Me too!
Ambika brought me here too and that ending was masterful!
Ambika Mod crumbs OMG!!!! The best actress
Here for Ambo😊❤
🙌🏾
Ugh the ending got me! Probably way more common and relatable than people think, very well told
damn the end hit hard. what a great short film! not just well written but the colors and cinematography were great too!
It really does and even moreso on repeated viewings when you're watching out for the signs 💔
Chris sent me here from IG, and I’m so glad he did!! Well worth the watch everything was superb. Amazing job guys!!
Thanks for making the trip, glad it was worth it!
oh NO, that ending!!!
Gets us every time and puts a different spin on things when you rewatch!
Worth watching till the end!
Nice, Chris sent me👍
Edit: well that was not expected wow, not normally my go to watch but this was good. Will have to keep an eye out for more
We publish shorts like this all time, keep an eye out 👀
Que bien ver algo de antes un día, es muy versátil, es muy buena actriz
Agreed it's a great performance that convincingly moves through a range of emotions.
Evocative.
Very well done 👍
Wow 😭
I don’t get the ending can somone explain?
It's about him repeating patterns across relationships
That earring in the gay ear was more distracting than it should have been for me. Would have just made more sense to remove it if you value realism in your movies. Even having a South Asian woman called Sophie didn’t seem right to me either. Why not just give her a South Asian name? Maybe I’m just nitpicking but things like that distract me from the story.
The world won’t always fit your preconceived notions.
Agreed! However you're still not going to get a straight guy with an earring only in the right ear, as that universally signifies homosexuality (not just my perception), and South Asian families just don't name their children Western names. I think it takes away any realism of this otherwise well written short movie.
@@craigcoupe4728 FYI, Christianity in South Asia traces its origin to the ministry of St. Thomas in South India. There are millions of Christians in India alone, and most of them give their children biblical/Western names.
@@craigcoupe4728 and here you are just throwing out generalisations