*SPECIAL MENTION – LONDON WORLD COMEDY FEST*
*OFFICIAL SELECTION – HOLLYWOOD COMEDY SHORTS FEST*
*OFFICAL SELECTION – DIE LAUGHING FILM FEST*
Exes, a shooting, a dead body.
Not necessarily in that order.
A stoner dude is sucked into the couch and must battle crazy couch creatures in search of his remote.
Dating in Los Angeles can be hard.
An actor is put to the test in an audition that goes left.
The blood starts pumping when a rough-neck SWAT team faces off against a ticking time bomb that only one of them has the “equipment” to defuse.
Aspiring writer, Jeremy, attends an exclusive writer’s workshop session. A dark, absurdist look at the world of peer review.
“Writer’s Workshop Review”
Short of the Week
“Writer’s Workshop Review”
One Room With a View
https://oneroomwithaview.com/2018/04/23/short-of-the-week-writers-workshop/
“Writer’s Workshop: a short film about the worst peer review ever”
Lost At E Minor
SYNOPSIS
“A prank meant to go viral goes horribly wrong and it’s all recorded in the reaction video.”
CREDITS
Written, directed, edited by, and starring Zack Arch
Filmed by and starring Charlie Fay
Friends played by Kathy Dorn and Dasha Fayvinova
STATEMENT
Bananas is a short made by the comedy troupe, Flambé. For 9 months, they churned out a sketch a week. This was #27. It’s filmed from the perspective of Charlie capturing Zack’s reaction to a prank he played on him, until everything completely backfires and Zack is left robbed in an apartment littered with bananas. Inspired by online prank videos, Zack decided to write this piece and film it vertically, integrating the natural shitty texture of iPhone videos in order to further blur the line between fiction and reality. Playing it straight is key to the comedy of this sketch. How closely can you toe the line between comedy and drama? The initial concept was simple; have a nervous breakdown surrounded by hundreds of bananas, arguably the most ridiculous fruit. The viewer can form their own opinion from that point. Is it funny? Is it a nightmare? Did Zack simply waste $83 on 5 crates of bananas? Where are the bananas now? What is Zack’s venmo handle so I can toss him some dough for all those bananas? What is Zack’s venmo handle so I can gift him $5000 per month, fulfilling my lifelong dream of being a Dickens-esque benefactor? All those questions may or may never be answered. Life is short
