Play Me | A Woman Finds a Man Tied Up in the Back of Her Car | Horror Short Film

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  • čas přidán 10. 03. 2024
  • A woman wakes in the middle of nowhere with no memory and a man tied up in the back seat. Stranger yet, she finds a tape recorder with her voice on it telling her what to do next.
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    🔨 Play Me
    Dir. Caleb Phillips
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    "Two characters, one car, and a pitch black desert are all that’s needed here to create an isolated environment for a truly hair-raising situation. Cinematographer Laura Jansen employs a cat-and-mouse approach, playing with what is visible and what remains hidden in the darkness, to mirror the psychological conundrum of the film’s lead as she navigates who she can trust: herself or her prisoner." - S/W Curator, Chelsea Lupkin
    FULL REVIEW: www.shortoftheweek.com/2024/0...
    CAST:
    ELIZABETH - Lindsey Garrett
    MAN - Josh Schell
    CREW:
    Director - Caleb Phillips
    Producers - Caleb Phillips, Lee Stobby, Thomas Bond, Katie C'etta
    Director of Photography - Laura Jansen
    First Assistant Camera - Maria Quintana Barbosa, Luis Quijano
    2nd Assistant Camera - Simon Kincade
    DIT - Phillip Wiedenheft
    Gaffers - Jerry J. White III, Christopher Wehba
    Key Grip - Gyasi Howard
    Production sound mixer - Oscar Aramburu
    Script Supervisor - Simon Kienitz Kincade
    Behind the Scenes - Patrick Schmaltz
    CCO - Phillip Wiedenheft
    Production Assistant - Landon Stahmer, Adam Godard
    DI Producer - Dillon Bentlage
    Editor - Caleb J. Phillips
    Assistant Editor - Brian Reilly
    Sound Designer - Sean Petersen
    Composer - Jasper Van Dijk
    Colorist - Caleb J. Phillips
    Visual Effects - Landon Stahmer
    Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.
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Komentáře • 38

  • @mr.phillips
    @mr.phillips Před 3 měsíci +94

    I'm the writer/director of Play Me! A few years ago I released Other Side of the Box here. So happy to be back on Short of the Week!

    • @DethronerX
      @DethronerX Před 2 měsíci +3

      Beautiful work!
      The minimal setup for this liminal space and the score is just perfect and the editing. I loved it and it's a rewatch movie indeed

    • @samfallow18
      @samfallow18 Před 2 měsíci +4

      Great work. Not a situation I've seen before.

    • @I.____.....__...__
      @I.____.....__...__ Před 2 měsíci +2

      Was the ambiguity intentional? Is there a canonical explanation of if he was a creature or if she was schizophrenic?
      I wonder if this will pull a _Smile_ and get picked up for a theatrical release. 🤔

    • @mr.phillips
      @mr.phillips Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@I.____.....__...__ yes, there’s a definitive answer to who is right in the film. It came out slightly more ambiguous than I intended, so I’ve made an effort to not give that answer. Some people have found real joy in the ambiguity, and I think it’s so cool that a movie can mean different things to different people.

    • @polishorca7232
      @polishorca7232 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@mr.phillipsI think that’s the beauty to films like this and shutter island, it’s left up to the viewer’s interpretation

  • @alexmason4223
    @alexmason4223 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Wow this top tier cinematography, the ending felt very unique and refreshing as well. I hope to continue seeing more of your work!👏

  • @DeezB.funniest
    @DeezB.funniest Před 2 měsíci +5

    Excellent everything! Script, cinematography - I think it’s the best short film I’ve seen this year !
    Brilliant!

  • @DethronerX
    @DethronerX Před 2 měsíci +10

    Really cool and loved the crazy score and sfx and with the minimal setup for liminal space, its perfect

    • @mr.phillips
      @mr.phillips Před 2 měsíci +2

      This comment means a lot to me, thank you!

  • @LiamChaidez
    @LiamChaidez Před 2 měsíci +18

    Damn! This is such a great short film. I love the cinematography and the score and the premise is so original and really fucks with the mind, please make a full length movie Mr. Philips!

  • @asallen
    @asallen Před 2 měsíci +3

    Another smash hit. Congrats, Caleb!

  • @juandavidortiz3010
    @juandavidortiz3010 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Que loco, osea que ella cada vez que lo veia se le olvidaban las cosas o acaso si era el hermano tenia un problema que la hacia tener como múltiples personalidades?
    Sea cual sea, esta genial, sin duda hay muchas preguntas con tan pocas respuestas

  • @ajabrunson5713
    @ajabrunson5713 Před 2 měsíci +1

    this was excellent dude, good job.

  • @batgirlp5561
    @batgirlp5561 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This was excellent, on the edge of my seat, couldn't breathe, hiding in the comments scary!

  • @createmos369
    @createmos369 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This had no right being that good

  • @MrMark1531
    @MrMark1531 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Когда это видео наберет миллион просмотров,я вернусь сюда и пересмотрю заново ))))

  • @aydenwright9782
    @aydenwright9782 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This is such a fucking awesome concept.

  • @seenofruit
    @seenofruit Před 2 měsíci +3

    Awesome!

  • @yup_pea
    @yup_pea Před 2 měsíci +1

    Now that's entertainment!! 😅😂😂🎉

  • @Qaziifyy
    @Qaziifyy Před 2 měsíci +1

    amazing

  • @Supasoaka6969
    @Supasoaka6969 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Why he kinda

  • @user-ko9tu6dp9k
    @user-ko9tu6dp9k Před 2 měsíci

    意味が理解できなかったのでどなたか解説お願いきます

  • @lillyem3037
    @lillyem3037 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Can someone explain the ending to me

    • @xoliswamutambala5622
      @xoliswamutambala5622 Před 2 měsíci +3

      You know when she says that looking at his face wipes your memory like wiping a drive, so we see that in effect at 8:41. Her memory gets wiped because she looked at his face.
      but now because her memory is wiped he's no longer a threat in her brain. However Just before her memory was wiped we saw her scribbling with her pen, turns out she wrote kill him with her hammer.
      So she decides to do it, even though she doesn't remember why, she trusts her handwriting maybe.
      She kills him.
      Buuuut to do that she looks at his face, so her memory is wiped again as she kills him, so when she sees the hammer again she has no idea why it says kill him and why she listened. And she steps on the tape recorder implying that now she'll never know why she did such a crazy thing as to kill a random person. Something like that.

    • @haziqrahman95
      @haziqrahman95 Před měsícem

      ​@@xoliswamutambala5622I still don't get it.. does the man a threat to her ??

    • @BJ-yu5cd
      @BJ-yu5cd Před měsícem

      @@xoliswamutambala5622wow thank you for this explanation! So the guy was really onto something huh

  • @ricardoat6671
    @ricardoat6671 Před 29 dny