Fools Gold

Hihi, I just saw your heat and wanted to say great job!

I loved the cut from the hand drawn map to the home map, the music slowing down as more spoons came up, the birds eye view of the X, and that finding the spoons came in handy! So many excellent moments.

I think your film has my fav line of the night - "My mum dropped me off and she ain't coming back," delivered so casually.

I did mildly gag watching them eat mayo. But that seems appropriate xD

Fun watch!

What got my attention:
A good set up and thank God you made the initial phone call sound like one. The real magic begins with the interaction between the two characters. As mentioned above, some great lines – “My mom dropped me off...” and “Are you painting the fucking rocks gold?” Nicely shot, acted naturally and a great location. The ending is surprisingly sweet.

Take it or leave it
Despite the good humour there is also a lot of time wasted digging through rocks. As someone who demanded a 40-second slasher scene in my film it still has to have some purpose aside from shifting rocks – mine was OTT stupid humour; yours was just looking through a pile of rocks and digging through dirt. A serious of jump cuts may have served you better here. We don’t learn much about the other character but maybe we don’t need to know anymore. Likewise, nothing much really happens – there’s no major struggle from our lead, he doesn’t really solve his problem but maybe he very simply just gets what he wanted.

Final hot air
This was well received at the screening and is an enjoyable short. I'd be intrigued to see what these characters do next. Nice job!

Nice fun film! Carried the story throughout. Classic subtle and prop comedy was mint