Where's Larry Scrapp?

There's a few ways to build tension in a film and one of those is to tell the auidence what is going to happen and then show it happening. Having that prediction at the start meant I was anticipating all those moments.

I loved the timelaspe around the bartender, I thought it was an excellent way to show the ordeal she was going through, haha. The build up to checking under her car kept me hooked, and then the ending to bring it full circle. Lots of smart story telling!

Also, was there a note to the judges on the tap? I need rewatch lollll

Great job :)

I love how this film managed to convey an entire complex family reunion while only filming the bar. Just filming that corner of the event and leaving the rest to the viewer's imagination focused the viewer on the bartender herself, and allowed the viewer to gradually realise that the real plot was what was going on in her own head. Yet the audio and various people coming into the shot on occasion still clearly conveyed the impression of a much larger party going on out of camera.

What they said!
Brilliant! Laugh out Loud guys, well done.
So clever, funny, good acting, love the drunken bar boy. Love the ability to make a story just in one space. Loved the time speedy thingy!
Bartender Lady did great!

The hook up gag was underrated at heats but it got me really good. Really well done overall!

This is a great film with some really well set up jokes. The lines in this script are banging! It's visually very pleasing too.

I love that this eclectic family's story is told from the poor bartender's perspective. You've got to love Corran as the larger-than-life Larry Scrapp who ties it all together.

Thanks to the beer pouring, I can't for the life of me understand what Corran says you can hear scream when you put a conch shell to your ear. Is that deliberate? It hits harder if you leave it up the audience's imagination? I assumed it was Uncle Larry delivering that line, but maybe it's meant to be some other unknown family member.

Rather predictably, I loved the near-kiss. Give me a bit of queer baiting any day! Wait, they're cousins? 😬

What a charming little story this was! It looked great, it sounded clear, it ticked a lot of the boxes needed for a solid contribution to the competition. We also liked the angle you took on Family, telling a family reunion from the outside through the bartender rather than from inside the family.

A couple of story/genre bugs pulled us out of this one unfortunately. Family films are typically family FRIENDLY films, and so a fella getting wasted at the bar and cousins who are secretly lovers doesn't exactly fit alongside family films like Paddington 2. The bar tender choosing to stay and finish her shift instead of going to check if she's responsible for an accident seemed a bit far fetched too. Anyone would go and look. That is the moment to make it hard for her. If she physically cannot get out from behind the bar, or if leaving costs her something, you have real tension instead of a woman choosing not to check. As it stands the pressure on her is one bloke wanting another whiskey. That being said, the timelapse effect was pretty sick! we liked that a lot.

The gag at the end is fun in isolation but it also walks away from what you had been building, so the film finishes without much to say.

THE BEST THING: Telling a family reunion from the bartender's side of the bar, great concept.

THE NEXT THING: Trap your lead. Give her a real reason she cannot leave that bar and the whole back half gets the tension it is currently missing. Looking forward to next years entry!