Short film

Before Comedy

1991 · 19 min

A scrappy, oddball fable that starts grim and thaws into goofy warmth as silliness conquers fear.

Overview: Comedy Fiction. A million years ago, prehistoric clowns roamed the earth, cast out from the society of the primitive, and humorless, cave-people. They wander a bleak and threatening land until their discovery of comedy unlocks their unique potential. The clowns overcome the hostility of the cave-people by showing them that there is an option to mere survival and fear; there is silliness.
How it feels: Whimsical, absurd, bleak and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, found family, freedom
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
found family
freedom
identity
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: timeless
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: comedy, fantasy
Directed by: Kermit Cole
Written by: Kermit Cole
Starring: David Kester, Rhett Wickham, Bob Yarnall, Rickie Elman, Paul C. Kelly, Elliot Fox, Josh Pitt, Evan Alboum
Music: David Van Tieghem
Cinematography: Richard Dallett
Runtime: 19 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English