Short film

Please Hold

9 min

A short, sharp spiral into automated hell, funny and maddening in equal measure.

Tagline: Your call is very important to us.
Overview: A broken appliance. An endless hotline. One man's sanity is toast.
How it feels: Satirical, absurd, tense and dark. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, obsession, madness, technology
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Full breakdown

Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
madness
technology
work
Places: home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none