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Dirty Books

2016 · 16 min

A light, brisk teen comedy about small-time scheming that feels like a breezy short with a gentle moral.

Directed by
Zachary Lapierre
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Timothy J. Cox, Ansley Berg, Noah Bailey
Overview
When his high school's newspaper is threatened to be transformed into an online blog, David seeks out the best story within the halls of Prichard Hall School that'll save the newspaper...even if the story is completely untrue.

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Directed by
Zachary Lapierre
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Timothy J. Cox, Ansley Berg, Noah Bailey
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • media
  • deception
  • friendship
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Zachary Lapierre
Written by
Ian Everhart, Zachary Lapierre
Starring
Timothy J. Cox, Ansley Berg, Noah Bailey, Carly Yon
Runtime
16 min
Country
United States of America

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