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Ugly

2016 · 20 min

A small, honest slice of high-school life where small choices carry real emotional weight.

Directed by
LeRon Lee
Starring
Devon Moyd, Andrea-Rachel Parker
Overview
This short film tells the story of a teenage kid interacts with the challenges of young love, social status, and real friendship. His decisions become the cost of gambling the exchange of these emotional standards in a common high school life.

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Directed by
LeRon Lee
Starring
Devon Moyd, Andrea-Rachel Parker
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • love
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
LeRon Lee
Starring
Devon Moyd, Andrea-Rachel Parker
Runtime
20 min

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