Short film

Offline

2013 · 20 min

A silly, globe-hopping romp where one small mistake snowballs into worldwide chaos, played for light laughs.

Directed by: Benjamin Lenz, Ian Bawa

Overview: Kevin is annoyed that he has to spend his afternoon teaching his Grandma how to use the World Wide Web, so he decides to leave it to herself to learn. However, with only a few instructions left by her Grandson, Grandma accidentally deletes the Internet. While Grandma sits quietly at home with no knowledge of what she has done, chaos and destruction begin to arise as many struggle to come to grips with their current offline status, including an online gamer in France, a pretentious Canadian Internet expert, a high tempered American President trying to find the source of the problem, and many more from around the world.

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Directed by: Benjamin Lenz, Ian Bawa

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: technology
media
power
isolation
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	2

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