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Hardware

2017 · 15 min

A wry, uncomfortable character study that turns a trade show into a pressure cooker of thwarted ambition and inner rhythm.

Directed by
Stephen Jacobson
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Ken Burmeister, Kevin Dwane, Miles Duffield
Overview
An amateur electronic drums enthusiast travels to a housewares trade show looking to strike up the perfect business partnership. When things don't go as planned, he finds himself at the mercy of the electronic drumbeat playing in his head.

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Directed by
Stephen Jacobson
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Ken Burmeister, Kevin Dwane, Miles Duffield
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • ambition
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Stephen Jacobson
Written by
Stephen Jacobson, Ellen Stringer
Starring
Ken Burmeister, Kevin Dwane, Miles Duffield, Alex Nicholson, Naomi R. Taylor
Runtime
15 min

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