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Most Shocking Second a Day Video

2014 · 1 min

A one-minute gut punch that starts as a birthday montage and turns into a countdown of escalating dread, leaving you shaken.

Directed by
Martin Stirling
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michelle Archer, Lily-Rose Aslandogdu
Overview
It features a young British girl experiencing the effects of a hypothetical civil war on the streets of London. Everything depicted in the video was based on the factual accounts of children in Syria.

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Directed by
Martin Stirling
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michelle Archer, Lily-Rose Aslandogdu
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • trauma
  • family
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action4
Horror6
Humour0
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity3
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Martin Stirling
Starring
Michelle Archer, Lily-Rose Aslandogdu
Runtime
1 min
Country
United Kingdom

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