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Child's Play

2015 · 5 min

A quiet, intimate short that lingers on small gestures and the uneasy threshold between childhood and adult life.}{.

Directed by
Gizem Bayiksel, Jason Park
Starring
Esme Madra, Nazlı Bulum, Asiye Dinçsoy
Overview
Becoming an adult begins with moving out from your parents' house. While leaving the house, Derin hides an adult secret in the toy-box filled with her childhood memories. We step into adulthood sometimes voluntarily, or sometimes involuntarily and it gradually expands with inevitable confrontations.

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Directed by
Gizem Bayiksel, Jason Park
Starring
Esme Madra, Nazlı Bulum, Asiye Dinçsoy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • memory
  • isolation
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
Gizem Bayiksel, Jason Park
Starring
Esme Madra, Nazlı Bulum, Asiye Dinçsoy
Runtime
5 min

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