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Vacant

2024 · 4 min

A short, grim slice of street life that plays like a tense, wordless moral test.

Directed by: Martin Law
Genres: Drama
Starring: Martin Clarke

Overview: A wandering homeless man seizes an opportunity.

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Directed by: Martin Law
Genres: Drama
Starring: Martin Clarke

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
class
morality
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Martin Law
Written by: Richard Parkinson
Starring: Martin Clarke
Runtime: 4 min
Languages: No Language

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