Short film

3D Sheila

1984 · 22 min

A surreal, dreamlike curiosity that drifts between beauty and unease, asking you to surrender to its strange logic.

Directed by: Mao Kawaguchi
Genres: Fantasy

Tagline: Three Dimensions, One Sheila!
Overview: A woman is born, she does up her makeup before being sent into the future. This future only wishes to please…

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Directed by: Mao Kawaguchi
Genres: Fantasy

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: identity
gender
technology
freedom
isolation
Places: fantasy world
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

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

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