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The Sandman

10 min

A whimsical yet tense short about a magical routine gone wrong, with a ticking-clock urgency.

Directed by
Gala del Sol
Overview
The Sandman goes round his nightly routine of putting people in town to sleep. All goes well until he accidentally puts a railway operator to sleep, and finds that he must seek a way to wake him up before two oncoming trains collide with each other.
How it feels
Whimsical, tense and warm. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Survival, fate, guilt, redemption
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism4
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

Cast

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Details

Directed by
Gala del Sol
Written by
Ben Jannasch, Gala del Sol, Richard Duan, Taos Whittaker
Starring
Kelly Galindo, Ben Jannasch, Jose Herrera, Caleb Lee Jenkins
Runtime
10 min
Country
United States of America

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