Short of the Day
A quick blast of British humour.
In just over 100 seconds, writer-director Ninian Doff manages to blend fantasy, reality, and comedy into a particularly British short film he calls Cool Unicorn Bruv. I don’t want to go too deep into a description, like I said it’s a short short, but basically one guy’s (Alex Harvey) trying to sell a sweet bike to another guy (Nathan Bryon) when a third guy (Abrahim Jarmin) comes up with a unicorn (Chrystal) and cocks it all up.
Besides being an excellent primer on just what a unicorn can and can’t do, power-wise, Cool Unicorn Bruv is a dry, droll, tongue-in-cheek comedy that starts delivering from its first seconds right through to its muted climax. Doff has made a score of visually dynamic music videos (that you can and should watch on his Vimeo page) but this brief sketch reveals he’s adept at narrative storytelling in the same way someone like Michel Gondry or Spike Jonze is. More please.
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