Astronauts

In this fun short, two spacemen confront a mysterious force with the power to destroy them: their own stupidity. Luckily, in space, no one can hear you swear. From the 3D World showreel

We’ve all had a flatmate like this, haven’t we? You know the sort. He loses your keys, touches things he shouldn’t, and generally drives you to thoughts of murder. Matthew Walker’s British Animation Award-winning short film Astronauts gives us just such a relationship between two spacefarers. The film alternates between gentle and ultra-black humour as the close confines of a spaceship begin to bring out the worst in the title characters.

SYNOPSIS
Two astronauts struggle with the crossword and the button that says ‘Do Not Press’

LOOK OUT FOR
00:06 A 2D background
00:48 Reflections in a helmet
01:44 The crossword
03:38 Space Etiquette
03:40 Matthew Walker’s favourite scene
04:20 Subtitles; a happy accident due to no decent dialogue
05:18 The pat
07:11 The push

SEE ALSO
Loetzinn (2004), Aaron Bradbury and Chris Gooch
Two Fellas (2005), Dan Lane, Skylounge

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