Tarot's Harrows

A super simple but super charming little comedy which might look low fi but actually has a pretty solid technical side.

I really liked the Tarot hut as well, it would have been better if it weren't obviously just someone's backyard, or maybe you'd have made it like an outside barbecue party with a strange fortune teller tucked away at the back?

I think the performances and the script are great - it's nothing revolutionary but the jokes kill, and I laughed at ever tarot reveal, and the reader being just as confused as the customer.

The ending is also, ofc, a great time.

Overall a really solid effort with effective jokes and fun acting.

Challenge for next year: I would say if you're aim is to get further than the shortlist in the future, maybe just focus on moving away from a premise which only really sustains a sketch comedy, and see if you can inject some of your sharp comedy into a more beefed up story with higher stakes and emotional pay off. Or keep just making silly stuff, coz there is a place for that in the competition too!

A nice self-contained short with some witty dialogue and humourous acting.

Fortune telling/Tarot card reading is quite a common approach in 48HRS but it's handled so comically here that it doesn't feel tired. I'm pretty sure the external shot of the tent had the coverings over a kid's monkey bars and the interior shots looked like they were under a coffee table, which added to the mirth for me. Certainly looked like we were inside from the slightest glimpse of the background via the gap in the tent.

Good fun, well-written and performed. Congrats on making the shortlist.