Death drop

This starts as a well-parodied homicide investigation. We have the clean-cut rookie detective and the slightly more seasoned veteran. Some great banter between the two and although it takes some time (and we had a few previous hints) we finally get to the dance part. This is where we lurch into some sort of Lynchian sequence - complete with smoke, random characters and yup, dancing. Loved the freestyle solos and the general weird, surrealist vibe of it all. The location is great, as is the costuming. I also liked the flat, brown tone of everything although I couldn't help thinking that you should have used what looked like a fairly decent cine lens attached to the photographer's camera for filming this short! Only the filmmakers will know.

Fun, enjoyable and instantly rewatchable. Nice work!

A straight edged cop and a chain smoking tattooed and pierced cop make for an enjoyable buddy pair investigating the 7th death in the region in the space of a month, with barely even a cause of mortality to be found. When things move to uncanny valley however the and the body starts tapping, gears are shifted from crime to the team's genre requirement of dance...with a little bit of acapella thrown in the mix.

You had a good thing going here with your surreal touches, dialogue and atmosphere, but the musical aspect of this really lost me. I know it fell in line with the titular nature of the short, but the death drop on display and lack of rhythm or togetherness for those seemingly hypnotised by the rhythm completed took me out of my suspension of disbelief. I was hopefully for things to go ham, HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS style, but the dance being so off was hard to get invested in personally. I think more focus on tight choreography could have made this film much more enjoyable personally.

Story: 2.5/5
Technical: 2.5/5
Elements: 2/5
Overall: 2.5/5