Name: On Loop
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Duration: 5 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Susan Calman, Jayne Edwards

I tend not to sleep well when I am away from home as I have been the past few weeks, and as a result I have had lots of nights where you lie awake feeling like you see the clock say every single hour of the night, thinking and worrying about stuff, unable to fall asleep and hearing your heart beat faster than it should for someone trying to sleep. It is an odd sensation when it happens and it is one that this film captures well in a way that is entertaining and yet realistic too.

Filmed from the person's point of view, we get a voice-over of their thoughts, while different sections of the view of the room change, fragment, merge to give a constantly changing view which fits with the randomness of the thoughts and actions of the person lying awake at 4am. It is nicely written as a piece because it manages to be quite humorous while also being recognizable as a real experience for those unable to sleep – mind flitting everywhere, not sure what to do, feeling incredibly alert and being even more aware of it etc. This is well complimented by the film which seems to be a mix of animated sections, different segments of film of the same view and so on. Visually it works because of how it fits with the rest of the material.

A cleverly structured film with good writing leading into good production – my only wish was that the situation was not as familiar to me as it often is.

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