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A travelling salesman selling the future in his suitcase.

Project developed for Berlinale Talent Campus 2008.
Shot and edited in 48h.

Screenplay by David Bradley Halls, directed by Ted Chung. cinematography by Bianca Bodmer, music composer: Rich Ho, sound design by Elena Titova and edited by Vincent Schmitt.

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  • Giacomo Frittelli 3 years ago
    Hi! beautiful film .. very beautiful! .. in some way it's close to my last shortfilm "millecinque".
    we have the same poetry!
    compliment
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  • jmharper 3 years ago
    sehr schoene kinematographie, bianca. wirklich wunderbar. hast du die RED ONE benutzt?
  • Bianca Bodmer 3 years ago
    Thank you!
    We shot with the Brevis/CF2Le + Flip Unit on the Canon XH-G1. The lenses were all Pentax.
    Greetz!
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  • Mike McHale 2 years ago
    Love your work !
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  • Fabrizio Marrocu 2 years ago
    very very beautiful
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  • Marco Olofsson 2 years ago
    Very artistic, very professional! Good work!
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  • David Seitz Jr 2 years ago
    This was amazing! I've still got chills from it!
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  • Tungsteno Films plus 2 years ago
    amazing...congrats to you and the team.
    Nice acting, nice editing, nice filming, nice everything.
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  • Luke Ogden 2 years ago
    a really good accomplishment especially considering the time. Fantastic idea.
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  • raj muneshwar 2 years ago
    Excellent!
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  • alex ahlund 2 years ago
    Incredible
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  • Michael Clark 2 years ago
    so sad!
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  • Simon Packman 2 years ago
    beautiful. Its been awhile since the staff have chosen a narrative like this. Great story. Very unique.
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  • Very good work.i just watch early morning 3:45 a.m.
    cinemotography is supper.in the feuture if you guys
    have a plan to make a movie in toronto? i would like
    to work with you people.
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  • julia wojcicka 2 years ago
    Great video!
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  • Philip G 2 years ago
    beautiful
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  • may 2 years ago
    thank you so much
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  • Andrew Doig plus 2 years ago
    brilliant,beautiful and original film,you should enter it to loch ness film festival,sep 2010, check out lochnessfilmfestival.co.uk
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  • Mike Kelly 2 years ago
    Terrific story with a possible sad twist. Very well done. Acted and edited professionally. I can see you folks have been around for a while !
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  • Don't Movie plus 2 years ago
    wow ;)

    And good cinematography, Bianca ;)
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  • Charlie Thomason 2 years ago
    Excellent work. I love how it seems so quiet and safe, yet the subject matter is more than a little bit strange. "On Time" is featured on my blog this week for what I call "HD Feature Friday". You can see my blog here: charliechicago.com/film/hd-feature-friday/hd-feature-friday-on-time-selling-the-future-in-a-suitcase/
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  • Dee 2 years ago
    Wonderful writing. Hats of to you for many reasons but the concept in general is great story telling.
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  • Duncan Sample 2 years ago
    Great everything, actors, soundtrack, storyline, simply wonderful, and a very touching final moment. I was waiting to see if there a post-credit scene, but alas no.

    It's a shame it's taken a year to get this noticed, it's an amazing piece.
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  • Luiz Canedo 2 years ago
    ouch!!! I was waiting another twist and then she appears...so saaad...amazing!
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  • lycka productions plus 2 years ago
    Brilliant!!
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  • Daniel Smith 2 years ago
    Brilliant. Well done.
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  • Steven Hale 2 years ago
    Truth prevails. Great.
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  • Moyra Anderson 2 years ago
    Amazing and sad... Great work.
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  • francesco tonini 2 years ago
    Screenplay is wonderfull and Ted Chung is a master of shorts. Thanks
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  • john herrera 2 years ago
    made me tear amazing.
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  • Simone J. 2 years ago
    Absolutely amazing
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  • Andreas Schiro plus 2 years ago
    Really....good :-)
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  • Silverwing 2 years ago
    Wow this was so beautyful!
    Great storytelling. I also loved the cinematography. Actually I loved everything about it. Amazing piece! Thumbs up!
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  • Nedim Kambur 2 years ago
    Wowwwww
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  • Luiss 2 years ago
    excelente, me gusto mucho la historia y como esta dirigida.
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  • Mauro Chuchuy 2 years ago
    Great story! Don't tempt the future!
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  • rcm Studio 2 years ago
    Graugefärbte Melancholie mit zierlicher Klavierbegleitung. Danke Dir (und deinem Team!) für dieses Werk!

    In diesem Sinne nur zwei Worte: Aloha kaua! (hawaiianisch: Sei gegrüßt, möge Liebe/Freundschaft zwischen uns sein!)
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  • Mike Kobal plus 2 years ago
    ausgezeichnet!
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  • jmarkley 2 years ago
    This is beautiful.
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  • aza plus 2 years ago
    very nice
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  • kenneth oyler 2 years ago
    Amazingly strong. Yet soft. Brilliant.
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  • Juan Ice 2 years ago
    So did he see his ex-fiance coming? And leave her hanging intentionally? If he did...why?
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  • Daniel Soderberg plus 2 years ago
    I'm a film student so I've seen a lot of short films and this is easiestly the best short I've seen. Was it shot on a sound stage? I'd guess it had to have been.
    Thanks,
    Daniel
  • Bianca Bodmer 2 years ago
    This is correct. we shot in a theatre in berlin.
    The background is rear projection.
    Thanx for all the nice comments!
    All the best wishes...
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  • beautiful work...the story was very sad in the end and made me feel sad...I like happy endings but, like the real life not always the case...I think All good story has the ability to move somehow the audience. and this film achieved that goal ... a good story, well filmed and edited ... congratulations
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  • Caleb Bourgeois 2 years ago
    Wow. That's powerful. Seeing the future isn't so great. This was such a beautiful film. Everything about it was so creative and well done. And such little time too!
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  • rickflick 2 years ago
    Charming piece. Well done.
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  • Alex Harbin 2 years ago
    That was incredible! honestly one of the best videos i've seen on here. I've been wanting to make a movie that have elements of this within it. You have no idea how much joy this has brought me, keep doing what youre doing man.
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  • Jonas Funk 2 years ago
    Everything that's to be said about this has been said, but I simply have to tell you how impressed and moved I was by this short which is amazing on all levels.

    Wegen solchen Filmen liebe ich das Medium!
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  • J.D. Remington 2 years ago
    Great! All short films should be like this; have a meaning.
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  • Karl Washington 2 years ago
    I am about to cry and I never cry about movies or films or anything. Wonderfully done!
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  • I'm about to cry, you did an amazing work!
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  • wow that is really emotional. the story is as good as the camera work. love the shot from above the guys face when he gets up and seeing the picture he leaves behind. wow.
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  • Thauma 2 years ago
    I like!
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  • Michael B. McGee 2 years ago
    cute!
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  • ReelBigFilms plus 2 years ago
    Great work. Looks amazing and has a wonderful story
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  • Doloto 2 years ago
    Niiice, amazing story in such a short amount of time. Big props on whoever came up with that idea!
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  • Mike Robertson 2 years ago
    Wow, what a powerful message. Absolutely amazing!
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  • Justin Ho 2 years ago
    this is spectacular, what did you shoot on?
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  • Jimwww 2 years ago
    Well done - amazing concept. Really inventive, professionally done. I would have changed the second girls clothing or look. I thought the two girls were the same.
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  • Very excellent storytelling! Absolutely love how quickly you guys put it together. It was one of a few short films we watched for inspiration for our short Leave Me.
  • Joseph Hutson 2 years ago
    Excellent indeed! What other shorts gave you inspiration for "Leave Me"?
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  • Kaze Films 1 year ago
    Beautiful story. I love the concept, and the look of this.
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  • Joseph Yang 1 year ago
    just amazing...
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  • Thiago Façanha 1 year ago
    This history is captivating! It would be great even if you do not show inside the suitcase.
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  • Ahmad Magdy 11 months ago
    lovely one, what a surprise!
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  • Angelo Pecere plus 9 months ago
    Love it! The meaning and the job! Great...
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  • Wilfred Cabrera 9 months ago
    Absolutely amazing. Presenting the suitcase man as the know-it-all sage-like character only to undergo a sort of role reversal at the end. Brilliant.
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  • Hugo Morais 8 months ago
    I don't have words!
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  • Waterstreet 6 months ago
    Amazing story! I haven't words me too..
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  • Edic Kouzmik 2 months ago
    I had no breath left by the end of the video, a powerful message in such a short capture. Props for doing it within 48 hours.
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  • Georgia Nicolaou 2 weeks ago
    Beuatiful story! Beautiful short! Kudos
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