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A couple on the brink of a breakup has an intimate conversation in a restaurant, unaware that their every word is being closely monitored. However, not all is as it seems.

Writer/Director: Marko Slavnic
Co-Director: Andrew McDonald
Producers: Andrew Lee, Marko Slavnic, Andrew McDonald
Cinematography: David Blue Garcia
Music: Ed Dunne

Cast:
Man - Ray Rosales
Woman - Stephanie Lozos
Recordist - Isaac Kim

Camera: Red One
  • Studio 2000 plus 1 year ago
    Love it! GREAT JOB!!!
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  • Steve Sherrick plus 1 year ago
    Nicely done Marko. I enjoyed it.
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  • Zhibo Lai plus 1 year ago
    Very creative concept coupled with great story telling. A job excellently done.
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  • bernd katzmarczyk 1 year ago
    funny idea, reminds my on "the lives of others" great job
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  • Short of the Week plus 1 year ago
    Very nice job. It's a simple twist short short, but all the elements are great. The argument flows realistically without giving away any particulars as to what it might be about, which I found to be a good choice. Great cinematography too. Simple, yet very nice camera movements, wonderful lighting. Look forward to seeing something more ambitious in the future.
  • Marko Slavnic plus 1 year ago
    thanks so much for the kind words, and for checking out the film of course. this was really a labor of love. we shot it in one day and only had enough money to feed our amazing crew which all donated their time. The locations, props, and everything else was borrowed or donated. I created it hopes of using it as a showcase piece to do exactly what you suggested, created something more ambitious.
  • Short of the Week plus 1 year ago
    Cool, thanks for the reply. Posted to Short of the Week

    shortoftheweek.com/2011/01/31/table-7/
    vimeo.com/channels/shortoftheweek
  • Marko Slavnic plus 1 year ago
    awesome! thank you again!
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  • Luiz Canedo 1 year ago
    WOW! Congratulations man! for the short and for the selection in short of the week!
    Great script.
  • Marko Slavnic plus 1 year ago
    Thank you!
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  • Andrew Mohrer plus 1 year ago
    that was great
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  • laura De Meo 1 year ago
    very very good!
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  • HDEyes plus 1 year ago
    Simply wonderful...
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  • Katie Armstrong staff 11 months ago
    So THAT'S how they do it. Awesome!
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  • Yuri Kookaburra plus 11 months ago
    fantastic. very effective storytelling. you had my undivided attention!
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  • Pierre Laurent 11 months ago
    That's awesome ! Congrats !
    I won't be able to eat & speak normally in an asian restaurant from now on... ! :]

    Sorry for the possible mistakes... !
    Congrats again !
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  • Steven Bailey 11 months ago
    Ah, really liked this. You're not entirely sure what's going on until the cookies hit the table, and then everything is nicely revealed after that. I like how you're a bit suspenseful regarding the motives of those listening in, but by the last shot when he smiles you really appreciate what it is he does, however unrealistic.
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  • Alexander Hall 11 months ago
    A true masterpiece, cinematography was really nice too.
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  • Filippo Valluzzi 11 months ago
    Great great job..!! wow
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  • Mats Suethoff 11 months ago
    goose skin, really amazing. Thank you!
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  • Steve Weiss plus 11 months ago
    Loved everything about it. You had a total cohesive story with a twist. Length was great. It looked amazing, sound was excellent, screen direction, camera movement, lighting, editing, music all perfect.

    Really well done.
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Steve. I'm a big fan of your show Critics. Congrats on the Emmy
  • Steve Weiss plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Marko, keep an eye on Zacuto.com, I'm going to make Table 7 a Steve's pic.
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    Awesome thank you!
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  • Justin Leyba 11 months ago
    Genius! Great job man!
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  • Emmanuel Dantinne 11 months ago
    Wow ! Really clever. Very touching the spot ! I share this : jevoisjevoyage.blogspot.com/
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  • by.luuvu 11 months ago
    Very clever! Love it! Good job Marko.
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  • Corrinne Theodoru plus 11 months ago
    Very smart...
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  • German Hernandez 11 months ago
    MUUUY BUENO, congrats! pls keep doing stuff like that, the music, the history, the characters, the art direction.... really, you make me go happy to bed. he. Cheers. Greetings from Colombia to all da cast.
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  • Brent Gooden 11 months ago
    That was brilliant, such a smart short film. Cinematography is out of this world! Great job. It's films like these that inspire me more to grab a camera, go out there and film something.
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  • theDysonReport plus 11 months ago
    Absolutely brilliant! The energy, storyline, and overall production was breath taking. Truly a talented group. What camera did you use to shoot this short? Your visuals were fantastic. And the message was what the world needs more of, please make more!
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    thank you! it was the Red One
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  • Randy Ross plus 11 months ago
    really great! Is that the restaurant at the Fountain Blue South Beach?

    What a fun watch!
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    Thanks. No its a restaurant in Austin called Imperia
  • Melissa Lyons staff 11 months ago
    Imperia is one of my favorite places to eat while im in austin. gave me memories!

    also, I wish they did fortune cookies like this!

    great video/concept/feel. really enjoyed it!
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  • 2Dots 11 months ago
    Great sense of directing and incredible short and precise story..Bravo!
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  • Valaree Weiss 11 months ago
    Marko, incrediable, loved it! Posted a like to my fb hope you don't mind!
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  • Alejandro Salazar 11 months ago
    Wow!! Thas was beautifully awesome!!!
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  • Milestone Videography plus 11 months ago
    nomination for Sundance Film Festival!
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  • marc plus 11 months ago
    you should've title it fortune cookie
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  • umunuminc 11 months ago
    Love it! I couldn't predict the last part...nice..
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  • Nikhita Prabhudesai 11 months ago
    wow, this was amazing.. great shots, love the suspense, and most of all, that's a perfect and very creative story.. Keep making such great films. :) Beautiful.
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  • Dawn oldham 11 months ago
    Very well done. You said a lot in a short film. You'll go places.
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  • Seize The Frame 11 months ago
    Great directing work!=)
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  • David Obadia 11 months ago
    Everything is perfect here, bro! Congrats from Brasil.
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  • Mikey Leung 11 months ago
    Hilarious! thanks for this.
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  • Bernd Vonau 11 months ago
    I liked this!
    Very much emotion here, good acting!
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  • Teo Barrault 11 months ago
    Amazing! great concept
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  • Abner Pastoll 11 months ago
    Well done! Reminds me of another great short film, Moon Palace (2000): imdb.com/title/tt0264920/combined
  • Alexander Hall 11 months ago
    Wow, good find.
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    wow interesting, I've never heard of it. I'm going to look around and try and find it somewhere.
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  • Aurian 11 months ago
    Great!
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  • gsantar /goran šantar 11 months ago
    slika i montaza su ti odlicne -uz sve ostalo..
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    hvala puno!
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  • Patrick McLoad pro 11 months ago
    Great job Marko. Congrats to the cast and crew. Did you use a slider or pedestal on track for the trucking shots? Will be more than happy to help on your next one.
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    Thanks. We used a doorway dolly on tracks
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  • Don Clemens 11 months ago
    Excellent production - and when I realized what was really happening, I couldn't help but smile. The building of tension in this short piece was beautifully executed.
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  • Travis Guerra plus 11 months ago
    Brillaint!
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  • Sebastian Westphal 11 months ago
    very very inspiring. great job.
  • Sebastian Westphal 11 months ago
    how did you record the dialogue?
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    thank you. because we didn't have a pro sound recordists, we just had a shotgun mic running into the camera. It came out surprisingly well, except for a few lines which we picked up in ADR
  • Sebastian Westphal 11 months ago
    Nice, was it auto-audio levelling or were you able to level it manual with the camera? What microphone was it you used? Thanks for replying Marko.
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  • Michel Domaine 11 months ago
    Great. Very good idea.
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  • Stewart Farmer plus 11 months ago
    Great story arch! Loved it.
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  • Joe Lebosi plus 11 months ago
    awesome storyline dude!
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  • Socrates Lozano plus 11 months ago
    very nice! creative, and different!
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  • Daniel. M. 11 months ago
    O my god! The idea... brilliant! Very well made!
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  • Christopher Harley 11 months ago
    That was a beautifully original story, well shot and well acted. Great work, Marko.
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  • Zamani Feelings 11 months ago
    Awesome looking footage. As soon as I saw it I knew this couldnt be the 5D..LOL
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  • Footnote plus 11 months ago
    Amazing story, great job!
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  • Polaris Castillo 11 months ago
    Really great, clever and quirky. As soon as I saw the fortune cookies, I knew what was coming. Everything before that was set up nicely, a good build up and it created more curiosity above anything else. As an aspiring filmmaker, this is definitely inspiring.
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  • Keith Williams 11 months ago
    Great plot and cinematography!
    From a wannabe you. North Wales, UK
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  • Enrique Pacheco plus 11 months ago
    Nice story with a great photography.
    Congratulations.
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  • Maxim Kirichun 11 months ago
    Ooooo..... that is how fortune cookies work
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  • Croi Bankai 11 months ago
    Amazing short film. A job well done. I hope you'll do more bigger project with the same great quality.
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  • Marjorie L-B 11 months ago
    Red One rocks!
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  • Sanele Chadwick 11 months ago
    Wow! Couldn't fault this if I tried. Well shot, well scripted, and well directed. Great work.
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  • Dwiraj Bose 11 months ago
    too good work...i was there at every second of the film..nice story telling
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  • MosesStone 11 months ago
    Amazing job, congratulations Marko!
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  • jayantbabu 11 months ago
    I loved it .. the concept , execution - The video rocks
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  • sam lerma 11 months ago
    saw this at the SXSW Texas Shorts. My film Trash Day played along side Table 7. I really dug this short.
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    I loved your short. I remember it very well, really really funny. Keep up the great work!
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  • Vincent Bals 11 months ago
    This is brilliant.
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  • bobby gunawan 11 months ago
    Creative & Genius...nice camera work, sound, backsound, acting, everything...
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  • Suzanne Naomi plus 11 months ago
    Very very nice!
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  • So awesome, man. I have been showing it to all my friends and family. I'm rarely this extroverted about a video on here, hehe. Great concept! Looking forward to your next piece. :)
  • Marko Slavnic plus 11 months ago
    thanks Matthew, appreciate you passing the video along!
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  • syed asif 11 months ago
    great ideas....to reveal on vimeo... good job.
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  • Yiqin 11 months ago
    this is amazing. i loved the camera work and lighting in this. :)
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  • Rob Black 11 months ago
    Neverovatno !
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  • François KERISIT 11 months ago
    Impressive work !
    I love the scenario.
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  • VTK Productions 11 months ago
    Haha. Nicely done!
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  • magnifique !!! And the HD video & audio quality is amazing here.....
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  • Cedric 11 months ago
    Cool short Marko! Great idea!
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  • Ana Pop Stefanija 11 months ago
    absolutely amazing idea & execution!
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  • Elijah Flint 11 months ago
    awesome...
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  • Michael Van Osterhoudt plus 11 months ago
    Wonderful twist!
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  • Maurizio Ponti 11 months ago
    Amazing and wonderful. The short is built on such a lovely idea. Perfect music, perfect cinematography...congratulations!
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  • Deevo 11 months ago
    awesome as a whole.
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  • Ben Pollock 11 months ago
    fantastic idea, and well done! !
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