Directed: Patrick Ryder & Alex Brock
Written by Victoria Delaney
"In-Her Monologue"
Review by Chris Olson
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if people could hear your train-of-thought? Perhaps your inner ramblings are the stuff of innocuous twaddle and you haven’t given it much though, but it is certain that a good deal of the British public, nay, the earth’s population, would be terrified if their thought process was spoken aloud.
This forms the quintessential element to this short film, written by, and starring, Victoria Delaney, in which a young woman sits drinking her coffee and we hear her chaotic and often self-deprecating thoughts.
Whilst doing a Sudoku, Mae (Delaney) has her relaxing coffee break disrupted by a handsome man (Huw Hamill) standing at the counter, whose pleasing looks send Mae into a whirlwind of inner angst and insecurity. She furiously debates every aspect of the situation, which we hear via over-voice, and attempts to gain control of the social interaction she anticipates.
“Get a grip girl” is one of Mae’s lines, which sums up the anxiety of the human condition pretty well, and reveals the way in which our inner monologues are actually a necessary, if hilarious, technique of preparing ourselves for social combat.
Mae’s dilemma is so typical that watching this short film feels like a diary entry, a snippet of the bludgeoning we give ourselves on a regular basis when faced with a potentially embarrassing situation.
Patrick Ryder and Alex Brock co-direct this charming, funny and painfully relatable short film with a great deal of professional expertise. The cuts and edit are superb, with some fantastic music attached which compliments the style and genre of the piece perfectly. All this with a budget of £40!
Hope the actors at least got a free coffee.
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