Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Film Festivals 4: Validation


'Validation' is a feel good short film. You may recognize the main character, T.J. Thyne. He is a character in the TV show, 'Bones'. He has been in American commercials and even popular movies like 'Erin Brockovich'. This film has been called a fable and a comedy. It also has musical numbers and romance, but does it have a happy ending? Watch it and find out.

Kurt Kuenne is the writer/director/ composer for 'Validation'. The movie has been shown at many American film festivals and has won awards such as Best Narrative Short, Best Comedy and Audience Award. 'Validation' was first shown in 2006. It is now part of a series of movies. 'Slow' and 'The Phone Book
' are the newest films in the series.

Before you watch the film, do you know what the word, validation, means? The movie starts off with the main character working in a parking garage. His job was to validate parking tickets. When customers shop, go to a movie or eat in a restaurant near the parking lot, they can get their parking tickets validated. Then the parking is free.

This employee has special qualities that make him very popular. He is a very positive person and helps others feel good as well. However, even the happiest people can stop smiling. What will happen to this young man? All I can say is there is a lot of positive energy in this short film and I hope it brightens your day. Enjoy!






Now tell the story. Press "comments" below this post and help tell the story. Each person should write two or three sentences of the story. The first person will start the story and each person will continue the story. If the story finishes, the next person will start the story again.

Remember, you will continue the story from where the last person stopped. Replay the video if you need help. I look forward to reading the story:)


15 comments:

bonnie said...

Validation is a feel good story.

Hiroko said...

A young man worked at a validation booth in a parking lot. People came there for their tickets validated. But once they saw the man, no one could stop smiling because he always found good features from everyone, told them and felt them they were great. Soon, a security found that people made a really long line up from the validation booth to outside of the parking lot.

Iris said...

Then the security informed the supervisors. Everyone, including his boss were happy after they have met this young man. They all felt they were appreciated. Eventually, this young man met a young woman when he went to take his driver license photo.

xu said...

He always say good words that give people an agreeable sensation and push them towards a positive way. He think that people like to hear the good words and enjoy the great smile,even like some president of nation,Bush and Saddam. When he had the trouble with the driver licence,it also can help him get out of the unpleasant situation.

Grace said...

when he went to take the picture for the driver licence.He saw a girl,who is a photographer,when she want to take the picture for him,he is trying to smile,but the girl remained him that he can not smile in the picture.

Bonnie said...

Good start. What happened next?

Jancy said...

The man goes back sadly and comes next day to take his picture.he tries to make her smile but she is so stuburn that she doesn't want to.Finally, she took his sad photo.Later,he finds out that she had taken photos of other people while they were smilling.

Svetlana said...

He tried to find her on previous job, but it was not easy to do! She was fired ,because she took picture of smilling people. It's not allowed for documents. He sought her everywhere. Finally he met her in the passport booth.

Parvin said...

when he found her,she was taking pictures while she was smiling and people was smiling too.

Jagdipa said...

Then he asked to her about that change. She explained about her, whatever happend during her childhood. She told him that this was all becuase of her mother. Now she knows her mother got smile because of him only.

Julieta said...

From this day, they were allways smile together.

Bonnie Ford said...

Let's start the start the story again.

Anonymous said...

It is a good job to encoutage everyone smiles.

Anonymous said...

Smile can let you fotgot sad, smile can give wonderful life.

Anonymous said...

I Think the video is very good is can change people life make people feel good about them self