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Almost all really great short films are remarkable for their simplicity. Most short filmmakers, myself included, make the painful mistake of diluting their stories with pointless plot points that at best confuse–but more likely bore–your audience.

Delivery is a brilliant CG short by Till Nowak that proves that there is always an exception to the rule. Making your short film about a magic box is typically on the “clichés to avoid list;” however, Delivery is by far the best “magic box” movie I have ever seen. I think most magic box stories fail because inevitably, whatever lame power the box has is disappointing (worse the boxes secret might never be revealed at all). Delivery avoids this trap by opening the box right off the bat. This allows the story to move on from “what’s in the box” to how the box enable the old man to fix his broken world. I particularly love the extreme close up of the flower that starts off the film: Nowak cites Fincher as one of his influences if that shot reminds you of Fight Club’s opening sequence.

Check out this interview with Nowak on Deathfall.com if you want to know more about the making of Delivery.

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