Parent Teacher is a 17 minute short from Jim Cummings and Dustin Hahn. It follows a parent/teacher meeting at a school classroom led by Mr. Zahn (Hahn). As he tries to go through the different topics of the meeting, he realizes that the parents aren't really much different than their kids.
Cummings and Hahn do a great job transmitting the seriousness of the situation in a way that feels real, without losing the funny edge. But as great as the dialogue, script, and performances are, the quality of the short is elevated by their decision of doing it all in one continuous shot, something that has become some sort of a trademark from Cummings. 18 takes, Cummings told me via Twitter. It is quite an impressive feat.
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Cummings and Hahn do a great job transmitting the seriousness of the situation in a way that feels real, without losing the funny edge. But as great as the dialogue, script, and performances are, the quality of the short is elevated by their decision of doing it all in one continuous shot, something that has become some sort of a trademark from Cummings. 18 takes, Cummings told me via Twitter. It is quite an impressive feat.
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