Easily the most crowd-pleasing entry in our annual AirTV Oscars Short Film festival, and the film I've been telling friends about since. This winner of seven awards was definitely my favourite on the night. It starts of modestly, I remember groaning to my friend that we were in for another student short film set AT UNI, and the handheld roof shot doesn't help lift the feeling of amateur. Where 'Night Shift' succeeds is that it takes the in-joke about being in our atrium and milks it without depending on it. The 'Power Assisted Force' door joke, or simply the fact that they borrowed legit cleaner costumes lead to a lot of knowing laughs. It wasn't the most technically competent, focus was their key issue, but its short, sweet and doesn't outstay its welcome like it clearly could have. Such as 'Episode III'...
EDIT: After watching the embedded clip, it seems the sound is not as well balanced online as it was in the theatre, which is a shame.
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