A film by Will Mosley, 2019. All the films

Will beside the Christmas tree, holding a microphone and grinning at the camera

Film · 2019

Thanksgiving, the low‑key kind.

The weekend after Thanksgiving, 2019. Will looks back on a small dinner at home, Laura’s turkey and a few people over, then heads back out: errands in the rain, Black Friday with Laura, and a drive with his brother Jacob, about to turn eighteen.

  • 11:42running time, published on YouTube December 1, 2019
  • 153shots, counted by scene detection on the film file
  • 2.0sthe median shot, the quickest cutting of these five films
  • 2p.m.when the turkey dinner landed, which Will calls late for them

01 · The days

A holiday, told out of order.

The film moves between Thanksgiving at home and the days after it: the house, the road, the stores. Nine frames in three groups, the film timecode under each.

Thanksgiving

  1. The living room in afternoon light, a Christmas tree by the window0:13
  2. Laura in a floral blouse at the front door, seen from behind4:43
  3. Will by the tree holding a microphone, grinning at the camera4:26

Back on the road

  1. Will in a blue rain jacket walking up a wet street0:05
  2. Will in the driver seat, low sun on his face6:58
  3. A road running toward the mountains under a clear sky6:43

Black Friday

  1. Laura in a grey sweater walking a store aisle, seen from behind8:40
  2. Will and Laura together in a big store at night9:55
  3. Will in a hood in a parking lot at night8:19

02 · The table

Laura cooked all of it.

The food gets its own run of shots: the turkey out of the oven, the sides in their pans, a sprinkle cake on the table. Will says it plainly in the film: Laura cooked the whole dinner.

Three pans of sides: sweet potatoes with marshmallows, a red pasta, macaroni and cheese
A white sprinkle cake on a wooden table, from above
The roast turkey in its pan, browned on top

It wasn’t any drama. It was just perfect.

Will, on the day, in the film

The living room in soft afternoon light: a Christmas tree, the dining table and the windows
Home, decorated early, at 0:13.

03 · Black Friday

Then out, after dark.

The holiday ends where a lot of them do: under store lights late at night, Laura a few steps ahead, Will filming as they go.

Will and Laura in a big store at night, Will talking to the cameraLaura walking ahead down a store aisle, seen from behind

04 · The cut

153 shots, cut quick.

Every bar below is one shot, as wide as it runs on screen. Most last about two seconds; the long bar near the end is a single take, held for over a minute.

Each bar is one shot, in film order

Counted with scene detection (ffmpeg, scene score over 0.35) on the film file: 153 shots, median 2.0 seconds. Will’s own shot sheets for the film, made the same way, list 150.

05 · Watch

The whole weekend, in 11:42.

Fam Fam, the film: Will beside the Christmas tree with a microphonePlay the film 11:42
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CreditA film by Will Mosley, who shot and edited it. Published on his YouTube channel December 1, 2019. Camera: Canon SL2, per the film’s YouTube tags. Frames here are shown without the caption line printed under the picture in the original upload.