Young Explorers

July 24, 2017 5:21 AM

Follow Bejla and Tristan as they explore their world after recently mastering walking.

Young Explorers is a short film project by Jacob Krupnick. He discusses the project with the ICP.

Found at Kottke

posted by Stark (8 comments total)

Those are some seriously cute little explorers.
posted by 41swans at 7:33 AM on July 24, 2017 [1 favorite]

Both these kids are adorable and I love the concept; kids can be such an intrepid explorers and I like highlighting that.

Our one-year-old is just starting to walk a bit (with a lot of taking little shuffle steps then taking a big step, throwing her leg way up in the air, then plopping down on her butt), and this makes me excited for when she's able to walk around more and also for when she stops licking freezer doors every chance she gets. It also terrifies me, obviously.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 7:49 AM on July 24, 2017 [2 favorites]

I found myself trying to figure out where they were. (New York City, I got...maybe Brownstone Brooklyn for Bejla and Bay Ridge for Tristan?)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:52 AM on July 24, 2017 [1 favorite]

He discusses the project with the ICP.

Words cannot express how disappointed I am that the "ICP" in that sentence was not the Insane Clown Posse.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:50 AM on July 24, 2017 [2 favorites]

Thanks a lot for collapsing the waveform, Sys.
posted by Etrigan at 12:12 PM on July 24, 2017

i read the description as 'welding' and was waiting for them to get to that part the whole time
posted by AaronRaphael at 12:53 PM on July 24, 2017

So cute--and terrifying--the former babysitter, lifetime Auntie in me was freaking out particularly when they were in/near the street. I kept getting that swoopy "oh no" feeling in my stomach (I think that also had to do with the child's eye view perspective).
posted by agatha_magatha at 3:24 PM on July 24, 2017 [1 favorite]

Yeah, this is a cool project and these are charming. Also showing them in or near the street, but not showing an adult right there ready to keep them out of trouble is... it's clearly deliberate given the interview, he wants to make us think about overprotectiveness but omg tell me there is a parent just exactly outside the frame keeping that baby out of the street gah.

OTOH, the bodega cat in Bejla's film +++.
posted by LobsterMitten at 5:05 PM on July 24, 2017