It does what it says on the tin

March 15, 2009 11:40 AM

5 second films, original independent films exactly 5 seconds long [via Ovablastic]
posted by lizbunny (23 comments total)

Does what it says.
posted by longsleeves at 11:58 AM on March 15, 2009

I appreciate these, especially because there's no incentive to draw the joke out for three minutes longer than is absolutely necessary. If it's funny, we get right to the point, and if it's not, we've only wasted five seconds.
posted by louche mustachio at 12:00 PM on March 15, 2009

Here come the nightmares.
posted by emelenjr at 12:05 PM on March 15, 2009

Love this: "Wasting your time, but not very much."

Thanks for posting.
posted by hapax_legomenon at 12:16 PM on March 15, 2009

I really liked "The Oswalds". I've watched it at least 20 times already.
posted by DaddyNewt at 12:20 PM on March 15, 2009

Lots of good, clean fun here. Good find.
posted by Devils Rancher at 12:26 PM on March 15, 2009

Like that critique of the Ramones: you try to hate any track but there just isn't enough time.
posted by hal9k at 12:52 PM on March 15, 2009

Not to be confused with 5 Second Movies, which are brief synopses of original widely-distributed films roughly five seconds long.
posted by flatluigi at 1:13 PM on March 15, 2009

One shot gags, without the tiresome student film around it! Excellent!
posted by cavalier at 1:36 PM on March 15, 2009

tl;dw
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:40 PM on March 15, 2009

"we've only wasted five seconds".... sums it up...
posted by HuronBob at 1:40 PM on March 15, 2009

This made me laugh
posted by nola at 2:22 PM on March 15, 2009

there's no incentive to draw the joke out for three minutes longer than is absolutely necessary.

An incentive sadly lacking at SNL.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 2:23 PM on March 15, 2009

This one is quite funny.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 2:24 PM on March 15, 2009

I think they're also on Vimeo.
posted by Korou at 2:34 PM on March 15, 2009

Also, thanks for the Ovablastic tip. There's some great stuff there that I've never seen before.
posted by hapax_legomenon at 2:35 PM on March 15, 2009

I am especially fond of this one.
posted by pxe2000 at 2:39 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]

And the tin is not verbose.
posted by From Bklyn at 3:11 PM on March 15, 2009

I'm loving these. Thanks.
posted by slimepuppy at 4:39 PM on March 15, 2009

great site, lots of fun. thanks.
posted by msconduct at 5:54 PM on March 15, 2009

This is done by some friends of mine! Exciting to see them on MeFi. I am actually in one of these, but I'm not saying which one.
posted by lovetragedy at 9:00 PM on March 15, 2009

This one is awesome.
posted by juv3nal at 2:08 AM on March 16, 2009

What Really Happened to the R.M.S. Titanic
posted by languagehat at 11:51 AM on March 16, 2009