Culture seemed like the right flair. Anyway so I like short films. They don’t take up much time or drag on, and are usually individual projects or created by small producers, so often better quality than big-budget cash grabs.

I go on YouTube looking for them, and half of the thumbnails I find are BLOTCHED in gigantic, leafy, laurel-shaped icons indicating the thing won a prize somewhere. For god knows what. There are usually at least six of these per thumbnail, visually screeching about the lauded achievements. While nearly blotting out any faces of the actors.

I don’t care. These obnoxious announcements that you won an award are taking up half the damn thumbnail image: my first impression of your work! I REFUSE to watch your movie if the advertisement contains award icons. It’s beyond annoying, and it does NOT make your probably garbage movie look any artsier!!