''Noah'' is a Canadian short drama film, released in 2013. Written and directed by
Walter Woodman
Shy Kids (stylized as shy kids) are a Canadian indie pop band and film-making collective from Toronto, consisting of Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg, and Matthew Hornick.
and Patrick Cederberg as a class project when they were film students at
Ryerson University
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, the film tells the story of Noah's (Sam Kantor) breakup with his girlfriend Amy (Caitlin McConkie-Pirie) entirely through Noah's use of computer applications such as
Facebook
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,
Skype
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,
YouTube
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,
Chatroulette
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and
iTunes
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.
The film premiered at the
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
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Canadian Screen Award
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2nd Canadian Screen Awards
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'' episode "
Connection Lost
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".
Woodman, Cederberg and Matthew Hornick, the film's coproducer, were subsequently active as the indie pop band
Shy Kids
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chartattack.com
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'', February 9, 2016.
See also
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Computer screen film
Screenlife or computer screen film is a genre of visual storytelling where all the events are shown on a computer, tablet or smartphone screen. It became popular in the 2010s with the growing impact of the Internet.
According to Timur Bekmambeto ...