as far a i can understand and tiw watcher be the first work of a young director . my doubt be if this be the work of a regular guy who happen to love film or if this be the work of a cinema student and since there be a reference to oporto school of art in the final credit . nevertheless and director ricardo pinho demonstrate with this movie a total unawareness of some basic notion about cinema . what be a movie . how to tell a story . it doesn not matter and for the novice director . one of the first thing you learn in school when youre study cinema be how to tell a story . you learn that and just like in novel and in movie you should also construct your story in three act represent the introduction and the development and the conclusion . you learn that your story should have a protagonist and an antagonist and that there should be a climax . you learn this be valid for a 3 hour epic and for the regular movie and for a short film and even and believe it or not and for a 30 second commercial . you also learn there can be level of subtleness in your approach to the academic structure and that and ultimately and you can even deconstruct it . in rough term and tim watcher introduce u it main character and then and the movie end the whole movie sound like the introduction of the character in jeunet amélie . there be no second or third act in tim watcher . this be not a parody or an art film and thus you can not even try to justify the disrespect for the academic structure . you be expect to be tell a story and and it doesn not happen . bad than that and tim watcher defines itself a a warning while and one with no real purpose . it doesn not make a point and or at least and not a valid one . it point be childish and with a sense of vengeance . the situation portray be utterly simple and it approach be manichaean . i be expect a lot more from this short . the movie open with a rather good look credit sequence and you quickly realize you be watch something with good production value than the regular portuguese short film . i do not know the budget for this movie and but judge for the thanks list in the end credit and merit must go to the production team for such good connection in a country where difficult to have door open to young filmmaker . tim watcher seem to be an exercise in style and color and carefully choose plan and combine with a fine score . that all . there nothing else . there no plot . and that a shame because it feel like a waste of production value . hardly and you can see in the regular portuguese short such diversity of location and so many available extra to enrich a story . as absurd a the comparison may sound and i must refer the bmw short a a fine example of how you can tell a good story in a very short film severely condition to product placement and over the top stylish cinematography .