Tearjerker of the Week: Porcelain Unicorn

Neil StraussThe Loop

Phillips Global and director Ridley Scott held a competition last year in which film-makers were challenged to create a three-minute short using only six lines of dialog. Those lines had to be these exact phrases: “What is that?”, “It’s a unicorn,” “Never seen one up close before,” “Beautiful,” “Get Away”, and “I’m sorry.”

Although it sounds like a license for wackiness and indulgence, the winning movie is a testament to creativity and storytelling.

Take a moment to think about what you would do with those six lines, then watch what director Keegan Wilcox put together: