The Wage Slave (Short Film)

This is a short film I did in 2017. I decided to remaster it, and rerelease it again. As it is about wage slavery, I felt it is a perfect video about the 9-5 rat race. I think it captures the feeling of being trapped in a job forever.

00:00 Short film
07:42 Behind the scenes vlog

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[walking_introvert]

Nothing like taking breaks with people you never want to spend time outside of work with. If sitting in my car is an option, that is where I was at most jobs during lunch and breaks.

[tolik]

Old Soviet saying : " They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work "

[TomScryleus]

Let me know if you are interested in more short films like this. (ps. they are not about wage slavery).

[dakotadak]

The birds chirping outside but sitting and working inside. Classic wage slave!

[Michellemabelle]

I quit my job 2 yrs ago. I hated to work for people they don’t care about me. Now I am an artist because the day job prohibited my deep love for painting. And no. Still not making a living from art but here in Switzerland we have the possibility to go to the Social welfare. I use it because I would become ill and misery staying in a „normal“ job. Now I don’t have a lot of money but I can paint and LIVE!!! Btw: I was a Single Mother with two kids with two (!!!) jobs and nearly enough money to survive 14 long years. I know to work really really hard!!! Now I am 56 and done with the slave system. I just wanna do what I really LOVE. And this is to paint, being together with my lovley adult children and my sweetest grandchild. This is what actually counts in Life! Thank you for your Videos!!! Love your Message!!! ❤

[Animation]

This give me heavy Half Life 2 vibes. You should just make movies about dystopian society's, just kidding we are already in it.

[ylpea]

I just got home from working 13 hours straight. No break, high pressure, stress - and nobody does a thing. Authorities look the other way, also here in Northern Europe. You can only save yourself by saving up money to escape this hell. Your videos help, Tom - thank you for that!

[TomScryleus]

I made this short film a few years ago. And here it is remastered and rereleased again.
I hope you like it.

[chillaxer]

It hits hard. Do more I believe stories are best told through films
I got goosebumps

[Vilhelmnilsson]

I feel deeply sorry for this character who seems helplessly stuck in a system he does not understand and has no idea how he got there or how to get out. Perhaps it was a lack of insight and clarity into what is meaningful in life that led him to this point in time, when he seems to be doing things he does not like and has no joy in doing. The only thing that seems to help connect him to something resembling life is the recording of the birds in the forest going on repeat. He knows he is lost and that something major is out of place with the world he finds himself in, but without the ability to infuse meaning into the seemingly chaotic world around him, it seems his life is lost, and he is doomed to walk the empty halls of this broken world devoid of life, forever.

Very compelling and thought provoking short film. Well done. 👍

[otter-pro]

I didn't expect this to be shot on an old phone. The editing is well-done and the color really makes it work. Black & white scene, the red door opening, the subdued colors, .... Reminds me of sci-fi films like "Brazil".

[Tripl]

Me ....I already feel like this before going to work; but then I get numbed in and it all happens again the next day.

[ASMRMoneyMentor]

Wow I’m so inspired by you, this channel that I just found, and this film! Amazing work! I’m going to watch all your other videos! 😊🎉☺️😎

[VelmaTheID]

Left-handed people of the world, UNITE!

[TomScryleus]

Dont miss the behind the scenes vlog in the end.

[greendiscipline]

I just started my annual summer vacation this weekend. It's really like when the radio was turned on with the birds chirping, and color returning to the world.
I'm already dreading returning to work in 4 weeks.

[Mustachioed_Mollusk]

I would have enjoyed more intense close ups, a inner monologue of the characters daily thoughts that goes full circle by the end, shots to show the claustrophobic nature of over crowding in workspaces/food stops/transportation and a long labored scene of the main character not doing work but desperately trying to look busy to survive without more pointless work or getting fired for being lazy.

This is a nice art short but a series that follows the repetitive aspects of this life could be eye opening.

Throwing in a few scenes of real, calm, inner monologue free, “freedom” might be nice too. Because even if 8hours need to be dedicated to sleep, 8 to work, 2 hours for transportation and prep for work we do have a whole 6 hours to enjoy life and that should be shown too lol

[BrianCatalano]

So many great shots and compositions... and such a cool/trippy expressionistic film. I dig that you put it on this channel too! Makes me want to start doing more narrative/artsy stuff again...

[jeremyscloset]

Woah! TOM!!! 1:21 into the video and I feel like I am watching at the Cinemas.

Great work!

[foreigncontaminant]

"6079 Smith W.! Yes, you! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You're not trying."