The Twins | CalArts 2022 Film | Michelle Tang

Hello! My third year student film, The Twins, is finally released!
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Short Synopsis: Twins Lake and Lucas hate each others’ guts. One day after school, their sibling rivalry gets out of hand.
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Director: Michelle Tang @txmichh

Music: Roy Berardo
Sound Design: Jack Weiss
Foley Engineer: Shane Vincent
Foley Assistant: Keiolani Mahinan
Recording Engineer: Chengqing Zhu
Re-Recording Mixer: Daniel Eaton
Animation Help: Sumin Cho, Jasper Wang
Cast: Rebecca Chiara Marano - Lake & Lucas
Chacha Tahng - Mrs. J
Torianna Jacque - Blaire
Tiffany Pang - Kayden
Michelle Tang - Olive
Cat Song - Cat
Spanish Translation: Lisset I. Rivera
Chinese Translation: May Yan
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[SplittToons]

The sad fact about this is the only reason Lucas said he was sorry was because he knew he was in danger / hurt. If he wasn't he would never have said that or even considered his brother's feelings considering his unknown literal hatred for him.

Edit : I feel bad for the animator who has to see the sheer embarrassment in the reply section. Arguing over an animated film cmon now 🤡

[PichuElric]

I interpret it as Lake only taking Lucas's place because he had no other choice. Think about it, if Lucas the 'good' kid died, everyone would blame Lake for doing something since everyone knew Lake already hated his twin brother, not knowing Lucas was much, much worse.
It feels somewhat poetic that the brother Lucas bullied to become more liked is the one who took his coveted position.

[KingerWithADamnGun]

Lucas: YOU WISH YOU WERE ME!
Lake: Good idea.

[reinn-ofze]

the sad part is no one cared enough to put a missing poster about him, if you saw the hand, you can see that he put his own poster up

[youraverageperson]

love the symbolism that at the beginning, lucas faked being hurt to get lake in trouble. what led to his demise was lake not believing him when he actually was.

[kagavice]

The way he said “you wish you were me” right before was AMAZING foreshadowing. The car imagery before the crash was just as good too. I had to keep replaying that scene

[Yui_idk_why]

That was smart of Lake because everyone knew how he hated his brother, so if he didn't pretend to be his brother, everyone would think Lake had something to do with Lucas disappearance

[randomksines]

I think it sucks that Lake looked like he was about to actually help him before the car drove past. Very well written.

[butter]

All the car imagery forseshadowing the crash was great. That last bit Both of these kids are crazy

[caticliosanimations]

The fact that Lake had to disguise himself as Lucas really says what the world thought of him, and what he thought of himself. He thought Lake wouldn't be as missed as Lucas, despite saying earlier that if people knew the real Lucas, they would like Lake more.

[Wavesofthewater]

When he says "Lake help me up. Please im sorry please.. " is the most saddest thing ive ever heard and the tone he was saying it in was like he was about to cry

[anastasia_]

Lucas: *Breathes*
Mrs. J: Magnificent. Have a gold star

[tanucreate]

That ending tho
And how flawless that could be. It’s easy to say him and “lake” got into a fight and the other ran away. It’s easy to say that he’s a bit different and has lower grades/stars after his brother’s disappearance because of the stress and change. They lived together and probably even had the same room, so he would know enough about his mannerisms to copy them enough to hide. The only problem might be going to the eye doctor for new glasses if he didn’t need them but his brother did.

[theshrimp]

I love how Lake isn’t designed to look like a really mean psychotic kid. He looks like a normal kid especially compared to his brother’s design.

[InfamousPrototype]

If you pay closer attention, you can see that lake (as Lucas) was putting up a missing sign of himself showing that nobody really did care about him because if they did care, they would’ve put up the sign when they realized he was gone 3:51

[Premiumgold]

Lucas: HELP ME UP! IM SORRY OK LAKE! PLEASE!
Lake: 🗿

[silversamurai]

The real kicker is knowing that no one will recognize that they're interacting with the wrong twin. He did such devious things to his brother in order to be "liked". Yet, in the end, no one knew him well enough to see the difference. No one will realize that an imposter took his place, because that's how surface level his "popularity" was. They weren't his friends.

[-pastellovessans]

I like how when Lucas breaks the rules, Lake says “I’m gonna tell mrs J.” Not their parents- not the authorities- *Their school teacher-*

[AreesDaOG]

It's honestly so morbid that instead of saying his brother went missing, he just decided the world was better off thinking HE went missing. The fact they couldn't even find a good picture, let alone one of him smiling is also sad.
The worst part is if he told the truth they'd probably think he did it ON PURPOSE.
It's also sad to me that this is a result of him snapping because he had enough of his brother bullying him.

Side note:His car was a comfort item

[xx]

When Lake said "I'm tellimg Mrs. J" and Lucas replied "Really? Think she'll believe you?" in 2:14 is probably the reason Lake pretended to be his brother because he knew no one will believe him.