Cashback

Cashback is originally a short film written and directed by Sean Ellis. The short film was released in 2004 and afterword in 2006 the short film expanded. I really enjoyed watching this short film because Ben (Sean Biggerstaff ) shows us how he stops time by doing the opposite of everything. Ben explains to us that the reason why he's working in the supermarket is to pay for his art school and when it was that he first became interested in art and the beauty of females. At the beginning of the short film Ben tells us how when we are asleep we are unaware that we are sleeping and that in those missing hours a whole new world comes to life. When he pauses time to undress and draw these women, that's like his new world. His artistic world. 

In the extended version of the film Ben explains to us better of why he was really working in the supermarket. How he couldn't sleep after his breakup so he had eight extra hours added on to his day. Ben can stop time when ever he wants. He wishes he was able to just live in this paused world where he can observe everything. When Ben has everyone around him paused he notices that someone was moving. He realized that he was sharing that world with others. When Ben's ex-girlfriend kisses him at a party and Sharon see's Ben freezes time. He left time frozen for about a week trying to think of all kinds of ways to explain to the Sharon that what she had seen was the wrong second of the two seconds. That's when he realizes that every second of every day counts. In the end of the film, Ben was able to bring Sharon into his frozen world and show her the beauty behind everything that is hidden in the fast moving world.