Adulting can be hard. Some days you’re nailing it, while other days, you’re just a stack of kids hiding in a trench coat hoping no one notices.
Twenty Something is a Pixar short created by Aphton Corbin, finds Gia celebrating her 21st birthday in an unfamiliar setting: a dance club in a nightclub that has her unraveling on the inside, feeling like 3 kids slacked on top of one another in a trench coat. Her inner 1, 10, and 16-year-old selves taking control of her actions, but through this night above her maturity level, Gia will discover that she’s not that unlike the other adults in the room.
Gia getting carded to get into the club.
Stylized drawings replacing Pixar’s typical CG models but that’s, not the only difference the tone and subject matter is certainly aimed at an older audience. Gia feels out of place and not ready to make adult choices, funny moments arise when they fight over who gets to “Steer,” exploring an Inside Out concept in a different way.
When she starts dancing with a guy, the sixteen-year-old takes charge, and hormones take over, leading to a big reveal and pure embarrassment, that sends Gia restroom stall to cry. But it’s here that she learns that every adult feels like a kid sometimes, reverting back to our younger selves when a situation arises.
Gia’s awkward encounter and dance with a handsome man.
Twenty Something is spot on with how we don’t always feel like we have it together and revert back to younger versions of ourselves not just in your 20s, but throughout your life. While most kids think we adults have everything together, with little understanding that we are just making up as we go.
This short is a part of the SparkShorts program designed to discover new storytellers, explore new storytelling techniques, and experiment with new production workflows. While many of the other Sparkshorts have dealt with harder-hitting themes, ‘Twenty Something’ deals with issues every adult has, and I’m sure adults will feel, it’s worth 5 minutes of their day to watch.
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