"You paid for parking......for me?"
Validation is a 2007 Short Film written, directed and composed by Kurt Kuenne. It's a fable about a parking attendant who gives his customers REAL validation — dispensing both free parking and free compliments.
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Provides examples of:
- Big Damn Kiss: When Hugh and Victoria meet again at the end.
- Cargo Envy: Hugh describing how well Victoria is treating her equipment.
- Catchphrase: "Next!"
- The Chains of Commanding: Hugh meets the boss of the shopping mall who appreciates being acknowledged for the burden of his managing job.
- Chekhov's Gunman: The woman in the wheelchair whom Hugh makes smile turns out to be Victoria's mother.
- Creative Closing Credits: The end credits are printed on validation cards.
- Crossover: The scene with Hugh on the bus meeting the protagonists from Kurt Kuenne's other short film Rent-A-Person.
- Deliberately Monochrome: Like Kuenne's other short films, it was shot in black & white.
- Dramatic Drop: Hugh drops whatever he is holding in the scene where he sees Victoria finally smile.
- Foreshadowing: "I wish I could travel the world with the woman I love."
- Heart Beats out of Chest: Hugh makes this movement with a box of chocolates in front of his chest.
- Lonely Piano Piece: Plays twice. First when Hugh is desolated after Victoria doesn't respond to his advances. The tune drops in once more when Hugh looks over to the DMV building, bringing sad memories of Victoria back to his mind.
- Love at First Sight: Hugh when seeing Victoria.
- Perpetual Frowner: Victoria has lost her smile after seeing her mother suffer for a long time.
- Shout-Out: It's a Wonderful Life can be seen on a theatre marquee.
- Spinning Paper: We see Hugh rising in popularity through newspaper headlines and video clips.
- Spontaneous Choreography: When Hugh breaks into a spontaneous dance sequence with a crowd of people.
- Stalker with a Crush: Hugh turns into one when following Victoria around in what could have been a Falling-in-Love Montage if only his feelings were reciprocated.
- Tempting Fate: "It seems there's no one that Hugh Newman cannot make smile."
- When She Smiles: Hugh is floored when he sees Victoria finally smile.
