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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[@TomScryleus]

You ever feel like this at work?

[@genx7006]

Seems better than my current job. The scene where the manager-type sticks his head in the door and growls...multiply that times 20. That's what I deal with on a daily basis.

[@dakotadak100]

@TomScryleus Not at my current job but for many years a resounding yes. I finally freed myself from my terrible job but it will be many more years before I am free from slavery

[@marikishtar]

Nope because I don't owe anything to a society that rewards only the top 1% of males, all females and lgtvi people while constantly abusing the 99% males

[@FUNNYMANERICWHITE]

What camera do you use? Great work

[@FUNNYMANERICWHITE]

Iphone 7?? Wow! What lighting did you use lol

[@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.

[@TomScryleus]

100%

[@projectb3117]

It is not because of the people…it is the surrounding you are in.

[@tolik5929]

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

[@dakotadak100]

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

[@TomScryleus]

Yupp. Story of my life

[@WestZ]

Wage cage sadness

[@Animation445]

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

[@TomScryleus]

I remember that game. classic

[@TomScryleus]

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

[@Tripl3333]

Yes.....Tom.

[@lw3427]

Yes, this was great!

[@kevgoes]

👍👍

[@dakotadak100]

Yes, of course!

[@Housefly-sg1zw]

As I was watching the film, I was thinking: This is really good! Tom should make more videos like this ... I wonder if he would ever do films about other subjects?

[@chillaxer8273]

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

[@TomScryleus]

Im glad you liked it.

[@TomScryleus]

Dont miss the behind the scenes vlog in the end.

[@VelmaTheID]

Left-handed people of the world, UNITE!

[@TomScryleus]

Im in!

[@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

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you. Good feedback. I went for a more ”interpretitive art noir”.

[@ylpea5170]

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!

[@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. 👍

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you. Interesting interpretation you had. Thanks for sharing.

[@TomScryleus]

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

[@Tripl3333]

Very well done........ Dark as Hell.

[@Tripl3333]

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

[@TomScryleus]

the cycle repeats itself until one day, we are 65 and feel that we have wasted our lives.... :(

[@JesseFloricas]

@@TomScryleusi’m 26 and already feel like I’ve wasted my entire life but I can’t find a way out of this hell scape just like 99% of the rest of humanity. Sad world

[@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".

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you. I think Brazil subconsiously inspired me. Like I said, i was just inspired out of boredom one 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! 😊🎉☺️😎

[@TomScryleus]

Im glad you liked it. Hope you like my other videos too. Have a nice weekend

[@deerhaven3350]

Before I went back to school and finished my degree in Interior Design I felt like this....that was back when I was working in the mortgage banking industry where I was in a cubicle with, literally hundreds of other drones. I stayed there as long as I did because the pay was good, but it was not a healthy environment by any stretch of the imagination. One time I asked if we could turn our desks to face the large windows as the view out them was very beautiful (hills and oak trees) but they refused. They were all about power and control, not about nourishing a happy worker.

[@TomScryleus]

did they give a reason when they refused the view?

[@deerhaven3350]

@@TomScryleus Yes, basically they felt we'd be spending too much time looking out the windows and not working, which was ridiculous because we were in a customer service call center taking calls so when you'd end one call your phone would immediately route the next call in the "Q" to your headset; your phone didn't even ring so you didn't even have the option to not answer it.

[@TomScryleus]

Bastards…

[@deerhaven3350]

@@TomScryleus Yep, you got that right.

[@self-improvement7355]

Very professional film, Tom! And you said you made it years ago? I'd love to see more like it, certainly!

[@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...

[@BrianCatalano]

...and crazy that you shot this on your old phone. Still looks so good!

[@TomScryleus]

Yepp, we are spoiled with our fullframe cameras.

[@TomScryleus]

I would love to see you experiment more. Brian. I loved the short film you showed me a few months ago

[@BrianCatalano]

@@TomScryleus I appreciate that, and you definitely inspired me here... as I think I get stuck in doing gear review videos because they seem to be the only thing that gets views on my channel... It's like I'm a Gear-Review-Slave!!

[@TomScryleus]

yeah I know the problem to well.. :( that damn algoritm.

[@strayhandycat2753]

I am not a fan of wage slavery.. to say the least. Really like Tom's videos. I am not in corporate world for more than 5 years by now. Hated the office job from the bottom of my heart. Especially, the control and hypocrisy components of it. At the same time, I understand, that for some people the structure and rigidity is necessary and beneficial. This short film only shows the negative and burden of work. Yet sometimes wage slavery can be entertaining and even intellectually challenging. So it's not always that bad. Certain tasks may be even interesting. I don't know.. I call it: ".. life" I'll watch the film again. Perhaps, I will see it differently.

[@TomScryleus]

Lots of people like their work. There is nothing wrong with that. In fact I envy them.

[@strayhandycat2753]

@@TomScryleus Tom! I also envy them. At the same time, I feel much happier after quitting the corporate world. Less money, but more satisfaction. Also, less approval from society. Many would insist, that men are evaluated by financial achievements. Rather than psychological comfort. Just a though.

[@Bichael.Lefebvre]

🤣just brilliant! I totally relate to your "wage slavery" theory. well done

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

[@jeremyscloset]

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

[@TomScryleus]

Im glad you liked it

[@stevelangston2359]

When I worked, I often felt in physical pain. You seemed to cover that aspect for different angles!

[@TomScryleus]

Well as a consultant I have been to a lot of places. Seen a lot.

[@foreigncontaminant2015]

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

[@Housefly-sg1zw]

Excellent! It has a very foreboding, edgy feel to it. I love how the characters are all cookie-cutter clones, just cogs in a machine. The constant machine hum in the background is somehow terrifying ... like a sensory deprivation torture meant to break the human spirit.I was extremely lucky to have had jobs that I loved most of my working life, even a couple of very well paid ones. But my last job (before escaping wage slavery at the age of 55) was one that I detested. It was one where I sat quietly at my desk in a cubicle all day long doing mindless, repetitive work for less than a living wage (at least not enough to support a wife and one child). You are very talented, and worth much more than whatever your employers were paying you.

[@TomScryleus]

I sort of feel like society and company program people to be identical (no free thinkers allowed). you know what I mean?

[@Housefly-sg1zw]

@@TomScryleus Yes, exactly. As you know, it would be disadvantageous for companies if high schools taught their students to be financially creative and be free thinkers, and start their own businesses or income streams ... it would mean fewer wage slaves and more economic competition. A “double-lose” for them.

[@TomScryleus]

Exactly, they depend on people to be in poverty and financial ignorance

[@shafserious2805]

This is one depressing place to work. Reminds me of jobs serial killers have😂

[@strayhandycat2753]

Definitely like it! Corresponds strongly with certain events of my life.

[@TomScryleus]

A sad reality isn”t it?

[@greendiscipline3500]

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.

[@TomScryleus]

I have 3 weeks left of my vacation. i feel the dread... :(

[@lw3427]

Watching the film I was wondering how you found the location and if you rented it, then found out at the end that it was actually your former workplace. That place looked like something from a Stephen King movie. Brilliant piece with no budget. You are talented.

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you. In the behind the scenes vlog in the end I talk about that

[@papajahmani]

Very inspirational!

[@TomScryleus]

im glad you liked it

[@Kujokouklos]

Just upload in on DUST channel! Excellent film my friend!!!!

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you

[@alexfomin3258]

✊️

[@vincentstuart8664]

Reminds me of metropolis

[@diazin.777]

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[@TomScryleus]

Den e fin. Köpte den tidigt, sålt o köpt den flera gånger med vinst.

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@@TomScryleus Väldigt tacksam för att du svarade. Du är inspirationskällan som gjorde att jag kom igång med krypto. Sveriges bästa kryptokanal utan dess like. Hur ser du på Kaspas framtid?

[@diazin.777]

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[@TomScryleus]

Absolut

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Winston

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👍🇺🇸

[@TomScryleus]

🤓

[@seniorrazr1654]

Good. hehe

[@TomScryleus]

Indeed :)

[@amberlopez7477]

If you are one of those people that enjoys going to work. And feels satisfied at their job. You are one lucky bastard.🥲

[@TomScryleus]

I agree