.jpg) Michael Rousselet and Michael Peter, two actors of 5SF, at VidCon 2012 | |
| Abbreviation | 5SF |
|---|---|
| Formation | 31 October 2008 |
| Founder | Brian Firenzi |
| Type | Film group |
| Website | 5secondfilms |
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5-Second Films, 5 Second Films, or simply 5SF is an American film group and website that develops and produces an online comedy web series of five-second long short films, as well as a series of long films that have been viewed over 500 million times on YouTube.[1] It was started in the dormitories at the University of Southern California in the spring of 2005 by Brian Firenzi. The website went live in October 2008. Up until December 2013, they featured a new film every weekday, with the only rules being two seconds of opening titles, five seconds of film consisting of a quick set-up and punchline, and one second of end titles.[2] Currently, films are being released non-regularly.
The website has been featured on G4's Attack of the Show!, Comedy Central's Tosh.0, Last Call with Carson Daly, Spin, CNN[3] Entertainment Weekly and Wired.[4] The films sometimes featured guest stars like Patton Oswalt, Fred Armisen, Doug Benson, Eddie Pepitone, Juliette Lewis, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and Andrew W.K.[5] Time put 5-Second Films on its list of the top 50 websites of 2013, calling it "addicting" and writing, "You'll probably never find a better way to waste a few seconds of your life."[6]
- ^ "5 Second Films". Youtube.
- ^ "About Us". 5 Second Films. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ^ "Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com". CNN.
- ^ "5 Second Films". Tosh.0. Comedy Central.
- ^ McGlynn, Katla (July 13, 2011). "Patton Oswalt's 5 Second Film: You Got Mail". Huffington Post.
- ^ Fields, Jim (May 4, 2013). "50 Best Websites 2013". Time. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.