So I found out about the Illuminate Film Festival’s micro short competition a week before the final deadline. I was screening another short about to start its festival run at a filmmaker mixer, and a representative from the festival talked to me after and encouraged me to submit something.
When I told her I didn’t have anything, she said “You can make something, it’s only 90 seconds.” That rattled around in my brain for a couple days, and on a Saturday morning I woke up with an idea. I called my friend Matt, and we started shooting that afternoon. Five days later we submitted the finished film.
I’m the type of person that overthinks, and my ideas can outpace my time and budget constraints. I feel like the parameters of this one turned into something pretty cool, and I’m proud of it!