Do you feel weird around other people? Are you anxious at social gatherings? Do you often find yourself trying to seem like a normal, happy person, and then coming up short? Look no further, friend. Even though I've never, ever had those problems in my whole life, this distorted Super 8 microshort is here to help! So far, this film has hit the big screen at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Milwaukee Underground, Kansas City FilmFest International, Atlanta Film Festival, Drunken Film Festival Oakland, and more! Stay tuned to see where it’ll play next so you can watch all this drunken, distorted glory in person!
Most of the footage in this microshort consists of Super 8 film that I distorted and developed myself. The film was exposed, then soaked in a stew of mysterious substances, including household cleaning chemicals, Kool-Aid, and of course, booze. After allowing my film cartridges to soak for several weeks and then dry out in the sunshine for several more weeks, I developed the film in my kitchen sink. What you see now is a combination of analog and digital distortions. It's grainy, it's gorgeous, and I had so much fun making it.