My first student film from 2018. The purpose was to just film an action. As I didn't have anyone else to film, I filmed myself.
At the time, I still hated to see myself in the mirror, so it was really anxiety inducing to film. I think that’s why I leaned so much into creating characters and making it more of a production. It felt safer to pretend to be other people than think about why I hated to look at myself.
For realism (or, more accurately, ADHD compulsions), I worked out a recipe to make a single vegan cupcake for shooting. Which I ended up making 6 or 7 times. [Pro tip: most film productions wouldn’t do this; it has to look believable, so you probably wouldn’t even bother using actual food ingredients.]
Music is Silent Partner's "Grand Navy Plaza."