Over the weekend, myself and Chris (another film student) took part in the 24-hour "Red Eye" Film Festival, and made a 10-minute film called Average Dei. It was based on a short story written by a girl here. The basic gist is that there's a guy who has a terrible day... and loves it. He burns his toast and drops too much sugar in his coffe, but just relishes his breakfast. He goes to a terrible little desk job and enjoys the whole day. However the next day, he wakes up to find it is a bright beautiful day. He hates it. His toast is perfect, his coffe is just right, but he can't even stomach his breakfast. At work his boss calls him in to give his a promotion and an office with a window. He yells at his boss and runs out of the office, then all the way home. He desperately tries to no avail to burn toast, so he gives up and goes to sleep. The weather report says it will be another rainy day the next day, and out hero falls asleep with a smile on his face.
After having completed this one in 24 hours, I definitely came to appreciate the relatively slow pace we take on our main projects. I think with more time I could have told the story better, but I really think the music did a good job of conveying the feeling of it. It was a pleasure working with Chris and Andrew (his room mate) on matters of editing and music.
Production stills to come, just stick around for them if you're really that interested.
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