that one joke of a short film
i had beginner's luck with my first short film. it made it as a finalist and so, it skyrocketed my ego.
then the next year, i tried making something pretentious. about bullying and all that. (when i look back it really wasn't my kind of thing). it was bad. i never want to see it ever. i hate it so much that the film is saved onto a different email account than my main.
the next year, we made an animated short film (it was pandemic and was the requirement). the whole thing is damn unserious. a guy dreams of being the next 'big thing', auditions with rick astley's 'never gonna give you up' with the worst voice you will ever hear (i did the voiceover), and inadvertently finds himself showing potential in dancing.
production-wise it was crappy at best. never mind that i wrote that script in like 10 minutes or something. it wasn't the best output, it did not like a fairy-tale propelled me to stardom.
yet in spite of the accolades, i'm quite satisfied that the short film was made in the first place. it was simply cathartic to write and make. i was not taking myself too seriously, i kept it short and concise. i got to sing for the first and last time on the screen. it was like a diss towards my former self if that even makes sense. best of it all, we managed to rickroll everyone in the screening.