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100%

What happens when memories and reality begin to collide? A girl enters an idyllic dream state of a home, only to find out what she thought was love was really a delusion.

  • Mood Infinite
    Director
    The Distance Between Us, Wavy Luv (动荡的爱)
  • Kelsey Tang
    Director
    Wavy Luv (动荡的爱)
  • Mood Infinite
    Writer
    The Distance Between Us, Wavy Luv
  • Kelsey Tang
    Writer
  • Mood Infinite
    Producer
    The Distance Between Us, Wavy Luv (动荡的爱)
  • Kelsey Tang
    Producer
    Wavy Luv (动荡的爱)
  • Neil Sethi
    Key Cast
    "Nathan"
  • Caitlyn Furey
    Key Cast
    "Ava"
  • Javlin Baloca
    Editor
  • Mood Infinite
    Colorist
    The Distance Between Us, Wavy Luv (动荡的爱)
  • Javlin Baloca
    VFX Editor
  • Ram Vista
    Production Assistant
  • Cyrus Tolentino
    Production Assistant
  • Chad Dominic Sahilan
    Production Assistant
  • Hannah Aromin
    Assistant Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Music Video, Sci-Fi, Romance, Pop
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 27, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, RED Scarlet Dragon
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • ATX Short Film Showcase
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    June 15, 2022
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Mood Infinite, Kelsey Tang

In lieu of candlelit dinners and long walks on the beach, Asian-American co-directors and writers (and couple), Kelsey Tang and Jeffrey Wu have opted for something more romantic – walking hand-in-hand on a tightrope between professional collaboration and intimacy. They now go by “Wú Táng (吴糖)”.

After many midnight brainstorming sessions and fights (aka field research), the duo now humbly presents “100%” – a music video and short film recontextualizing intimate moments from their own relationship within a fantasy simulation.

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Director Statement

In “100%”, a girl retreats into a sanctuary of memories with her former partner, but finds that what she thought was love – was really a delusion.

Our favorite author, Jia Tolentino, once wrote, “Devotion, by its nature, tends to invite agony.” It was a beautiful way to describe the age-old adage of “love will make you do crazy things.” With “100%,” we wrote our script to ask - at what point does devotion and affection become obsession and dangerous fantaciscm? What does it look like for memories and reality to collide? And at what costs would you take to recreate a lost and loved memory?

To fully realize the liminal space between memory and reality, we drew on the uncanny imagery of Junji Ito and the frenetic energy of Tsugumi Obha, creator of Death Note.

We wanted to represent the duality of a relationship by blending antithetical themes: VHS glitches and textures imposed onto an Alice-in-Wonderland-esque landscape; the warm golden hues in direct clash with the icy cool tones; and digital glitches paired with scan lines of an analog camcorder.

The result is a supernova of contradictions, reflecting the dizzying nature of loving and losing your universe in a person.

As for the soundtrack, the song “100%” comes from AIR APPARENT, a project from the mind of Indian-American dance musician Neil Sethi. Neil was raised on an eclectic mix of religious Indian music, Bollywood tunes, 2000s Atlanta hip-hop, and numetal. As a result, “100%” makes for a genre-defying anthemic track with incredible nuance built-in for visual storytelling.

Neil not only produced the track, but he also made his acting debut in the music video. “100%” is truly a seminal bookmark moment for everybody involved, and we hope to remember this project fondly as a huge step in all of our careers.