Experiencing Interruptions?

Baby Making 101

Young couple Rachel and Rob are actively trying to make a baby. When Rachel has a pregnancy scare, she begins to fear that she may never be ready to become a mom.

  • Stephanie Baird
    Writer
    Writing Debut
  • Stephanie Baird
    Director
    Directorial Debut
  • Stephanie Baird
    Producer
    My Roommate's an Escort (Web Series), IRL the Series (Web Series), 77 Days (Short), No Roses on a Sailor's Grave (Doc Feature), Politics (Short)
  • Tamara Almeida
    Producer
    90/91 (Short), Separation (Short), Parkdale (Short), Motorino (Short)
  • Eric Metzloff
    Producer
    The Sight of You (Short), Section 7 (Short), The Long Walk (Short), Latter (Short)
  • Tamara Almeida
    Key Cast
    "Rachel"
    ENTERTAINING CHRISTMAS (HALLMARK), DEGRASSI: NEXT CLASS (CTV), ODD SQUAD (TVOKids/PBSKids), GOOD WITCH (HALLMARK), HEROES REBORN (NBC), GHOSTWRITER (Apple TV+)
  • Gabe Grey
    Key Cast
    "Rob"
    BOMB GIRLS (Global), CORONER (CBC), TINY PRETTY THINGS (Netflix), THE HARDY BOYS (Hulu), LUCKY 7 (ABC/Amblin TV), HELLMINGTON (Feature, Cineplex), BEEBA BOYS (Feature, Deepa Mehta), WORKIN’ MOMS (CBC), INCORPORATED (SyFy), and NIGHT OWL (SXSW Selection).
  • Danielle Thorn
    Cinematographer
    Out with Dad, Wholesome Foods I Love You... Is That OK?, Lady Luck, Indie-pendent
  • Eric Metzloff
    Editor
    Blink Twice (Bliss), Some Kind of Life, May Flowers
  • Julian Francis Adderley
    Composer
    My Roommate's an Escort, Unconventional
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Family, Female Perspective, Relationships
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 4 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 3, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Kalakari Film Festival
    Dewas, MP
    India
    August 25, 2020
    Nominated - Best Film of Fest
  • Reelworld Film Festival
    Toronto, ON
    Canada
    November 5, 2020
    ACTRA YEAA Shorts Screening
  • Open World Toronto Film Festival
    Toronto, ON
    Canada
    November 26, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Canada Shorts
    Saint John, NB
    Canada
    Award of Distinction
Director Biography - Stephanie Baird

Stephanie Baird is a graduate of Randolph College for the Performing Arts (formally Randolph Academy), where she spent two years acting, singing, and dancing her way to a college diploma.

Since graduating, Stephanie has been working professionally in film, television and theatre building nearly a dozen producing credits, including the award-winning comedy web series My Roommate’s an Escort (Season 1) boasting over1.3 million views across all social media platforms, and winning numerous awards including the 2018 Best International Series at the Miami Web Festival and the 2017 Audience Choice Award at the Austin Revolution Film Festival.

With Go Button Media, Stephanie works as a line producer on a number of unscripted factual and lifestyle television shows including: Phantom Signals (Discovery Science), Animal Within (Autentic), Secret Nazi Ruins (Science Channel, UKTV, documentary Channel), A World Without NASA (CuriosityStream, documentary Channel), Mom vs Matchmaker (Season 4 – OUTtv), and more.

Stephanie has united her extensive experience with the creative process and her gained knowledge of production logistics to strategically manufacture a super-brain. That brain has manifested itself into what is now Basic B Productions.

When Stephanie isn’t working – she still works – but on different things, like discovering new social media hacks and taking too many pictures of her dogs.

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Director Statement

In this story, Rachel and Rob both have careers, a house, and a healthy marriage – checking off all the “adult-ing” boxes. The next natural step in their lives would be starting a family. As the story progresses, Rachel meets various characters. These interactions make Rachel question whether or not motherhood is what she’s always wanted, or if it is a social pressure that has been put upon her as a woman.

My hope is that this film will allow viewers to have their own honest, healthy conversations about this tough topic. I hope they will feel it is OK to have these difficult conversations, all the while feeling validated in their own personal choices.