Experiencing Interruptions?

Bre's Company

When a couple decides to let another woman into their relationship, they are rocked to the core and are left attempting to pick up the pieces.

  • Mike Peters
    Director
    Life's a Joke
  • Mike Peters
    Writer
    Life's a Joke
  • Mike Peters
    Producer
    Life's a Joke
  • Jerry Gosin
    Producer
    Life's a Joke
  • Ash Francis
    Producer
    Relative Success with Tabatha
  • Brandy Zapata
    Key Cast
    "Bre"
    Mysteries of the Unexplained
  • Alfonso Caballero
    Key Cast
    "Malcolm"
    Life's a Joke
  • Cayla Black
    Key Cast
    "Kat"
    Heroine Legends: The Evil Path
  • Jittima Camara
    Key Cast
    "June"
    Induced Effect
  • Jaidyn Triplett
    Key Cast
    "Carter"
    Blackish
  • Antwyan Newsome
    Key Cast
    "Anthony"
  • Zach Silverman
    Key Cast
    "Zach"
    Ditch Day Massacre
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Romance
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 12, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    6,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Mike Peters

Mike Peters is a screenwriter, producer, director and the co-creator of Life's A Joke. He studied under Screenwriter Robert Engels (Twin Peaks) at Cal State Fullerton. Mike started his screenwriting career by selling a screenplay fresh out of college named Killing Al Davis to Sweeting Independent Films. Mike has since been a finalist in various screenplay competitions including Screencraft's Comedy Screenplay Contest and Story Pros International Screenplay Contest.

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Director Statement

I believe as a society our ideals are confined within a box. We do as we are taught and don’t challenge the structure. With Bre’s Company, I wanted to create characters that test our view of societal norms.

There’s tons of times within relationships where people fantasize about being with someone else, but have no desire to leave their partner. They just need a little extra support that monogamy neglects. They live their lives stuck in a bubble of other people’s perceptions on how a relationship should be. They allow society to tell them how their lives should be. This is a feeling of imprisonment that’ll lead to unhappiness.

In addition to our polyamorous relationship’s perspective we get to see the outside looking in standpoint. The film exists to point out a bias in our society in how we view love and try to confine the ideals into monogamy being the only way. Imagine opening your relationship from the restrictions of monogamy. How would you grandparents feel? Would your parents accept it? “If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” - Audrey Lorde

I wanted to feel the excitement this couple gets for stepping beyond the bounds of the general viewpoint. I wanted to feel their nervousness. I wanted to feel their strain from social perception. And most importantly I wanted to feel what it felt like to fail. Because through failure we often learn our deepest life lessons.