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Your Hair Looks Fine

Everybody close to me, at some point, has had to reassure me that my hair looks fine. It's not solely vanity-- to quote Fleabag, "hair is everything", and whatever is on top of my head is a direct reflection of what's going on inside of it. Combining the powers of a DSLR, an iPhone mic, and some Flash animation, I wrote a letter to myself I can watch whenever I'm worried my hair looks weird-- I'm sure my mother, my boyfriend, and my sister will appreciate the break.

  • Ellen Lang
    Director
  • Ellen Lang
    Writer
  • Ellen Lang
    Producer
  • Ellen Lang
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Animation, Coming Of Age, Letter to Self, Short, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 24, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Ellen Lang

Ellen Lang is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she was active in the local comedy scene while working on a variety of films from student shorts to indie features. Her own work as a director is deeply personal, and draws on her diverse background as a comedian, actor, and journalist to deliver original stories about women's lives.

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Director Statement

I made "Dear Ellen: Your Hair Looks Fine" in an effort to understand myself better, and maybe help others understand themselves better too. Women's focus on appearance can't be entirely attributed to vanity-- it is a powerful tool to shape your identity, in a world that still tells you how you look is who you are.