Eat It

My name is Jennavieve Growel and I am a senior Communications major at UW – Parkside with a minor in Digital Media and Productions. In the Fall of 2021, I created a silent short film called “Eat It” for a communications class on video production.
“Eat It” is a dark comedy following the story of a husband who murdered his wife after she decides to leave him. After being on the run for six months, the husband becomes infatuated by a stranger he encounters checking into a hotel. Despite his efforts, the man fails to gain the attention of this enchanting woman and devises a plan to build his confidence and reinvent himself using hypnosis. However, this new persona then brings him face to face with his past.
From the start, I knew I wanted to do silent film about revenge, but I had to modify my original ideas into a plot that was realistic to shoot on a $200 dollar budget. The idea for “Eat It” came to me while I was driving home from work, listening to the album “Wild Hearts” by Nick Rattigan, also known as Current Joys. Nick Rattigan’s music has always been a huge inspiration to me and even influenced a few other videos I made in the past. It was when his song “Televisions” began playing that I dreamed up the concept for “Eat It”.