Private Project

Greed

Alice questions her morals after confronting an uninvited woman in her backyard.

  • Paula Blanco Perez
    Director
    Mirona, Dandelion, Dust, Be Here Now
  • Paula Blanco Perez
    Writer
    Mirona, Dandelion, Dust, Be Here Now
  • Christie Waterman
    Producer
  • Rhonda Gulliver
    Key Cast
    "Alice"
  • Paola Ticas
    Key Cast
    "Woman"
  • Grant Pearson
    Key Cast
    "James (Voice)"
  • Casey Floyd
    Director of Photography
  • Porter John
    Production Designers
  • Nathaly Moreno
    Production Designers
  • Paula Blanco Perez
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 38 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    900 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    BlackMagic RAW
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - University of Central Arkansas
Director Biography - Paula Blanco Perez

Paula Blanco Pérez is a director/producer/1st Assistant Director from Madrid, Spain, who has been making movies in Arkansas for 5 years. She has a degree in digital filmmaking from the University of Central Arkansas, where she is now working towards getting her master's in film production. She worked as the Director of Education at Fayetteville Public TV and won a Telly Award for the “Cinematic Rig FPTV Promo” she directed. She has also directed and produced several short films like “Be Here Now”, which was semi-finalist for Best Director at Madrid Film Awards 2020 (Spain) and finalist for Best Director at The Continental Film Festival 2020; “Dust”, which won the Technical Achievement Award at the UCA Film Festival 2020; and “Dandelion”, that won Best Student Film at Freedom Festival International 2022, and Best International Film at The Continental Film Festival-Tokyo Edition 2022. She is the producer of the successful short films “World’s Lamest Teacher” and the 1st AD for the Arkansas-Latino short film “Strawberry”. She has also directed music videos, like "Mistakes & Dear Shadow" which was nominated for Best Student Film at the California Music Video and Film Awards 2023, commercials, and much more! She is ambitious and motivated to continue making films that combine her Spanish and American culture.
Paula Blanco Pérez is a director/producer/1st Assistant Director from Madrid, Spain, who has been making movies in Arkansas for 5 years. She has a degree in digital filmmaking from the University of Central Arkansas, where she is now working towards getting her master's in film production. She worked as the Director of Education at Fayetteville Public TV and won a Telly Award for the “Cinematic Rig FPTV Promo” she directed. She has also directed and produced several short films like “Be Here Now”, which was semi-finalist for Best Director at Madrid Film Awards 2020 (Spain) and finalist for Best Director at The Continental Film Festival 2020; “Dust”, which won the Technical Achievement Award at the UCA Film Festival 2020; and “Dandelion”, that won Best Student Film at Freedom Festival International 2022, and Best International Film at The Continental Film Festival-Tokyo Edition 2022. She is the producer of the successful short films “World’s Lamest Teacher” and the 1st AD for the Arkansas-Latino short film “Strawberry”. She has also directed music videos, like "Mistakes & Dear Shadow" which was nominated for Best Student Film at the California Music Video and Film Awards 2023, commercials, and much more! She is ambitious and motivated to continue making films that combine her Spanish and American culture.

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Director Statement

Making films and telling stories is therapeutic for me. It is how I get to explore who I am and my opinion about the society and world we live in. I like to tell stories that explore human behaviors and introspection in order to make the audience think and start a conversation about morals and perspectives. In this film, I want to explore the territorial greed and selfishness that humans naturally experience, putting our own goals and interests before others. I believe this blinds us from seeing the good we can do to others, eventually leading us to feel guilt.

Alice represents the average middle class citizen who is too worried about what is going on in her life to pay attention to what is happening to others. The way she considers the unknown woman in her backyard dangerous, when this woman seems vulnerable and lost, is something that represents a bigger issue, that of judging people due to their looks or circumstances. I wanted to explore this issue as I believe it is something that almost all of us can relate to because we are all too focused on our own lives and, sometimes, we forget to offer help to those who need it. I do not think that this makes us bad people as long as we reflect on it and try to change the way we react in certain situations, just like Alice decided to come back to try to help the woman once she was able to self reflect on the way she refused to offer help to someone that needed it.