In Phases
One night, two best friends who haven't seen each other in a couple years get together to see if they can pick up where they left off.
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Ian MitchellDirector
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Ian MitchellWriter
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Andre GuimaProducer
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Adrienne HecklerProducer
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Ian MitchellProducer
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Andre GuimaAssitant Director
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Yesenia VarelaAssitant Director
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Emma TrentKey Cast"Kathryn"
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Valerie StofferKey Cast"Heather"
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Carmia LoweKey Cast"Waitress"
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Larry BeckKey Cast"Homeless Man"
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Jessica JensenKey Cast"Coworker"
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Austin KeoughDirector of Photography
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Adrienne HecklerGaffer
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Elijah BrandGaffer
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Harrison KernLocation Audio
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Justin BrownLocation Audio
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Adrienne HecklerLocation Audio
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Harrison KernPost-Audio
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Ian MitchellEditor
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Austin KeoughColorist
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Harrison KernOriginal Score
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Austin KeoughCamera Operator
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Christopher AndersonCamera Operator
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Ben YonkerDrone Operator
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Gwyn HultquistMakeup
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Erik FedjeGrip
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Project Type:Student
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Genres:Drama, Comedy
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Runtime:20 minutes 10 seconds
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Completion Date:January 7, 2020
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Production Budget:170 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
I wrote the short film, In Phases during the summer of 2019. It was the summer where I was preparing to enter my final year as an undergrad and put together a plan for an exciting and simultaneously fright-inducing, ambiguous future.
A few years before, I took a year off after high school and was exhaustingly unsure of what the correct choices were to give myself the best possible chances of becoming successful as a filmmaker. While it felt like all my friends were moving on with their lives, I seemed to be stuck at home, in limbo, working jobs that only a high school diploma could do for me. Personally, this was an effective wake up call.
The following year, I put my stubbornness and predispositions about what a college education could offer aside and went. In my (near) 4 years, I've met equally ambitious, like-minded students who push me to bring the best to whatever my position is on set. And now, once again, I'm approaching a goodbye to what I've gotten used to, am entering yet another permanent change in my life, and placed with another opportunity to figure out those "correct choices."
I wanted to write a film that doesn't necessarily provide the answer, since there doesn't seem to be a definitively distinct one, but a film that emphasizes the importance of holding onto ones personal connections that make the uncertainty a little more tolerable. Especially, when one is close to entering that unclear change that will soon catch up with you.