Moon Therapy

Kalan is a camera operator for an upcoming feature documentary which captures the experience of solar eclipse film photography. He was tasked with shooting its B-roll. In three parts, he shows the process of rehearsing “the money shot” with a gimbal rig, leaving the morning of the shoot and filming the experience of the April 2024 solar eclipse from the perspective of the people around him who witnessed it.

  • Kalan Naylor
    Director
  • Kalan Naylor
    Camera
  • Allison Ciletti
    Camera
    (aerial photography, “Part III: Moon Therapy”)
  • Laurie Little
    Camera
    (Eclipse Photography, “Part III: Moon Therapy”)
  • Kalan Naylor
    Music
  • Kalan Naylor
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 13, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    300 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:
    Yes - College of DuPage
Director Biography - Kalan Naylor

Kalan Naylor is an animator and sound designer from Birmingham, AL. In 2022, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Musical Audio Engineering at the University of Alabama, minoring in both Electrical Engineering and Mathematics. In 2024, he completed a Film/Video Certificate at College of DuPage.

In his free time, he creates experimental artworks and films under the name Birds! with Karen and writes for the blog with the same name.

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Director Statement

This was a project for a documentary production class I was enrolled in at the start of 2024. My experiences with film were primarily in production and post sound, and I wanted to try my hand at learning about cameras. Over the course of a semester, I went from learning camera basics to operating cameras on a documentary feature.

This is film is dedicated to all of my friends and colleagues who helped me make this film that shows how magical this experience was for all involved.