One Whole Year
One Whole Year is a collection of moments from 2021. The song Dreaming Kills by Glen Check encapsulated the warm and cool pace of 2021.
The individual clips were recorded during the middle of quality time when time feels infinite yet familiar.
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Topf MillerDirector
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Topf MillerProducer
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Topf MillerEditor
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Project Type:Experimental, Web / New Media, Other
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Runtime:2 minutes 15 seconds
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Completion Date:January 15, 2022
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Country of Origin:United States
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Shooting Format:iPhone SE, iPhone 8 Plus
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Director and Editor Topf Miller is a Black Trans film creator. Based in East Atlanta, after collecting a few memorable moments prior to Covid Topf decided to document his life more regularly and post these videos on YouTube. His main career goal is edit feature films for a major production company.
During the last 2 months of 2019 and the first 2 months of 2020 I started to use my phone to record moments between me and my friends. The footage from that time became very important to me and the people around me since Covid changed our entire lives. Since I’ve made an intentional effort to document my life and the people in it.
Using my phone as my primary source of documenting my life has freed up some of my previous hesitation with recording my friends and family. While watching this film. I want the viewer to experience a glimpse of my life. To witness the smiles and bits of joy. The small moment of being in between where we started and where we want to be.