RING

I wanted to explore a new way of filmmaking. Tell a story from a different perspective. Is a video doorbell a reliable narrator? Can it be the protagonist? The hero? If character is what we do when no one is looking, what happens to our psyche when someone or something is always watching?

What if I force the viewers into voyeurism? Are we hoping something bad will happen for our entertainment? To make us feel better about our own lives? Should we share the guilt when disaster strikes because we saw, and even enjoyed, the signs?

Are we safer with the current inundation of technology? Do we even take the time to review our video doorbell footage? Does this form of technology only become important when something bad happens? Are we not interested when something good happens? Who else has access to our footage? What are they assessing about us and how are they using it?

RING- a circle, a cycle.

The transient cycle of an apartment building with neighbors, airbnb users and internet dates coming and going. Actors moving to town to make it big, then leaving, and new ones taking their place.

The cycle of relationships: longevity dying, fresh new love, starting over again and ending up with the same complications and repeating the same patterns with someone new.

The frightening cycle of domestic violence: The tension, the build up, the explosion, the guilt, the honeymoon, and the nervousness of when it will all repeat again.

As quickly as a person can be digitized, filtered, and framed in likes - they can just as easily vanish under the weight of a mere fingertip. Anyone can ghost and disappear, or can they?