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Redolence

Kasen has decided it’s time for her family to meet her girlfriend’s family, so she invites both families to her apartment. Kasen wants things to be perfect, so she becomes over controlling. She overhears her younger brothers Timothy and Matt talking about their dead dad and this sets Kasen on a downhill spiral. She yells at her brothers to stop talking about their dad. Her girlfriend pulls her aside to talk about her dad. Kasen realizes she was a jerk to her brothers and apologizes. She tells everyone a story about her dad that makes everyone laugh.

  • Kailee Hayward
    Director
  • Kailee Hayward
    Writer
  • Emilee Hayward
    Producer
  • Sophie Fairfield
    Key Cast
    "Kasen "
  • Taylor Alexander
    Key Cast
    "Alexis "
  • Thomas Maxson
    Key Cast
    "Matt"
  • Dae’quon Shines
    Key Cast
    "Amari"
  • Peter Jones
    Key Cast
    "Timothy "
  • Alexander Hammett
    Key Cast
    "Isaac "
  • Alissa McKay
    Director of Photography
  • Lily Damron
    Production Design
  • Erica Worthington
    Edited by
  • Kailee Hayward
    Casting by
  • Emilee Hayward
    Casting by
  • John Norris Ray
    Executive Producer
  • Sharon Hayward
    Executive Producer
  • George Haney
    Executive Producer
  • Claudia Haney
    Executive Producer
  • Dean Hale
    Executive Producer
  • Jacob Lizardo
    Executive Producer
  • Emilee Hayward
    Assistant Director
  • Nora Collins
    1st Assistant Camera
  • Alyssa Kitts
    2nd Assistant Camera
  • Alissa McKay
    Camera Operator
  • Devin Sanders
    Sound Mixer
  • Michelle Knight
    Boom Operator
  • Andrew Akbari
    Gaffer
  • Isabella Koontz
    Key Grip
  • Lance Maldonado
    Sound Design
  • Alissa McKay
    Colorist
  • Isabella Koontz
    Script Supervisor
  • Andrew Akbari
    Production Assistant
  • Megan Keough
    BTS Photographer
  • The Cage at George Mason University
    Camera, Lenses, and Equipment Provider
  • Benjamin Steger
    Faculty Advisors
  • Leonard Collins
    Faculty Advisors
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Dark Comedy
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 15, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - George Mason University
Director Biography - Kailee Hayward

“Redolence” was created from this idea that moving on after loss meant forgetting. Personally, after losing my own father, I struggled with being able to move on and live my life without feeling like I was letting go of my dad or leaving him behind. I want my film to express moving on doesn’t mean leaving behind and sadness isn’t the only way to process loss.

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Director Statement

With my film a theme I want to explore is that even in darkness there’s beauty. Drawing from my own personal experience of losing my dad, I want to be truthful and speak from a place of experience that is true to my own life. Sometimes seeing the beauty in darkness just takes time and sometimes it’s a matter of being ready and wanting to see the beauty and not just the sad darkness. Another important theme I want my film to address is that loss never gets easier but that the spaces between the times you miss someone get longer. After my dad died everyone around me kept saying the same thing to me “Loss gets easier with time”. When I first lost my dad, I didn’t understand why people were saying this but now that I have a different perspective this is something I would never say to someone and wouldn’t want to hear from someone. People want to comfort others in times of darkness but it can get awkward with knowing what to say. Continuing to live life is the only way that missing someone eventually turns into remembering to miss someone.