Stand

The idea for "Stand" started as a broad love for the independent horror/thriller genre. I have such a strong admiration for creative conceptual films like "It Follows," "A Quiet Place," and "Hush," that I've wanted to explore that world for a while. I finally found an excuse to put my love and passion into something in the same category with "Stand." I first came up with the concept that brought this story to life. I wanted to take a strong, sympathizable lead character and put him in a compelling situation with stakes and jeopardy, that the audience would slowly understand as the short evolved. Eventually, after days developing strange situations, the concept hit me: a creature that attacks a man as soon as he sits down. This puts anybody, no matter how strong or fearless they are, in a situation of weakness. Nobody can stand forever. So the story began to form. A man that finds himself on his last wave of fighting off the exhaustion of endlessly standing. I fell in love with this strange and interesting idea, developed it further and further, and that's how "Stand" came to be. After weeks and weeks of planning, developing a unique style for directing and shooting this intriguing concept, then building a small team that would also love this project like I did, the short came alive.