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The Fallacy of You

Adam confronts the side effects of attraction during a seemingly-idyllic first date.

  • Bruce Clarke
    Director
  • Bruce Clarke
    Writer
  • Bruce Clarke
    Producer
  • Jake Laney
    Key Cast
    "Adam"
  • Myth Mychels
    Key Cast
    "Zahra"
  • Ria Lazo
    Supporting Cast
  • Bingcheng Pan
    Cinematographer
  • Chace T. Biddle
    Editor
  • Chaewon Suh
    1st Assistant Director
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Romance, Drama
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 23, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, ARRI Alexa Mini
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Bruce Clarke

Bruce Clarke is a 24-year old self-taught writer, director, and producer based in Los Angeles, CA. He is passionate about using film to showcase the complexity of human emotions by creating stories that relate to our sense of self. When not working on his own productions, he keeps himself busy producing other films or coordinating sets as a 2nd AD.

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Director Statement

My name is Bruce and I am the director of ‘The Fallacy of You’. This is my first real attempt at directing, producing, and writing my own short after I moved to LA about a year and a half ago to pursue filmmaking as a career.

I wrote the script knowing I wanted to illustrate the complexities of romantic experiences and deviate from the typically-glamorous depictions that are so prevalent in Hollywood. The real spark for the film was when I was chatting with a girl on a dating app who had agreed to meet up when she was back in the U.S. from traveling abroad. However, on the day that she said she would be back in the country, she ended up unmatching with me. I was no stranger to having things fizzle out with someone I was into, but this time hurt me a lot harder than before. I felt an extreme amount of mental whiplash after all of my feelings suddenly turned out to be unreciprocated. That was because, psychologically, I was totally wrapped up in the imagined version of how our planned date would go–I would fantasize about the place I would take her to, the questions I would ask her, and the feelings I would potentially develop. The climax of the film seeks to illustrate this sudden reversal of fortunes by having the audience go through the same feeling of shock and surprise that I felt. Moreover, the conversation that the film’s lead character, Adam, has with Tina afterwards is based on my own journal entries that I wrote during my personal fallout.

I hope viewers are left with a feeling of resonance and catharsis for their own times where they felt let down romantically–not by the other person, but, rather, by their own mind’s illusion about the idea of what might have been.