Experiencing Interruptions?

The Tune Of Love

When a secret admirer approaches Michelle via the school radio frequency, asking her the meaning of an obscure Great Gatsby quote, she thinks she has an answer: abandon love for progress. He disagrees. Their romance teeters on a simple question: are there better stories than the American Dream of “rags to riches?”

  • Frej Barty
    Director
  • Frej Barty
    Writer
  • Frej Barty
    Cinematographer
  • Kellen Lim
    Cinematographer
  • Maxwell Oatney
    Key Cast
  • Ele Jimenez-Potter
    Key Cast
  • Marshall C Brown
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    drama
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Mendocino High School
  • Arena Theater Short Film Festival
    Point Arena
    United States
    November 8, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Mendocino High School Spring CTE Showcase
    Mendocino
    United States
    May 17, 2024
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Frej Barty

Frej is an aspiring filmmaker, cinematographer, and general multi-hyphenate storyteller who hates that neologism. Defined by finding and giving hope, he is an all around nerd with a love for anything analog— from the Mendocino High School Radio Station KAKX to pinball to his Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureateship. The bio just keeps shifting, though, because he is still finding a voice and a way of living.

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Director Statement

Cinematography is, for me, giving others hope. Film should be like water, lived in, lived for, lived by: that is what I'm tryn' to do!