Private Project

Variations On Us

How did we meet? How did we fall in love? How did we part? Each time I revisit the memory of us, it has changed somehow.

  • Chris Carlone
    Director
  • Chris Carlone
    Writer
  • Storm Garner
    Writer
  • Storm Garner
    Producer
  • Pascal Yen-Pfister
    Key Cast
  • Jessica Coghill
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    fantasy, romance
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 31, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    800 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Super 8
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Bad Film Festival
    Brooklyn, NY
    United States
    May 17, 2017
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Chris Carlone

Chris Carlone has been a performing and visual artist steadily for 30 years. With an original background in rock and roll as a flamboyant, over the top singer and multi instrumentalist, this morphed over the years into other explorations as a stage and film actor to the creator of of the critically acclaimed, experimental music and dance comedy persona Borts Minorts to the immersion of Butoh dance, performing and studying in NYC with with many masters such as Vangeline France, Tadashi Ebdo, Katsura Kan, Mari Onanai, Dairakudakan Co., Yumiko Yoshioka and Kudo Takateru.

While currently creating new dance art and playing drums in Brooklyn folk art band Cookie Tongue, Chris over the last 10 years has been steadily working as a photographer and video artist, His photography has been published in print and web publications such as Guitar Player Magazine, The LA Weekly, Huffington Post, Vice, LA Record, Entertainment Weekly and vinyl & CD album covers for Thrill Jockey recording artist White Hills, Grammy Winning Irish singer Susan McKeown and most recently, L.A. ethereal vocal legend Nora Keyes. Chris has directed, shot and edited over 50 music videos as well co edited the award winning documentary “My Name Was Betty” as well as Hulu distributed, Breaking Los Angeles. Chris is currently interested in energy healing and has just received his second attunement in Reiki training.

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Director Statement

I took part in an experimental project called Auditory Driving. Auditory Driving is a group Acupuncture session that incorporates some sort of powerful musical component. This particular Auditory Driving session was a collaboration between sound artist David First and Acupuncturist / Musician Kate Henderson. David First played a drone through giant speakers that he created, that matched the frequencies of the Earth’s rotation while Kate Henderson first gave basic acupuncture to everyone in the room and then performed live Shamanic drumming. The effects for me were extremely visual and was the inspiration for my film Variations On Us.

I am forever fascinated by the themes of non linear time and parallel universes. The idea that each moment of our lives plays out over and over infinitely on multiple dimensions. I believe that our memories reflect this with paramount moments in our lives that we reflect on. We think back, how did that moment happen? How did it go down? We create so many versions in our mind. This film is a meditation on just that. It takes place in a person’s mind, where the setting is stripped away to just black space. The focus is on the 4 pinnacle moments in this relationship and all of the variations oh how we see ourselves. The choice for Super 8 MM shot on a black backdrop I believe perfectly captures the feeling of these fuzzy memories that one is searching in their minds. I hope you enjoy and connect to this.