Computer Creed
Wielded artistry of a boy is the only defense against full technological dependency. When the Internet and every computer succumb to a strange, unaccountable force, he must delve into his imagination to save his family
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Josh HavelkaDirector
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Chloe RoseWriter
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Josh HavelkaWriter
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Rena KawabataProducer
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Lyova BeckwittKey CastSupernatural (TV Series)
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Sean BygraveKey Cast
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Brenda BauderKey Cast
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Anna SergeantKey Cast
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Project Type:Short, Student, Other
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Genres:Sci-Fi, Drama, Surreal
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Runtime:11 minutes 10 seconds
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Completion Date:December 31, 2014
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Production Budget:5,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:RED Scarlet
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
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Leo Awards NominationVancouver BC
June 14, 2015
Worldwide
Best Student Production
Island born, coast loving, movie watching, Chinatown living, filmmaker.
I wanted to tie technology to religiosity with this short. The idea that we spend more attention to the virtual world than our reality is a subject often explored, but the uniqueness of this narrative lends credence to confusion of what is normal in our modern age.
Lyova Beckwitt plays our protagonist Jeff, and he skillfully guides the audience through a bizarre string of events after the computers go down in his home. Like a coming of age tale, I wanted him to disturb the status quo and resist the hi-tech invasion in the same way a youth would shake a religious family's grip on their son's imagination. The parallels create a surreal and quirky couple scenes that show what a creativity shunning family might look like, all the while attempting to illustrate how the internet acts like an addictive drug (hence the family's reaction when it's taken away).