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Cassidy, glued to her phone and computer, attempts to help her friend plot a revenge stunt against an internet celebrity. However, her idea of justice reaches a dangerous limit.

  • Ev Hall
    Director
  • Ev Hall
    Writer
  • Ev Hall
    Editor
  • Sam O'Sullivan
    Producer
  • Julia Baker
    Key Cast
    "Cassidy"
  • Sam O'Sullivan
    Key Cast
    "Adam"
  • Derek Hickey
    Key Cast
    "Eddie"
  • Marigrace Leeman
    Production Assistant
  • Hannah Dobbs
    Art Department
  • Clara Patt
    Art Department
  • Kelsey Boylan
    Set Decoration
  • Emma Cooney
    Flame Artist
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    250 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Blackmagic Raw
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.33:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ev Hall

- NYC-based filmmaker, writer, and musician

- born and raised in Jacksonville, FL

- attended The New School (Master of Arts, Media Studies) and the University of Central Florida (Bachelor of Fine Arts, Film Production)

- enjoys cats, videogames, archery, mixology, candles, basketball, concerts, and HBO shows

www.evhall.net

Other works:
AAVE Translator 2000 (web-based multimedia essay, 2021)
United States, 2020 (short documentary, 7 min, 2020)
Party Hardy (short dark comedy, 8 min, 2016)

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Director Statement

From around 2016 through 2022, I had an addiction to Twitter.

It shaped my beliefs, it morphed my sense of humor, it dictated my taste in art, and influenced my personality. I basically downloaded my identity from Twitter. It also had an adverse effect on my mental health and overall worldview. On this website, engagement metrics defined human morality. On this website, I became less discerning and more impulsive.

In May 2020, I finished the first draft of this film. It started as a challenge to write a film that I could shoot in a single day with the tiniest cast and crew possible, but eventually it morphed into an exploration of perverted justice, and a character who’s morality was defined by impulse, an impulse mutated by an unhealthy relationship with the internet.

In early October 2022, with the support of my amazing partner, I finally left Twitter. A week later, Twitter was sold to a volatile billionaire, and at the turn of the new year, SCREENS entered pre-production.

I will be forever grateful to the cast and crew who all helped bring this weird little exercise to life. But honestly, weaning off the internet is probably why this film now exists beyond the page.