- A short film about the character Charlie, who has recently moved into a new school, based off of the music by artist Joji, better known for his internet persona of Filthy Frank. Joji's music made for a stimulus for a lot of the emotions and themes in this film, inspired by the director's thoughts and feelings of moving into a new school.—Rico
- When we first see Charlie's (Percy Manthey) character he is faking happiness. This is a thing that many people moving school, including the director, did to play it off like things were completely fine, but when he hangs up he breaks this persona. The camera pans across to reveal the character of Danny (Ashton Frank). Charlie is very honest and open to Danny, even though Danny treats him like dirt, talking down to him, which we attempted to convey, using low angles when he is in frame. Compare this to scene 2, where Max (Samuel Walters) comes along and Charlie is very closed off. Scene 3 rolls along, and we see Charlie interact with Chloe (Merlie-Anne Sebastian) for the first time. He had been on the phone with a character who we can only assume he is cheating on her with. The two have no dialogue, she slaps him and runs off.
We get to the party scene. Danny informs Charlie that he has called the others from his old school, to come visit. They, however, aren't too happy. Charlie goes on a rant, and we have the final piece of dialogue between Charlie and Chloe.
Now... Danny isn't real.
Danny is a character that's all in Charlie's head. This is why Charlie is able to be so open to this character, even though he treats him like garbage. He knows he has to put up with him, as he's always going to be there in the back of his head, telling him he's a terrible person. The moment Charlie finally sees he is completely alone is when he sees the printouts of the pictures he was taking with Danny, and realises Danny is not there. It's hinted at in dialogue, like when Max asks "We?", and how Danny just seems to zip around the scenes, appearing in places he wouldn't normally be.
Danny always dresses in red, and this is important as we can always see Charlie sporting the same red shirt, suggesting throughout the film that he's always engulfed in this negativity, and will never break free.
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