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| Name | The Distraction | A Short Film About Anxiety & Depression from Matty Brown |
| Video Uploader | Video From Short of the Week |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 10-03-2020 14:00:13 |
| Video Discription | Welcome to your anxiety attack. A 10-minute short exploring the very visceral and disorienting world of living with severe anxiety and depression. **CONTENT WARNING** This film has imagery surrounding depression and suicidal thoughts that may be disturbing to some viewers. A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/ FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/03/10/the-distraction/ Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: http://www.shortoftheweek.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ShortoftheW... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shortoftheweek Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortoftheweek THE DISTRACTION Directed by Matty Brown https://www.mattybrownfilms.com/ Excerpt: "Matty Brown in an inimitable talent—though that hasn’t stopped his many imitators over the years. In a 2015 review of his auto-biographical short, A Colorful Life, Ivan Kander called him a “Vimeo rockstar”, and even more so than his record 18 Staff Picks, it was because of his story. Brown is a true embodiment of the glory days of the platform’s creative community, a hobbyist unconnected from the industry who made earnest, emotional work that took full advantage of the democratization that DSLRs and powerful computers presented to image-making. With a true DiY spirit he mastered a trademark style: fast cuts, rapid camera whips, and clever use of foreground elements (often just his fingers over the lens) to create a sensation of constant motion—a visceral rush that provided energy to his travel videos, tone poems, and simple profile documentaries. His approach was wildly popular, spawning scores of homages, and best of all? his techniques barely required any budget. Brown is searching for the next chapter now. His Vimeo popularity allowed him to shed the hobbyist designation some years back and he’s now produced award-winning work for many top brands. He has also ventured into narrative shorts and just finished his third feature script. While Brown is working towards more conventional markers of success, the old spirit remains, and this no-budget passion project released online last week is, to me, the most interesting and clearest example of Brown’s storytelling growth yet. He incorporates a fascinating fluidity in tone and approach to a larger, hot-button social issue, and in doing so finds new applications for his usual visual panache. All the while, he stays true to the big-hearted and self-baring nature that has brought him acclaim. Titled The Distraction, this 10 minute film starts off with the above quote from horror legend Stephen King and a creepy tracking shot takes us to a television set. A standard tv-clip montage about depression plays. Is this a PSA? It takes 90 seconds to get to a title card, and then bam! gorgeous drone footage. Another travelogue? Wait, the subject, a pretty red-headed young woman addresses the camera. Is this a documentary? Well, it’s kinda all of the above—a horror-documentary with scripted elements that serves as a social issue essay. Sound like a mess? Maybe a little, but the seamless play between the forms proves to be very cool. Cool maybe is the wrong word however. It is a film about anxiety and depression after all. About recognizing it, capturing it, and attempting to translate it. An effort to distill these horrific emotions into a sensory experience so that Brown may represent it and share it. So that we may learn from each other. So that we may not feel so alone. Brown is quite open about his challenging life experiences. The aforementioned piece A Colorful Life is a good primer—abandonment as a child, homelessness, and suicidal tendencies all inculcated a deep sense of inferiority. Navigating his queer identity and overcoming a stutter proved further challenges. In writing us, Brown explains the very personal inspiration for the piece, relating, “My entire life I’ve lived with debilitating Anxiety and Depression. I found many distractions over the years, but no matter how hard I work or how far I travel it’s always come back heavier and stronger than ever. So, I gathered a few friends who live with, or are directly affected by, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Illness to make a small passion project opening up about what it’s like to live with this rampant, internal horror that is absorbing deeper and deeper into our society.” - Jason Sondhi CREDITS Written, Edited, & Directed by MATTY BROWN Cinematography by JASPER NEWTON Starring EMMA SINAI-YUNKER & STEVEN J. WEINBERG Post Color House - RAW STUDIOS Color Grading - DAVID TOMIAK Online editor - RYAN MANCE Original Music by LANDIS TANAKA Visual Effects by LUKE TANAKA Poster Art by VICTOR MOSQUERA Titles by REED JUNGER Assistant Camera - JUSTIN BROWN Production Assistants/Extras - ISAAC PECK, MAE GELBACH & JALEN DAILEY Produced by JASPER NEWTON & MATTY BROWN You are not alone. If you or someone you know needs help, go to suicide.org |
| Category | Film & Animation |
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