Very lucky to have been selected to direct a sting for the Absurd to Zany category for this years LIAF! As intimidating as directing a little short sounds, I’m actually excited to get to make my dumb little movie considering I was worried the subject matter would be a bit too out there, but I guess that’s exactly why the category is called what it is.
It’s just about a crowd at an open mic night turning on the comedian, and tearing him to pieces, before realising that his discomfort is actually worthy of a laugh itself. I wanted to really go overboard with the cartoon antics, which is how it ends up pretty gross by the end. It’s almost certainly subconsciously based on Itchy and Scratchy, I have no doubt that’s what my brain was digging up when I was coming up with the idea.
We’re only on the storyboarding stages so far but the team I’m working with are super kind and helpful! I’ll do another post soon when the animatic is cut, but they’ve helped me feel less worried about the whole project. I’m real grateful they’re on board with how grim the premise is haha