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Too Much, Not Enough | Short Film (2023)

A young man deals with the euphoric but addictive nature of social media. I've struggled with the issue of not being able to put my phone down for the longest time. Regardless of time or activity, whether just waking up or eating dinner, I am constantly glued to my screen with whatever content pops up and flies past on my phone. It's a problem that I feel most of my generation faces, and I wanted to document what we feel in our daily lives, where we constantly struggle for air in an infinite sea of technology and social media. Submitted as application film for Fall 2024 Film & Television Program at the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Decision: (Awaiting) Watch the BTS - https://youtu.be/C1XChx2USdU CREDITS (in order of appearance) Protagonist - Gabe Samoy Lawyer, Football Guy 1 - Ricardo Santiago-Carpio Brown Dog, Podcast Guy 2 - Hugh Vo Football Guy 2, Podcast Guy 1, ASMR Guy - Christian Gonzalez Dancer-Influencer - Kaleiah Gonzalez Not Crusty White Dog - Tofu Girl Posing for Photos - Lizzy Kim Interview-Influencer - Jacob Yun Alpha Male Entrepreneur - JD Alarcon Director, Writer, Producer, DP, Editor, Camera 1 - Hugh Vo Story by - Hugh Vo & Christian Gonzalez Production Assistant, Gaffer, Camera 2 - Christian Gonzalez Camera 3 - Gabe Samoy Additional voices - ElevenLabs Additional video generation - Runway Awards & Festivals Best Experimental | Hellbender Student Film Festival 2023 | United States Best in Show | Opificer Media Student Film Festival 2023 | United States Best Super Short | Assurdo Film Festival - August/September 2023 Awards | Italy Official Selection | Delta Kappa Alpha Film Festival 2023 | United States Official Selection | Kosice International Film Festival 2023 | Slovakia Official Selection | Mt. SAC Filmmakers Spring 2023 Film Festival | United States Equipment Sony A7iii Sony 35mm 1.4 GM lens Sony 50mm 1.2 GM lens Tiffen Glimmer Glass Filter Edited in Premiere Pro & After Effects #studentshortfilm #shortfilm #studentfilm #overstimulation #socialmediaaddiction #studentfilmmaker #absurdism #surrealism

Hugh Vo

9 months ago

[car honks, tires screech] [impact] Ouch. That looked like it hurt. Who do you think was liable, the speeding gray Tesla, or the negligent SUV? Uh... The- Th- Th- Th- Gray car? [Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in E Flat Major] [rap music in background] Hi my beautiful besties! I'm just gonna go- Oh my god, look who came! [dog yelping] I love... sparkles. Say hello the all new one-third pounder. Only at McRonalds. [echoing] Made fresh with never... [unintelligible] ...the best places to visit in Los
Angeles [muffled] The Santa Monica Pier... [waves crashing] OMG slay girl [overlapping] Woof woof meow meow Please marry me. Literally stop. Slay. I'm on my knees. OMG yes. Dude, the NFTs are all over, they're going to the moon! Dude, I invested in all of them I put my entire savings All, every single one of the- [voices overlap, unintelligible] It looks like I'm gaining money. Today we're sponsored by Fahrenheit energy drink [unintelligible] -listening to today? Excuse me? Yeah what're you list
ening to today? Um.. [unintelligible] [piano stops, music swells] What're you listening to today? I'm listening to- What're you listening to today? [overlapping] Yeah what're you listening to today? Cool, yeah I like that song, that's nice that's nice What're you listening to right now? Oh we love that song, we love that song, yeah... What color is your Bugatti? If you can't answer that question, then something is seriously wrong with you. Grinder University. [voices overlapping] Woof woof woof
woof woof. Ruff ruff ruff ruff... [music swells] [licking noises] [mouth popping noises] [screaming] woof woof woof... [muffled] This is the best matcha tea place in all of LA county... [music builds] [music stops] [ambient music] [echoing voices] [phone dings] [echoing voices] [ambient music]

Comments

@akayproductions8996

great work! loved this at the opificer media student film festival

@user-el3uf4jn9h

I’ve seen this short film on Hellbender film festival and this one stood out to me among other short films so much I actually remembered the name and found it to say that it’s amazing! As cinema major student I admire the work that was put into it and really hope to be able to do stuff like this by the time I graduate. I am trying to be like you!

@mcmaschio

As a creator and consumer this movie gave me Goosebumps man... Brilliant .. earned my sub !

@kalum_

Well done, solid concept with brilliant editing and colours!

@swafranswaa

des sujets contemporains c'est ça qui nous faut merci

@XVLProductions

That was the most chaotic and enjoyable 5 minutes and 14 seconds of my life…

@kaperez__

beautifully captures the human relationship and experience with social media. awesome work!

@tinajimenez-spalding6804

EXCELLENT WORK. YOUR POINTS DEFINITELY CAME ACROSS. THX ❣️

@BIZFILMZ

loved this man!!

@voldie2395

This is incredible, you can tell how much effort was put into this

@JohnnyLeeLove

love how you've connected the dots

@lizzykim1773

also very relatable

@lizzykim1773

really beautiful film

@aaronsantos5922

Actual peak

@germcares

Most real short film I’ve seen

@JoshAdajar

this was fucking amazing