FRAMED
2024, 8 mins, Dark Comedy/Satire
The story of a man with nothing left to live for, and way too many photos in his office.
“Beautifully produced dark satire…Total crowd pleaser at FilmQuest ‘24”
-Rene Rivas, Letterboxd
Official Selections:
FilmQuest (2024)
International Sound and Film Music Festival (2024)
Framed is a totally independent, self-funded passion project that I had been dying to make for years. The idea first came to me at a film festival, during a block of short films that ran the entire genre gamut. We watched everything from the bleakest tragedies to the lightest comedies, and whenever a new film started, you didn’t know what it was going to be. I started to imagine the exact kind of short that I would love to see at a festival — a hyper-serious drama that slowly reveals itself to be a ridiculous comedy, designed specifically to play for a live audience.
Cast/Crew:
Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited by Sam Schlenker
Starring Craig Watkinson
with Courtney Watkinson, Samantha Watkinson, Ryan Stiffelman, and Olivia Castanho
Directors of Photography: DeAngelo Harding, Wojciech Kielar
Production Designer: Noah Dains
Music by Robert Mai
Visual Effects by James Robertson
Sound Design and Mixing by Grant Meurers
Assistant Directors: Steven Wetrich, MacKenzie Marlowe
First Assistant Camera: McKone Corkery
2nd Assisstant Camera: Zachary Milnamow
Gaffer: Eric Thompson
Key Grip: Peter Koocheradis
Production Sound Mixer: Jason Flaster
Hair and Makeup: Morgan Silva
Colorist/Addtl Photography: Steven Wetrich
Assistant Camera (Attl Photography): Sadie Goff, Luis Herrera
Addtl VFX/Design: Asher Pink, Sam Schlenker, Ed Baker