Sweet Tooth

There's something out there, in the shadows. Something with a sweet tooth.

A young man takes out the trash through endless industrial hallways.

He's not alone.

This is Sweet Tooth, a short horror movie I co-Directed with Brandon Ellison. I was Director of Photography, Editor, Visual Effects, Steadicam Operator, Sound Designer. Brandon was Producer/Director/Writer/Lead. (Bit of trivia: Brandon played Jesus' bloody body double in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ!)

Brandon had the idea to make this short, and made a puppet, so we went out to the Glendale Galleria one Saturday in 2001. For about 4 hours, we ran around the underbelly of the mall, with me shooting my Sony PD-150 on a Steadicam JR, and Brandon running around in front of the camera.

On many shots, I did only one take - when he's putting the trash in the dumpster, for example. For other scenes, I got a lot of coverage, and the real energy of the show came together during editing.

Brandon came up with the idea after he got a job working at the mall, and got creeped out taking the trash out through the creepy cooridors.

I think you see a lot of my style in this - the use of steadicam, the improvisational, balletic use of camera, fast pacing, syncopated rhythm, unique compositions, use of flutter cuts, rich sound design, etc. It was a fun collaboration.

Copyright (c) 2001 S&B Productions
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This is for my online portfolio.