I’m incredibly excited to announce that my experimental short film Please Give Me An Oscar Please will make its world premiere on Chortle… right here, right now!
About the Film
Please Give Me An Oscar Please is the result of equal parts ambition, creativity, and sweaty-afternoons-in-my-garage. I made it while juggling a newborn1 and navigating two Hollywood strikes that had me wondering if I’d ever work again. Both the humor and the juxtaposed animation styles—stop-motion, digital 2D animation, and AI-generated pieces—aim to reflect the fractured, bizarre feeling of those times, which in many ways continues to this day.
The film is silly, strange, unique, and (with any luck) a future Oscar winner.
Check it out! And please let me know what you think in the comments!
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This was easily the most labor-intensive project I’ve ever undertaken. And it turns out that even no-budget filmmaking takes money—expenses for this ran past $1,000, mainly going towards a greenscreen and other equipment.
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Infinite thanks go to my wife, Robin, for allowing this nonsense.
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