The Film
More Than a Feeling is a dark comedy set at a funeral. It is about ego and insecurity and how we often forget that even though we think everyone is judging us all the time, the truth is that everyone is mostly selfish and thinking almost exclusively about themself.
Nowadays, when somebody dies people post to social media with a picture of themself and the deceased person. It isn't enough to honor the dead, but we must honor the dead along with ourselves to make sure that we are effectively broadcasting to the world that we're sad because we were friends with the dead person and we want to remind everyone of that. Our intentions are good, but our subconscious need for constant affirmation can get the best of us.
This short film is a dark, comedic examination of this weakness.
The Cast
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Budd Diaz (Buddy & Co-Writer) is a member of the comedy collective Power Violence, Budd starred on Bravo's The People's Couch, voiced "Bug" on FX's Stone Quackers, and has starred in all of Power Violence's short films, several of which have been featured as Vimeo Staff Picks.
Molly Mitchell (Sarah) is an LA-based actor and comedian best known for her roles on Comedy
Central's The Coach Who Clothed Them, and over a dozen Super Deluxe shorts and livestreams. She is a member of UCB's "The Colin Kaepernicks" and most importantly, is from Philadelphia.
Anthony "Fat Tony" Obi (Dave) is a Nigerian-American artist who has played an integral role in shaping the Houston rap scene. Pitchfork has described him as "a reliably funny, incisive, trend-dodging alt-rapper." He has toured internationally and performed with ASAP Rocky and Das Racist.
Johnny Pemberton (Chris) is a comedian, actor, writer, mildly knowledgeable gardener,
reggae enthusiast, and friend to both insects and mammals. He is the voice of "Peanut" on the Disney XD program Pickle and Peanut and can be seen in the films 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Neighbors 2, The Watch, Ant Man and Oscar-nominated film In the Loop.
The Crew
Callum Hanlon (Co-Writer & Director) is a filmmaker who started making skate videos in his parents' driveway in South Jersey and hasn't really stopped since then. While teaching ESL in Spain, Callum started making and selling spec commercials to companies likes Chevy, Pepsi & HTC, through London-based agency Mofilm. Then he came to Los Angeles where he made videos for ATTN, Fullscreen & Super Deluxe, the most notable of which is the Joanne the Scammer series, co-written and directed with Jason Richards. Now he has cut loose and is trying to take the next step in his filmmaking "journey."
Julia Grimm (Producer) is an LA-based Producer and Videographer with Jersey blood and a California vibe (wears crop tops). After receiving a degree in Film and Television from Boston University, she launched her career as a producer at Sundance award-winning Interloper Films. She's shot documentaries in Beijing and coordinated commercials in Australia. She currently works as a Production Manager at Super Deluxe, and continues to produce side projects big and small because it’s FUN. She also likes to do headstands while her cats watch judgmentally.
Hayden Mason (DP) is a talented DP who never sent in his bio, so now it is being written for him. Hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hayden did his undergrad at Harvard, graduate work at Stanford and did his doctorate at MIT before throwing it all away to pursue the film industry.
Lily Escobar (Art) is an artist and budget wizard. Cal first had Lily as a PA at Super Deluxe and after working with her once, requested that she be on every single shoot of his. She quickly moved up to Art Director for Super Deluxe Live and now works as the Design Coordinator for Fusina Designs, working on music videos for artists like YG, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and more.
Jonathan Hinman (AD) is a comedy writer and producer from New York with a degree in drama and a background in assistant directing. His recent work includes Brandon Rogers's 20-episode series Stuff & Sam for Facebook Watch, and two season of the Fullscreen original series Magic Funhouse. Jonathan doesn't do much AD'ing anymore, but Cal begged him and he was generous enough to make a gallant return.
Jacob Cox (Editor) is a producer and editor for TV, Web, and Film in Los Angeles, New York City, and New Orleans, with 11 years of experience. Jacob has worked with clients ranging from Disney, Discovery, A&E, Oxygen, Rockstar Games, and more. He's a funny person who doesn't like hugging.
Risks & Challenges
We took a big risk. We could have stopped production when the financing disappeared, but we were already in too deep. The entire crew was on board, locations booked and rehearsals had begun. So Callum put it on his credit card and his lovely girlfriend supported him in his very irresponsible decision.
A lot of the expenses are on a credit card and then the crew is "Net-30" which means that we have 30 days to from the date of the shoot to pay them. This campaign is short so that hopefully we can raise enough money quickly enough to pay everyone on time.
There are other costs that continue to build up as we get through post ($), get the film mixed ($$), colored ($$$) and submitted to festivals ($$$$).
Anything helps. If you're still reading, this is almost over!
Other Ways You Can Help
I know there are much greater causes out there like RAICES and Planed Parenthood that are much more deserving of donations, but if you can spare any money to help out with this project, it is very appreciated. If you can't but you still want to help, please share this on Facebook, Instagram, etc. Or if you just don't fuck with this at all, but then you see the short film eventually and you really like it, or just kinda like it, tell your friends about it. But it won't be available to the public for a little while because we are sending it out to film festivals and a lot of them require that the submissions have not yet been made public.
