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A mysterious woman, a detective, a missing invention, and the above line. Sounds like the ingredients of a pulpy mystery, which they are. But what people might not realize is that those are some of the ingredients that filmmaker Todd Sullivan and his crew were given to craft this short film.
Done as part of the 48 Hour Film Project organized by Roger Corman, Birth of a Feminine Nation follows Jordan Frost (Melody Olivier), a mysterious woman and inventor that brings this case to Detective Steele (Nich Gulycz). All of a sudden, they find themselves in the middle of a pursuit and perhaps a conspiracy that no one might be prepared for.
The trick of the project is that the film has to be done in 48 hours and include certain obligatory elements (like a certain character, a specific genre, a certain prop, and the above line). I thought the short was fun on its own, but learning about those constraints afterwards made me appreciate it even more.
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BIRTH OF A FEMININE NATION
(2023, Sullivan)
(2023, Sullivan)
"If you're not going to do it, I will."
A mysterious woman, a detective, a missing invention, and the above line. Sounds like the ingredients of a pulpy mystery, which they are. But what people might not realize is that those are some of the ingredients that filmmaker Todd Sullivan and his crew were given to craft this short film.
Done as part of the 48 Hour Film Project organized by Roger Corman, Birth of a Feminine Nation follows Jordan Frost (Melody Olivier), a mysterious woman and inventor that brings this case to Detective Steele (Nich Gulycz). All of a sudden, they find themselves in the middle of a pursuit and perhaps a conspiracy that no one might be prepared for.
The trick of the project is that the film has to be done in 48 hours and include certain obligatory elements (like a certain character, a specific genre, a certain prop, and the above line). I thought the short was fun on its own, but learning about those constraints afterwards made me appreciate it even more.
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