To Love A Monster

After making In The Nick of Time, I took a break for a while and focused on music and school, spending the majority of my year helping other students on sets and building my experience. Over this time, I realized that I got the most inspiration from the macabre and spooky. Something about the weird, others in society that can't help what they are... It inspired me.

I think everyone has had times of feeling like a monster. Looking in the mirror and seeing something you think is vile and uncomfortable. This story started and ended in that place. I wanted to write a character with so much insecurity that he let it define him. He truly felt like a monster, through and through.

Not to spoil it but this is one with a happy ending. A very simple story about love and friendship and relationships. Is it perfect? No. Are the shots rushed? Yeah... I had 8 weeks to write, produce, and edit it for my film class, but I still love the core themes it has and will always cherish it :)

After being set up on a date, a romance-obsessed monster, Boris, rushes to tame his grotesque features but to no avail. Mary, his vain, self-confident roommate swoops in to help him but finds she is in for more than she bargained for...

Written and Directed by Joey Carrier

Produced by Joselyn Marie
 

Starring:

Andrey Sweet - "Boris"
 

Grace Brennan - "Mary"
 

Lily Montgomery - “Lily"
 

Director of Photography: Inês Sommer

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Production Design by Sydney Andrews and Carmen Halphen

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Edited by Camdyn Drexel

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Costumes by Laura Carrier

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SFX Makeup by Sofia Ramos Tovar

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Assistant Director: Luke Weisner

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Production Sound by Brianna Laskowski and Lisle Gustafson

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Additional Set Dressing: Dez Miller

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Graphic Design by Stef Barcaldo

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1st A/C - Thomas Kennedy

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2nd A/C - Jule Stendebach

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Score by Joey Carrier