Hey there anyone, someone, anyone:
“Shutterbug” is a short film adapted from a feature length film that I wrote a few years ago. I wanted to create a short film idea out of it, something easy to shoot, and something that we could shop to film festivals. The best case scenario would be what happened with the Wes Anderson film “Bottle Rocket,” which went to Sundance, was discovered by the “industry,” and Wes was given money to make the feature length Bottle Rocket, that started his ascent to movie millions (estimated).
Darth Schuhe and I are long time writing partners. We have written an animated pilot, a feature length screenplay, and several short screenplays, one of which was produced and directed by Patrick Clement. I got together with Darth, and together we adapted the 90 page feature length Shutterbug screenplay into the 12 page “Shutterbug” short film.
“Shutterbug,” the short film, is a story about a young photographer, Mason, who has a unique artistic viewpoint when he looks through his lens. He lives with his grandmother and is given an ultimatum: go to college or get a job and start paying rent. Mason was bullied in high school, so this isn’t as easy a choice as one would think.
On his grandmothers advice, Mason goes to the school to snap some photos of the interesting architecture on campus, when who does he run into, but a bully. But he also runs into a young lady painting a picture with the same skewed artistic viewpoint that Mason has. And then she calls him a pervert for taking a picture of her.
After that, hilarity ensues, and we have a twist at the end, which I don’t wish to spoil for all you eager viewers out nowhere. But for the one or two people who happen to be reading this, well, tough.
See you on the other side of tomorrow!
-Michael Kenyon Rosenberg