The way I usually introduce this film is by saying “Sometimes you have three days to make a film and there’s a giant blizzard on day two. This is what you get from those conditions!” But, I have to assume not everyone would make this exact film, so that’s not really accurate. Day one was spent writing a quick script about a girl struggling with her sexuality in a small, religious town and getting the cast on board to film the next day. On day two, the skies opened up, and classes were canceled. More time to shoot! We went out with our high-tech weatherproof equipment (a camera, an umbrella, and prayers) and shot all the exteriors in freezing temperatures. We wrapped most of the shooting that day, and only had to finish up a few interior shots on day three, which is when I got to work cutting together all the footage.

The editing process for this film had a few unique challenges to it. Firstly, I needed to create an effect that would serve as the “demon” or “possession” motif throughout the runtime. I layered flicker and brightness effects over the footage, and built a soundscape of various audio clips I found online. I then created several variants for different scenes where I wanted the effect to be heightened or lessened. I kept the color palette simple, only making subtle tweaks to give certain scenes a more gloomy vibe or adding in more vibrancy towards the end. Despite that, this was the project that changed the most in post for me, taking it from something plain to a creepy tale with a happy ending.