Four screens, four lives, one catastrophic night—this is how the internet actually eats people alive.
4 Teenagers. 4 different cities. Living large online through social networks, texting, and live streaming. More open, more immediate, more friends, more danger, more control. They project what they want others to see. Say anything, do anything; to get a response from online friends who understand. Faster, sexier, meaner. Real life doesn't cut it. Too many expectations. Too many disappointments. Too boring. 4 teens whose worlds collide one night on a live streaming site. One of them loses control. Shot entirely with the tools of modern communication; 5D Cannon, Laptop webcam, cell phones. Laptop 3D after FX integrate live action and graphics to create their online existence.
Direction
Genuine multi-screen chaos before it became a gimmick.
Production
Canon 5D and webcam aesthetic that predicted our entire visual language.
Director
Leslie Libman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 2011, this predates Black Mirror's 'Shut Up and Dance' and Eighth Grade, making it a weirdly prescient artifact of pre-Instagram-peak anxiety.
The live streaming platform depicted is basically Chatroulette-era technology, meaning every 'innovative' visual choice here is now how your grandmother FaceTimes.
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