Your bathtub just became a portal to government-mandated heartbreak.
An unsuspecting user is sent through a turbulent series of splash portals when his government-enforced dating app malfunctions in the bathtub. Storm is set in the near future, where everyone has to live by the government’s Federal Relationship Compatibility Act – a policy which ensures that citizens are matched with only completely compatible individuals. If an individual cannot find a match which satisfies the government’s strict algorithm, they will be sentenced to a life alone in a permanent facility.
Practical Effects
Bathtub portal effects on obviously zero-dollar budget — charming commitment.
Writing
Eleven minutes of escalating absurdity that actually sticks the landing.
Director
Will Kindrick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Will Kindrick made this as a proof-of-concept for a feature about relationship algorithms run amok. The bathtub was his actual bathtub.
Released months before COVID contact tracing apps made government-mandated intimacy tracking feel less speculative and more inevitable.
US
