Four minutes. One woman. Zero coffee. Infinite chaos.
During a mysterious pandemic, Cassie's quarantine life has turned into a routine, day in and day out. Nothing new seems to happen, until she realizes she's out of coffee. And she's determined to get her cup of joe, even if she must face the horrors of the outside world. Because she'd kill for a cup of coffee. In this part-animated live action short, anything goes.
Direction
Russ Emanuel crams three genres into four minutes.
Practical Effects
Live-action/animation hybrid on presumably zero dollars.
Acting
Paige Laree Poucel commits fully to caffeine psychosis.
Director
Russ Emanuel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual 2020 lockdowns, making it a time-capsule of pandemic creative energy.
The hybrid format wasn't budget-driven—Emanuel specifically wanted to literalize Cassie's fractured mental state.
US
