‘The Jokes’ presents three seemingly unconnected narratives that glimpse into the lives of characters - a man, a woman and a little girl. They constitute a universe of distractions, vapid social media, and a desperate desire to find purpose in the meaningless, to name a few. Head to the link in bio to watch how the characters move from one physical or emotional state to another. #ShortFilmOfTheDay
Credits:
Cast: Conrad Osei-bonsu, @marg__rose
Director, writer: @eli.speigel
Producer: @cobyjoneser , Joshua Rosen, Dan Feldman Green
Writer: @stephen___thomas
#storytelling #shorts #shortfilm #mentalhealth
𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠 / The Jokes
“I decided to make The Jokes because it was all I could do with the amount of money I had while I was waiting for funding for a larger project. The crew consisted of me, a sound recordist, and an assistant; and we shot everything on my Sony a7s iii. The film is a loose adaptation of a collection of 4-10 sentence short stories by Stephen Thomas (also called The Jokes). The stories don’t have beginnings, middles, or ends; they are moments more than anything else. I singled out the moments that felt like the characters were disassociating, experiencing the intense mental process of disconnecting from oneself, and doing so in mundane locations and trivial environments. Having an intense emotion while in a disconnected public place brings out a certain comedy due to its juxtaposition. Having an existential crisis in a cafe while the stranger beside you is filming a TikTok dance on their phone could cause one to question the significance of the crisis itself. I wanted to explore this scenario visually and sonically and meld several of Thomas’ micro moments into a series of connected vignettes; slivers of life rather than slices of life. In short, I’m attempting to see if there’s some comedy in struggling with mental health.” - Director @eli.speigel
Watch Now on FS [link in bio]
Eli Speigel @eli.speigel
Stephen Thomas @stephen___thomas
Conrad Osei Bonsu @cobyjoneser
Margaret Rose @marg__rose
In order of appearance
Conrad Osei-Bonsu
Becca Willow Moss
Alex Filtsos
Shelby Wilson
Tom Lute
Emma Qulaghasi
Margaret Rose
Nate Wilson
Lea Sebastianis
Don Sitter
Ethan Speigel
Callum O’Neil
Josh Hendel
Noa Zelikovitz
Paula Gotshal
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I did a podcast ep with @bradcaseyforever for @metatronpress , talked about reading Alison Bechdel's therapy memoirs in LA instead of going to the beach, effective altruism, and taking a really long time to write things. Have just been told I have a "podcast voice"--...,,, enjoy (link in bio)
If you were my social media manager would you advise me to put this on the grid (Kingston visit with my cousin Andrew who told me for the first time the full version of getting kicked out of the navy for smoking weed)
Guillaume & Veronica! Final wedding of the summer. Art gallery & book giveaway and extremely touching speech from former roommate felt very G, very beautiful wedding. Not pictured: ceremonial glass smash, chair lifting hora dance. Pictured: walking under the queen/dufferin bridge, handing out (not pictured) popsicles to strangers. Pictured: brad's champagne at sweaty bettys, incredible
@purpleglassbunny & Yar Zar -- summer wedding catch-up. Wildly beautiful setting for a wedding, very romantic, Kenny's english teacher (i think?) officiated and created this parable of being stronger together by making them get tired of holding out their arms for a long time lol. Amazing song by a guy who's a professional Burmese singer. Caught up with MFAers and pigs, roadtripped w Emma Sean Al from/to LA
I went to Newfoundland for the wedding of my friend Oliver, not on IG, & his lovely bride Tanya, realized i had covid on the flight, spent a week in their basement, heard the wedding (presumably very beautiful) happening from underground, was sent footage of their shark fishing adventure (tagged for science and released), tested negative and went home. This is Oliver's dad and wife and baby and dogs i didn't get a single pic of Oliver 👍
![/ The Jokes“I decided to make The Jokes because it was all I could do with the amount of money I had while I was waiting for funding for a larger project. The crew consisted of me, a sound recordist, and an assistant; and we shot everything on my Sony a7s iii. The film is a loose adaptation of a collection of 4-10 sentence short stories by Stephen Thomas (also called The Jokes). The stories don’t have beginnings, middles, or ends; they are moments more than anything else. I singled out the moments that felt like the characters were disassociating, experiencing the intense mental process of disconnecting from oneself, and doing so in mundane locations and trivial environments. Having an intense emotion while in a disconnected public place brings out a certain comedy due to its juxtaposition. Having an existential crisis in a cafe while the stranger beside you is filming a TikTok dance on their phone could cause one to question the significance of the crisis itself. I wanted to explore this scenario visually and sonically and meld several of Thomas’ micro moments into a series of connected vignettes; slivers of life rather than slices of life. In short, I’m attempting to see if there’s some comedy in struggling with mental health.” - Director @eli.speigelWatch Now on FS [link in bio]Eli Speigel @eli.speigelStephen Thomas @stephen___thomasConrad Osei Bonsu @cobyjoneserMargaret Rose @marg__roseIn order of appearanceConrad Osei-BonsuBecca Willow MossAlex FiltsosShelby WilsonTom LuteEmma QulaghasiMargaret RoseNate WilsonLea SebastianisDon SitterEthan SpeigelCallum O’NeilJosh HendelNoa ZelikovitzPaula Gotshal#DailyShortPicks #shortfilm #thejokes #jokes](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6870204137575810212215_0_aaedbaf4f01fd7086eec7e47bfec66d4.jpg?o=aHR0cHM6Ly9zY29udGVudC1sZ2EzLTMuY2RuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS92L3QzOS4zMDgwOC02LzQ3MjMzNTY2NF8xODQ4MzczNTc1MTA1MDg1Nl84NzE5OTExMTMzODAyNzQ5OTAyX24uanBnP3N0cD1kc3QtanBnX2UzNV9zNjQweDY0MF9zaDIuMDhfdHQ2Jl9uY19odD1zY29udGVudC1sZ2EzLTMuY2RuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbSZfbmNfY2F0PTEwNCZfbmNfb2M9UTZjWjJnRWRJNXh4eDIxb1psdmlzNlQ3cGNUX0ZYcUtNWjBIOUFQUnBJN0ZvamhueFM5NzFwaDA1Z3c2dzhpYnZ5VXVVOXBWa0tGVzRMZl9IeE81bU1UdWY0TUkmX25jX29oYz1ldXFYd256c3J3WVE3a052d0dqdEFTYiZfbmNfZ2lkPVU1eFNQSmtvNkM5a3RTam9iQVd6M0EmZWRtPUFQVTg5RkFBQUFBQSZjY2I9Ny01Jm9oPTAwX0FmNFJrQUtRV21lUjFHQlpBbERkZUd2c0Y4SEw5XzRkMEI0d2hGMmlqblRZamcmb2U9NkEwRjk3MzkmX25jX3NpZD1iYzBjMmM=&h=810d891f049e09c4426b78d45e7b1a75)
