December 26th was one of the most emotionally compelling films from the Between Lines Project. The film poses multiple questions to the viewer about their feelings of agency and their acceptance of everyday surveillance from private companies. The visible nature of the surveillance through the graphic overlay breaks viewers out of passive acceptance and pushes them to consider their own relationships and understanding to these technologies. The film was a catalyst for personal reflection amongst viewers—drawing out fears for parents and other family members who viewers saw as ill prepared for the future.
December 26th was written and shot in two weeks. It was produced in under a week in Seattle, WA, and filmed in the coastal city of Newport, OR. The script was written in a weekend and subsequently story boarded and shot listed within the following two days. After a one-day shoot I began a rapid 3-week post-production pipeline which included numerous screen replacements and compositing projects—alongside standard post-production finishing, edits, color and sound.
