STORY DEVELOPMENT: Animatic for short film called “Mister Fonia,” a mob movie-influenced comedy. The name “Mister Fonia” is a reference to “misophonia,” which is an extreme aversion to a particular sound or sounds. I wrote the script, storyboarded, and wrote the shot list.

AUDIO: I recorded dialogue with separate, individual microphones. I recorded environmental ambience and foley separately (gum chewing, footfalls, rustlings noises, etc.). Background birdsong and the splash came from Freesound.org. I selected and edited in two songs licensed by Dewolfe (details in credits).

Finished result after I directed, shot, and edited. I incorporated input from one of the actors, Michael Affrunti, who suggested a head nod near the end of Scene 1, and also suggested that he mockingly chewing gum in the final shot, to tie back to the first scene. Both ideas worked out great and improved the film! The actor John Stuck improvised the “tiara” line, which added to the personality.

PRODUCTION: This is the shot list I used during production of Scene 1, with notes on what aspects got changed.