Filmmaker Statement

While researching for a feature film set in a scrap yard, I kept coming across articles about creative ways that individuals had gone about acquiring their scrap metal. Sneaking into abandoned houses, throwing on a construction vest and hauling off electrical spools, the list goes on. Then there was one method so insane that I refused to believe until I found dozens of similar incidents; people scaling utility poles and cutting down the copper power lines. I suppose the initial catalyst for the script was an attempt to figure out why in the world someone would ever do this, but along the way I realized this was a character I could see myself in. Sometimes pursuing the dream of making movies feels crazy. The medium is more saturated than ever, movie theaters are closing, and attention spans dwindling, but I just keep going because it’s all I know and it’s all I want to do. Sometimes, it feels a lot like climbing a pole in the middle of the woods. I’m just hoping for a better outcome.