Filmmaker Statement

“Wet Seal Cigarettes” blends and bends cinematic genres to create a world where consumerism is eating individualism alive. This short film takes every opportunity to inspire the individual to be more than what they consume, whether it be their environment, media, or even the illustrious Wet Seal Cigarette. It is time to create a space where we can examine our own point of view, then piece it together with everyone else’s to create the bigger picture. The bigger picture is what will liberate us from consumerism and generalization. What is this bigger picture, you may ask? The answers you seek lies inside the world of Nicholas Bourdeaux in Wet Seal Cigarettes...