Adult Life Lab (ALL)
Writer, Director
Adult Life Lab (2022 - in-production) is a short film and a community-based DIY filmmaking and art project. This film's plot is about adulting, but the bigger story is how a group of over 70 people in Turku, Finland, and Rome, Georgia, are making a film together.
Logline
Henry, who has never entirely adjusted to adult life, finds company with three co-workers with the same challenges. Together, they form a 'laboratory' that invents mostly failing devices to solve their adulting problems, but all they need is one to succeed.
About
The short film involved many first-time cast and crew members and local organizations (Hacklab Turku, Ekotori, Ullrike Artisan Felt and Yarn) who partnered with film professionals to make the story come alive. ALL is live-action footage mixed with 2-D animation and archival footage from Henry's invention journal.
We are seeking funding to finish the post-production for this short film and possibly create a series of shorts around the same theme. To learn more, please see Adult Life Lab.
Examples of Footage
Example: Live-action, raw footage of story filmed in Turku, Finland in May '22.
Example: 2d paper animation and archival footage that represent Henry's invention journal.
Example: In the short, the co-workers film themselves on their cell phones to study their bad habits and hang-ups.