under the influence (2020)

This film was my final film while attending Calvin University. It was also uniquely challenging as the majority of production took place during the initial Covid outbreak in early 2020. In fact, while filming the closing "group counseling" scene, which was filmed early in production, I was watching the headlines roll in about the first confirmed cases in Grand Rapids. The scenes in the diner were filmed after the initial lockdown orders went into place, and we had to get special private access. 

Post-production was a unique challenge. The keen-eared will notice the café scene was entirely ADR. Unfortunately, it was recorded under least-optimal circumstances: as we had no access to proper recording spaces due to the lockdown. I had each actress do a crash-course in home ADR recording and had them construct home recording spaces to try and get as faithful ADR as possible. They did their absolute best to match the original scene, and thus began my challenge of splicing it all together. I am very happy with the final outcome considering the circumstances of production, and the efforts more than paid off.