The horror short film during the night transforms veterinary care into terror

The film short film this week is During the nightA horror movie focused on an overload veterinary technician that collects a duty late at night to make quotes. So he finds himself tormented by the same thing to which he dedicated his life.

The film was directed by Shannon Brown, who said: “In the short term, we see the challenges face veterinary staff: financial problems, tiredness, fatigue of compassion, burnout and offensive customers – complete with humor and horror. While the night days were made as autonomous short films, I would like to explore a version of length if the opportunity had been given.”

This short film is shared in collaboration with the Film Film Festival, where we are trying to exhibit some of the great indie genre films and shorts that filmmakers are creating.

What was the inspiration for your movie? How did you come the idea?

After working in the veterinary industry for over eight years, starting myself as a receptionist, I wanted to shed light on what my colleagues and I have experienced and make a declaration on how the current state of the sector affects workers and pet owners.

When I worked late at night as a receptionist in a 24 -hour veterinary emergency room, 7 days a week, my mind often evoked different ideas on who or what – was hiding in the shadow of the long corridors of the hospital. This, combined with the desire to talk about what the veterinarian teams have to do to have contributed to modeling the short.

Tell us about you. What is your background? How long have you been a director?

I had been doing a comedy for years and I decided that I wanted to start shooting the sketches that performed well on stage. In the same period, I fell in love with the horror genre and I decided to start creating horror and horror/comedies. Since 2018 I have written, directed and produced seven short films that have played festivals all over the world.

What inspires you to work within gender cinema and tell this type of stories?

I have a passion for the mixing of fears and laughter of the belly while I say fun and related life. Horror is such a funny genre, it’s so vast! You can have drama, comedy, romance, chills, chills and gores together with touching and significant stories.

I generally write about women and people affected by capitalism. I find that horror is a great vehicle for these stories because, like the comedy, we can merge different ideas and themes to create something really fun.

What was your favorite part of the film process for this project?

I think my favorite part of any project is to work with others to give life to the film. It is invaluing to work with people who are excited by your ideas and who want to help you make it the best possible thing.

What are you most proud of this movie?

Share a film that is relevant and significant with so many big audiences.

What is a favorite story or a moment from the making of the film you would like to share?

When our FX team walked for our monster along a dark corridor and the cast/crew has seen the complete creature for the first time will always be a great memory.

What was your most demanding moment or experience you had while you shoot your movie?

Self -production of my work means finding cast and crew that are willing to work with a reduced and/or volunteer budget. This, combined with the need for position and equipment, per day of shooting for the night and the need to nourish everyone can be very stressful at the top of the attention to detail, care and creativity necessary to shoot the film itself. However, I am very lucky to have worked with the people I did, they made this process as fluid as possible!

In this case, how has your film changed or deferred by its original concept during pre-production, production and/or post-production? How did the way you approach future projects as a result?

Initially I had a completely different and more involved idea of ​​creature, but I had to change it because of the constraints of runtime, budget and location. Even if this would not change the way I approach things in the future, I go to write knowing that my ideas could change for a multitude of reasons, including the need. This can end up being more useful in forcing creativity!

Who were some of your collaborators and actors of the film? How did you start working with each other?

I was very lucky to work with a lot of fantastic people overnight. Little Shop of Gore (Ryan and Salina Ward) is my point of reference for all FX things, stage objects and gores. I started working with them in 2020 when I needed a logo for a podcast that I started during the block.

Since then, we have worked on the demon juice and during the night and I can’t wait to collaborate in future projects! I also worked with Ryan Multon who is a fantastic director and DP. He shot and modified during the night, which simplifies the entire process since we were able to work together on the set and on the specific details of reference in the modification.

I think we met in 2017 when he was shooting and directing a sketch for our common friend and their UCB team. Since then, Ryan has shot and/or modified seven shorts for me. I met Anatasha and Jacob in Scamfest in 2021, where we both had films.

After seeing their thumb thumb often and profound (also an alum filmquest!), I knew I wanted to work with them. I know Maddy Wager through the scene of the local comedy for years and have been so lucky to work with them on many short films.

Maddy, Anatasha and Jacob are all great comedians and artists, so I had no doubts that they would have been able to deliver. They are all interested for their roles and they are so big to work with. Much of my crew comes from the veterinary world, that it was so beautiful as to have on the set!

While their professional background can be in a hospital environment, many of them are also standing or filmmakers, which has made a nice mixture of experience to have behind the camera.

What is the best advice you have ever received as director and what would you mean to the new filmmakers?

The best advice I received is to ask for help, continue writing, continue making shorts and wearing good sneakers. I would say to the new filmmakers the same thing! Being able to tell others what you need and ask for help is such an important skill. Continue the writing and direction process is really one of the only ways in which you will improve and if you are on the set for a long time, you must make sure you are comfortable!

What are your plans for your career and what do you hope that this film does for this? What kind of stories would you like to tell going on?

My career goal is to earn a living in writing and direction. The night days, like my other short films, are a piece of wallet and an opportunity to share my job with the public and professionals in the sector. I would like to continue working within the comedy and horror genres to give life to stories about women and on the working class.

What is your next project and when can we expect to see it?

I am currently working on funding for my next short, blocked, which is a heartbreaking comic thriller based on an urban legend! I would like to be able to hit production this year, but only time will say it. In the meantime, I am also working on my first functionality script.

Where can we find more than your work and where can we contact you the interested parties?

My website is Shannonebrown.com Instagram is @shanonebowownfilm http://www.youtube.com/@shanonbrown6067

Question bonus n. 1: What is your favorite movie of all time?

Tommy Boy

Question bonus n. 2: What is the film that inspired you to become a director and/or had the greatest influence on your work?

Growing up, I always learned that I wanted to be an entertainer and I had a great passion for the comedy. I loved Tommy Boy because it was so funny but had a lot of heart. Arthur was tragic, fun and moving. Shaun of the Dead was a little explosive for me – I had no idea that something could be so fun and frightening!

I think I draw a lot about what has attracted me as a spectator, who crosses many decades and genres. In these days, I am regularly inspired, whether I am watching old films, seeing new shorts at the Festivals, attending only Spavent Me (a group of responsibility for horror cinema in Los Angeles), capturing new films or watching things that friends have done.

Enjoy the short!