Assistant Director - Short Film

This is a Freelance Job

LA-based indie production team seeking an Assistant Director for a stylized, no-budget comedy short.

The project is a fast-paced, highly visual 5-page short about a neurotic insomniac navigating life in a surreal, slapstick zombie-sleepwalking state. The tone is visual, physical, and comedic, with minimal dialogue.

Shoot Dates: Two consecutive weekend days August 1st and 2nd
Location: Los Angeles
Commitment: 2-day shoot

We're looking to bring a resourceful Assistant Director who has an interest in capturing a visually rich story utilizing rehearsal and pre-planning strategies. Think ''The Graduate'', visually, but on a much smaller scale. Everyone on board has a can do attitude and hopefully that's you as well.

This is a fast-paced 5 page comedy, revolving around a neurotic protagonist in a zombie sleepwalking state but with some slapstick comedy. It's heavily visual to convey the comedy of operating on no sleep. Our past short films have been featured in previous film festivals but due to the quirky nature of the story, minimal dialogue and universal relatability to insomnia. It's a hybrid comedy and thriller. If that sounds appealing then do respond.

Looking for an Assistant Director that has a desire to work on an organized production, wants to add a strikingly visual film to their resume, might have to access to either locations or some sound equipment and is up for the challenge. We currently have a top notch Sony camera, cinematographer and a few locations locked down.

Let us know why a challenge like this might interest you and what you can bring to this project. We're more interested in an ability to help over experience and We can provide a showcase for your coordination skills with a tight story, structured shoot, and a well prepared cast.

This will be a very organized shoot to respect cast and crew's time and make sure everyone knows how important they are to the finished film

As mentioned before this a visual heavy film that will be great for your reel/resume and we're ready to provide the logistics to show you how that can get done.