OUT (An LGBT Short Film)
Chrissy is so gay she's about to explode out of the closet. Along the way maybe she'll even find the courage to talk to that most mesmerizing and terrifying of creatures: a cute girl. CHECK OUT MY NEW SHORT FILM "The Lavender Menace" (LGBT Spy/James Bond Parody!!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxljSSg4XdI CREATOR'S NOTE: Wait, wait, there's been a misunderstanding! Several commenters have criticized that this film endorses common lesbian stereotypes, which was never my intention. I've responded to a few of these criticisms in the comments, but I wanted to clarify my message here too. There is no "right" way to be a lesbian (or a bi/pan/queer woman for that matter), and at the end of the day stereotypes don't mean anything at all. Chrissy is a lesbian who's just coming out, so she tries out all these stereotypes because stereotypes are all she really knows about being gay. As a bi woman, I went through much the same process as Chrissy does when I was first discovering myself; I overshot it with the short hair and the flannels and the rainbows because I thought that was the "proper" way to be openly queer. Over time, though, I realized that you can just be *you* - however butch or femme that happens to be - and still be an 110 percent valid queer woman. I hoped to represent that idea with Chrissy's love interest Lola, a super feminine girl who you'd never guess was gay at first glance but who is totally comfortable with her sexuality. Lola shows Chrissy that it doesn't matter how a lesbian presents herself. If you're a girl who likes girls, you're already part of the club. And it's a pretty awesome club. Just saying. OUT - An LGBT Film Written, Directed, and Produced by Ariel Leigh Hoffmaier arielleighhoffmaier.pressfolios.com/ Co-Directed by Simone Stachelski CHRISSY ... Jacqueline Tardanico LOLA ... Victoria Yong MR. CLARK ... Ralph Vituccio HOT GUY ... Daniel Brennan JEFFERSON ... Josh Brown STUDENT #1 ... Ann Chen STUDENT#2 ... Shannon Yang STUDENT #3 ... Dante Horvath STUDENT #4 ... David Frank “Kite Flying Rainbow Colors” (Stock Footage) courtesy of © All Rights Reserved Saracin. “Springish” by Gillicuddy (freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/) is licensed under ACC BY-NC 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). “Ladybirds Theme” by David Szesztay (www.needledrop.co/wp/artists/david-szesztay/) is licensed under ACC BY-NC 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). “Dirtbike Lovers” by Blue Dot Sessions (freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/) is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). “Roads that burned our boots” by Jahzzar (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). “Ruckus 3” by Dave Depper (www.needledrop.co/artists/dave-depper) is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). “Telecom” by Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). “The Funky Hump” by Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). “Rock 2” by Dave Depper (www.needledrop.co/artists/dave-depper/) is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). “Up” by Dave Depper (www.needledrop.co/artists/dave-depper/) is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). Special thanks to Professor Ralph Vituccio at Carnegie Mellon for his guidance and support. Thanks for watching! Any likes and comments are much appreciated! (A/N: Wow the response to this film has blown even my wildest dreams out of the water. I'm so grateful for each and every one of you who's watched, liked, commented lovely things, and given me some food for thought. You have launched my newfound passion for filmmaking, and rest assured - OUT is just the beginning.)
