

Requiem for a Broom is a short film/commercial I made for Full Sail University. I am the actor, director, and editor and there are two friends of mine who helped me with the camera. The idea was to really show how Swiffer products make a difference compared to traditional cleaning products. So, I try to prove that in this film. I did not want to rely on anyone for acting or anything so I decided to do everything. The fact that I am the only “real” character in this film made it original and special. At least to me. The time I had to construct this short film was about a month. I had done pre production for this before anything. I did storyboards, several scripts, and so forth. The budget I had was…whatever I had in my pocket. I borrowed a few things: props, setting, etc. The editing was initially supposed to be done using Final Cut Pro but I didn’t have it at the time so I used iMovie, which wasn’t that bad. I was gonna do split screen and whatnot. The full recording time on the tape was over 2 hours of footage, and I had to cut everything down to 6 min. This piece was a great influence on me, I think. I had learned a lot. The most important is teamwork. Please feel free to check out the movie and comment it!