Hasta La Motion!

In the fall of 2015, while mindlessly thumbing through my Instagram feed, I stumbled across three images Michael Stevenson posted to his account. It was three white boxes, with the caption, “STARTING. FROM. SCRATCH.” I was intrigued, and after meeting up to chat about what prompted those posts, we embarked on a journey of trying to both understand and maybe even capture the moment. What follows is a film that has continued to morph and grow as realities changed before our very eyes. The film we set out to make is very different than the film you see here. I’m incredibly grateful to Mike, for allowing me to poke around a very personal and meaningful moment in his life, and for his unflinching honesty about something we don’t usually talk about in terms other than heroic. Also – thanks to Jared Hogan, whose “Films About Numbers” project was the intended point of distribution. But the story had other plans and timelines. CREDITS: Directed / Shot by: Ryan Booth Production Sound: Brian Albritton 1st AC: Brooks Cruzen Camera provided by: FilmLab Creative Edited by: Ryan Booth (with some efforts by Lucas Harger) Sound Design / Mix by: Steve Horne Kickstarter Video and Photographs by: Tim Daniels Special Thanks: Michael Stevenson Joshua Anderson Tyler Swanner Jared Hogan Christian Schulz Joey Mathews Aaron Tharpe Darius Trainer Jon Marzolla