The Fall Line

One day, I was listening to my favorite podcast "Lore," and one story was about two enemies who worked at the same lighthouse. Not to spoil too much, but the ending really stuck with me. I think because, at the time, I was going through depression. The story woke me up and made me realize I was isolating myself from everyone. As a result, I was left with the one person I hated. Myself.

So I took that feeling and ran with it. I put as much of myself into the film as I could. Everette was a version of who I was. Murphy was a version of who part of me wanted to be. As I wrote, I tried to live through the characters. I laugh at it now, but as I wrote I would ask myself, "Where would Everette work?" and "Who's the type of person Everette would hate." Answering those questions is how the story formed. Grounding the story in reality, I focused on the emotions I wanted to portray. Overall, 'The Fall Line' became a character study about a person who wanted to take the easy way out. I gave that character what he wanted and showed him how damaging isolation really can be.