Look (2009 film)

Look is a 2009 short film written and directed by Ryan Pickett.

Plot

Look is about a barmaid, Emma (Starina Johnson), who is caught in a daydream when interrupted by a lost model (Theresa Meeker). The desire for beauty reveals an unsettling emptiness.[1]

In an interview with Matthew Saliba of Rogue Cinema, Pickett said, "I feel so alive as a director when making films like this. It's pure emotion. What can we tell you from just our eyes? What are you seeing with yours? Essentially what "Look" is about. Perception and how it works in our lives. The story was just part of the whole, I knew what I wanted to accomplish in this film and worked on a story that would allow that. There actually was a bit more dialogue in the film that I decided to cut out. The story is what you create in your head while watching it, not one I wrote. Or that was my intention."[2] In an interview with Saliba, Meeker said, "Ryan really left its meaning up to interpretation. There are so many different ways that people could think about Look without being wrong in their analysis of it."[2]

Cast

Accolades

Award Year Category Result
Accolade Competition[4] 2009 Award of Merit Won
Best Shorts Competition[5] 2011 Award of Merit Won
California Film Awards[6] 2011 Gold Award Won
Honolulu Film Awards[7] 2012 Silver Lei Award Won
Los Angeles Movie Awards[8] 2012 Best Original Score & Award of Excellence Won

Premier and distribution

Look was premiered at the Regal Cinemas theatre in Green Hills, Tennessee, in spring 2009.[1] Look has distribution through IndieFlix and Indiepix Films online video streaming services.[9]

Production

Look was directed, co-written, produced and edited by Ryan Pickett, who was a top five finalist in the Race to BE entrepreneurship competition hosted by Russell Simmons in Los Angeles.[10][11] Look was shot with the Red One 4K in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

Reviews

Look was received with praise from critics for its visual poetry:

"I think it is better that folks see it and come to their own conclusions. Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the relevance, resonance and power of LOOK resides entirely in the eye of the person watching it."

— Mark Bell, Film Threat[12]

"Look was "directed with an exceptionally keen eye for detail and color"

— Matthew Saliba, Rogue Cinema

References
  1. "LOOK". Ryanpickettproductions.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  2. "roguecinema.com". Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  3. "Look (I) (2009)". IMDb.com. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  4. "Accolade Winners" (PDF). accoladecompetition.org. Accolade Competition. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  5. "Winners Announced Awards". bestshorts.net. Best Shorts Competition. 2011. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  6. "Gold Awards". pcfmf.com. California Film Awards. 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  7. "Short Film Look by Director Ryan Pickett Wins Silver Lei Award at 2012 Honolulu Film Awards". pcfmf.com. Prlog.org. 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  8. "Los Angeles Movie Awards Winners". pcfmf.com. Los Angeles Movie Awards. 2012. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  9. "You Only Loved Me Twice". IndieFlix. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  10. "kauffman.org". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  11. "tennesseeanytime.org". Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  12. {{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/40161/ | title=filmthreat.com}
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