Role: Director & Writer.
Advertising has been my training ground for understanding how to concept and write narrative short films. This one, titled “Picture Day,” racked up over 140,000 views on Instagram in a month — an anomaly for a short film of this length, with a runtime of almost 6 minutes. One person commented: “Oh. So my attention span is fine!” Juliette Lewis wrote: “I love this so much. I just want an entire series.”
Writer/Director: Hilary Smith
Producer: Rick Darge
Starring: Clayton Farris, John Weselcouch, Liv Mai
Director of Photography: Sean Conaty
1st AC: Luis Suarez
Key Grip: Val Tabian
Production Assistant: Noah Campagna
Editor: Pieter Viljoen
Assistant Editor: Cristina Headrick
Editorial EP: Mila Davis
Editorial: Uppercut
Sound: Racket Club
Mixer & Sound Designer: Anton Doty
Sound EP: Adrea Lavezzoli
Colorist: David Torcivia
Title Designer: Laura Beck
Casting Assistant: Machete Bang Bang
Casting Support Services Breakdown Express
“Continuity”
Performed and filmed in a single shot take.
Writer / Director: Hilary Smith
Producers: Rick Darge & Hilary Smith
DOP: Jacob "Kuba" Bojsza
PA: Noah Campagna
Sound designer & mixer: Tim McKeown
Colorist: Jack Tashdjian
Featuring: Micah Bijön, Mani Yarosh, Erin Murray, Spencer Morgan, Rick Darge
Special thanks: Soft Humans, Laura Beck
“We Should Really Hang Out”
Directed, Written, Edited by: Hilary Smith
Featuring: Hilary Smith & Reid Cox
Shot & Colored by: Rick Darge
Sound by: Chris Candy
Original Music by: James Carroll
“The Reveal”
“Yaaawnin’”
“Funny Sketch”
“Sunday”
Sketches made with Rick Darge via our directing duo “Pretty Gross”