Takeaways From OVATION – A Short Made in 2 Hours

This week, a no-budget short film we made for $50 in just two hours made a bigger impact than some of my feature films. If you missed my last email, the film is called OVATION. It started as a simple idea about three weeks ago, when writer and actor Luke Barnett came to me with a concept: He wanted to make a short that satirized the endless standing ovations that dominate headlines from the Cannes Film Festival and beyond. I loved it, and was especially drawn to the idea of keeping it as minimal