Uncle Sean's Moving Picture Show

Uncomfortable Silences - Episode 1 (by Sean Mannion)

This weekend we were shooting a fake commercial for Channel 101 (which is delightful and I will share it next week). After the shoot was done I still had stuff lying around: a camera, lights, and sound equipment. I thought, let’s just shoot a very simple pilot for 101 while I have all this crap lying around.

Knowing that February is a competitive month, generally, as there hasn’t been a screening of new pilots since November, it seemed like a good idea to just do a quick thing that didn’t require a ton of energy or commitment from people. I figured the show wouldn’t get past the panel and so decided instead of doing something I think they might like, I’ll just do what entertains me. If they like it, great. If they don’t, I didn’t just expend a ton of energy only to get rejected. 

So, I made “Uncomfortable Silences” with my wife Jess and our friend/new roommate Allison. It amuses me. I’m happy with how the lighting turned out, in general, as I was experimenting with it and pretty much just fucking around. 

As expected, it did not make it past 101’s screening panel, which isn’t so bad because instead I can share it with you people now. Lucky you people. Here it is, it’s less than three minutes. You have less than three minutes to spend on this video.

Enjoy?