Jonathan, an aimless mooch, is robbed of one of his shoes when on his way to play tennis with his friend, Ari.The two friends discuss the politics of this throughout the day, and are interrupted when they witness a shoe robbery. Jonathan gives chase, and is abducted by Chauncey, the leader of a petty crime network. Chauncey propositions Jonathan to join his network of thieves.

Budgetary limitations meant I only had a handful of actors to choose from, but I took this and turned to college theater players for their ability to memorize a lot of lines with a more casual approach. A limited budget helped me realize this should be my approach to the film, anyway.

On set crafty was meager, but my team pulled through. My parents’ car broke down and I wanted to use it to transport gear. Plan for the unexpected. I truly relied on that car not breaking down. If mine had, I would have been pretty much screwed.

It rained when we had to get the Steadicam shot, so we had to work around this and dodge the scattered showers. We succeeded, and got the shot, albeit hastily, and with some smudge on the filters in the matte box.