Anna Akana and Ray William Johnson introduced their new studio with the bombastic Riley Rewind, but Akana's latest product is much smaller and more introspective. She stepped behind the camera to helm Hallucination, a three minute short film about a mental health patient. Hallucination was written and directed by Akana and is a sharp departure from the vlog-style videos she usually features on her channel. The film stars Alexis Dickey as a mentally ill woman who is stalked by a figment of her imagination. Hallucination, which was Dp'd by online video vet Lan Bui, looks great, though the story itself is ultimately a pretty simple one. It's artistic and pretty and easy to digest, making it Vimeo entertainment for the YouTube crowd. Akana plans to create 11 more shorts before the year is up, which will help fill out the catalog of her Runaway Machine studio. Meanwhile, Johnson will be using...
- 2/1/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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