

PROJECT CUPID
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY NEIL POTNIS
GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/SATTIRE
RELEASED: FEBRUARY 11, 2018
THE STORY
"Project Cupid" is an experimental/ satirical dramedy about two high school students taking an enhanced version of Adderall to perform at the highest level.
BEHIND THE SCENES
The early outlining stages of Project Cupid began in August of 2016. Going into the film, the team wanted to craft a story that would be "like a treasure map." Before writing, the characters were designed in Autodesk Character Generator to get a proper vision of what the characters would look like. The script writing process began April of 2017 and finished that following May with the film titled, "Drugs and Stuffed Toy Animals." Filming was set to begin in August and throughout the three-month gap, the script went through eleven revisions. After a six-day shoot with the cast and crew working eight hours a day, the initial filming process was complete. The script of the film then went under a twelfth and major revision, and was re-titled "Project Cupid." Four additional scenes were shot in December. The editing of the film began in August and ended in January of 2018.
WE ARE WHAT WE SEE
BY ALEX SCOTT

“We are what we see.” May this be interpreted as a surface level accusation or a lack of faith, the colors we wear, the expressions we show, and the aesthetics we find ourselves content in, make us who we are.
As you find yourself pondering deeper and deeper through complexities and dimensions...eventually there lies simplicity. Of course, personality aids in the understanding of a character, materialism should be devalued in society, and the soul should reign above all, but, in the natural variance and bias of the human race, we are bound to find the flaw of judgement. For some it may be a myopic perspective on the diversities of the world, and for others, it may be their inherent desire to conform. Regardless, the way people present themselves in the five second window of judgement, can be telling. Whether it be of the personal limitations, ignorance of the person making the judgement, or the appearance of the one being judged, this opinionated evaluation, is the most factual one that can be. Personality analysis is far too complex to ever reach any accurate conclusion within a matter of seconds. That is where truth is revealed the beauty of life--the beauty of the blissful ignorance and unpredictability.
The simplicity of examining what we see, is, in fact, the easiest way to classify a person. The simplest minds have mastered this ability, yet approach it the wrong way. The shallow aspects are most prevalent in the interpretation of the original quote. Rather than utilizing it as personal justification for judging others, it should be seen as a sign of encouragement for self expression. It is out of the hands of any individual to control the innate judgmental side-effects of being a human; therefore, embracing a visual representation of personality is the best revenge...