At the time, Exotheos was conceived as an experiment rather than a polished cinematic statement. With no budget and limited tools, the focus was on learning by doing—testing narrative structure, visual metaphor, and end-to-end ownership of a creative project. The themes explored in the film reflect questions I continue to return to in later work, even as the mediums and methods have evolved.
Project Details
Runtime: 35 minutes
Format: Independent short film
Camera: Nikon D7000
Roles: Screenplay, direction, production, editing, VFX
Music: Original score (collaborative)
Cast: Friends / non-professional actors
Screening: MSU Film Festival, held at the MSU Art Museum
Exotheos remains a formative project—valuable less for its production polish and more as an early demonstration of end-to-end creative authorship, systems thinking, and persistence under constraint.
