How can we be lovers if we can't be Facebook friends?
Matt Pittroff's hilarious short Social Mediation sees a separating couple divide up their most important assets... their social media presence.
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- Director Matt Pittroff
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Credits
View on- Production Company Working Stiff Commercial Film Productions
- Director Matt Pittroff
- Writer Grip Limited/Toronto
- Producer Steve Blair / (Line Producer)
- DP Andy Lilien
- Editor Leo Zaharatos
- Colorist Wade Odlum
- Music Tim White / (Composer/Producer)
- Composer Fraser MacDougall
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Working Stiff Commercial Film Productions
- Director Matt Pittroff
- Writer Grip Limited/Toronto
- Producer Steve Blair / (Line Producer)
- DP Andy Lilien
- Editor Leo Zaharatos
- Colorist Wade Odlum
- Music Tim White / (Composer/Producer)
- Composer Fraser MacDougall
If you've ever been part of a separation, you'll know that the division of assets can be a heart-wrenching necessity. The house is hers? The car is his? No-one's owning up to the Care Bear collection?!
However, for the protagonists of Matt Pittroff's hilarious short Social Mediation, the true high-value assets of their relationship lie in their social media presence. Needing help in wading their way through their own social currency, Neil, Charlotte and two brave attorneys spikily navigate the process of dividing that public facing life into two lives that leave them feeling as interesting, enviable and shareable apart as they were together.
With a cracking concept and performances that keep the sparks flying, Pittroff, writer Jeff Collins and longtime producer Steve Blair show that there's something funny about splitting up.
Above: Some behind the scenes shots from the shoot and the film's festival poster.
Pittroff comments, “As soon as Jeff sent me his script, I knew this film was going to get made. What hooked me was the scary and hilarious idea that we as a society may not be too far from the outlandish idea of Social Mediation. I knew that this film would be all about the words and performances, and what I hoped to bring to the table was an execution that shaped the tone of those performances, and the satire by offering up a slightly darker atmosphere. Most importantly, I wanted the actors to have as much space as possible, and for the viewer to be completely undistracted by the process. I love highly technical movies, and I am an incredibly visual person, but when it comes to comedy dialogue, I just like to sit back and watch.”
“I think it was only the second day I knew Matt when he made fun of my sandals in a casting session in Uruguay,” recalls Collins. “Usually directors are uncommonly nice to the agency in the beginning – and I thought, ‘Oh, I can trust this guy.” Trust him I have with my words ever since. Matt is an incredibly collaborative partner who always brings ideas to the table that make the work better. His attention to detail is exhausting and you could name a hurricane after his work ethic. When he told me he wanted to shoot this script, I knew it was in good hands, and that my footwear was open to scrutiny.”
The team is also currently crafting a feature-length screenplay. A Loss Like You is a dark, coming-of-age comedy that chronicles the relationship of an orphaned angry teen and an obsolete, malcontent high school shop teacher who find a rocky common ground over their respective losses. Pittroff and Collins have also lit the burners on a few other projects.
