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Category
Craft - Direction / Single
Annual ID
OS_MI20_006S
About the Work
In the short film WAKE UP, the central character played by Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), stares deeply into the eyes of passersby, eager to make connections. But at every turn in her journey to rediscover who she is, she is met by indifferent strangers, glassy-eyed and riveted to their personal electronic devices. She’s dispirited to find herself in a world where screen time crowds out authentic social interaction. Shot with kaleidoscopic effects on location in Times Square, the High Line and other familiar New York City sites, the 10-minute film—with a soundtrack recorded by indie pop stars Perfume Genius — asks pointedly: How often are we distracted by our screens versus actually needing to use them, and how much is too much? Wake Up is a provocative invitation to start a conversation about how the technology we depend on for our information, entertainment, and social connection has come disturbingly close to supplanting the very interactions that make us human.
2020 Awards
Total Points: 15
Silver Pencil
Credits
Production Company
Anonymous Content / Culver City
Music / Sound Production Company
Walker Music / Los Angeles
Post Production Company
Work Editorial / Culver City
Color Collective / New York
Moving Picture Company / Los Angeles
Director
Olivia Wilde
Director of Photography
Mathew Libatique
Editor
Neil Smith
Executive Creative Director
Zac Ryder
Adam Groves
Executive Producer
Eric Stern
Marlo Baird
Product Designer
Akin McKenzie
Creative Team
Garrett Combes
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