Project Detail

Teenage Dream

Synopsis

CJ has created a fake reality in his head where he is in love with the most popular jock in school, Freddie. As suddenly as the pair have fallen in love CJ is dragged into his depressing reality, he gets bullied for his sexuality and Freddie doesn’t even know he exists. Living in his fantasy, CJ is missing out on the reality of the high school experience, he only has one friend and spends his free time watching 90s teen romcoms. With the unwanted help of his best friend, Jen, CJ is forced to come to terms with his sexuality and accept that reality can be better than living in a fantasy.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 5 sec
Director: Oliver Nicholson
Producer: Connor Marshall
Editor: Oliver Nicholson, Joi Wiren, Stefania McLellan
Screenwriter: Oliver Nicholson
Director of Photography: Stefania McLellan, Eilidh Callander
Production Designer: Louis Moran
Sound: Joi Wiren
Composer: KATERINA, Non-Consensual Finger Twiddling
Principal cast: George Lewis Warwick, Jessica Hetherston, Cameron Oliver Prince, Morgan Haggerty, Louis Utieyin, Michelle Michaels
Gaffer: Gabriel Sykes
AD: Melissa Neish