Being Emily

Being Emily is about the remarkable story of a Gen-Z teen who runs and operates a popular digital zine made by and for disabled youth. VICE created this short film in partnership with Twitter as a pilot for a new experimental studio initiative, with each short film focusing on the communities that use Twitter. Emily created her zine with other disabled teens she met on #DisabilityTwitter. In the film, we spend time with her as she prepares to graduate high school early and experience her first entry into independence at college. She also meets with her zine contributors from across the world to brainstorm new projects and gets to interview her #DisabilityTwitter idol. Set to originally premier at SXSW 2020, we have decided to postpone the premier until the COVID-19 pandemic is under control. For this project, I conducted all story research, pitched and advocated for the stories to the C-Level Executive team at Twitter, oversaw all creative direction through pre and post-production, wrote the paper edit and scripts for the full-length and trailers, and oversaw creative direction for a supplementary physical zine to be distributed with the film.

*Due to the highly confidential nature and currently unreleased status of this project, please contact me directly for a preview link.