Jell-O Brain

Short Film

A little film about how our brains have been feeling during 2020

It was inspired by… you guessed it, Covid-19. After months of being Isolated and uncertain of the future, I returned back to work, prepping and directing on set, both physically and remotely. What I noticed when I started working and interacting with a team again, everyones brains had changed, often fumbling, and forgetting, and social behaviours were a little off. In general, people forgot how to work in a team. It was funny and we would call each other out on it and I called it jello brain.

At the same time, I watched a few guilty shows including Celebrity Jeopardy where Anderson Cooper reached the Million dollar question! Which was

When scientists tested it with an electroencephalogram, which of these food items produced readings similar to a human brain?

• A: Wint-O-Green Life Saver
• B: SPAM
• C: Lime Jell-O
• D: Jet-Puffed Marshmallow

The correct answer is C – Lime Jell-O, I thought it was hilarious, and appropriate for how humans were behaving during the pandemic. So this was a contributing reason why I set off to make this homage horror, comedy about how our brains are feeling during 2020 with the Pandemic, Civil rights movement, the election, lockdowns, dating, eating out, you name it. The film about our brains in 2020!

I hope you enjoy it!