All the 5’s in FIVES (2020)

Written By Sophie Martinez

FIVES was heavily inspired by the first, second, third time I watched Christopher Nolan’s Memento. It made me think about how much memory influences our perception and how people’s truths do not necessarily agree.

I wanted to give the story a specific time frame for the story to take place leading to the short film being exactly five minutes.

I was inspired by American Horror Story Murder House where an injured man shows up asking for help and murders the occupants. Although very creepy and scary, that is where the horror of FIVES came from.

This project was filmed for a media course at Santa Rosa Junior College under Brian Antonson.

Some other fun details:

  • there is a countdown throughout the short from 5 to 0 in the film from embroidered towels to dates on a medical bracelet

  • the name “Quincy” for the character’s antagonist comes from the number five

  • the name “Grayson” in some languages means innocence as he is the protagonist who chooses to help Quincy

Sophie Martinez
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