Soft Launch
Soph confronts Chris, the boy she’s seeing, at a party after he announces their relationship to the internet without her permission.
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Sebastian ZufeltDirectorNoah & Annie, Distance
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Sebastian ZufeltWriterNoah & Annie, Distance
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Sebastian ZufeltProducerJust Think About it, Stock
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Veronica HeinKey Cast"Soph"
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Holden LayKey Cast"Chris"
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Lex MettlerDirector of Photography
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Nikki PageAssistant Director
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Alaine FarinSound
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Sebastian ZufeltEditorDistance, Stock
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Genres:Romance, Drama
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Runtime:3 minutes 54 seconds
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Completion Date:April 26, 2022
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Production Budget:70 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - New York University
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Kansas City Underground Film FestivalKansas City
United States
September 15, 2022
North American Premiere
Official Selection -
NFFTY (National Film Festival For Talented Youth)Seattle
United States
April 28, 2023
Washington Premiere
Official Selection
Sebastian Zufelt is a filmmaker from Seattle, Washington. His films have won Student Emmy awards for Best Screenplay and Best PSA. Festivals across the United States have screened his films, including the All-American High School Film Festival. He is currently attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
This project is important to me because I’m interested in how people communicate and how social media plays a role in that today. Between texting and Instagram and more, the way in which we socialize online adds a whole other series of interactions to analyze and overthink, and sometimes we underestimate the impact these interactions will have on real life. With Instagram, you can know so much about a person from their feed and activity. You can meet their significant other through their posts, and you have the potential to deduce someone’s relationship status from who they post with and how much.