Quoted from AlsoBen I remember her saying sound/music wasn't finished, which may explain the score. I have emailed her for the first time in two years just to see what's up with it. Who knows? EDIT: Nor were the credits finished. Hence no written by credit.

Fair enough re: music. I don't really buy the unfinished credits line though since the script is a fundamental aspect of making a film. It should be one of the first credits.

Anyway, I hope she responds.

For some reason, this reminds me of another short I wrote (on request of the young director who liked another thing I wrote - he wanted one specific location with minimal cuts "his style") that IS publicly available with my name it. And I'm not a huge fan.

I wrote this with the director's significant constraints. I pretty much only liked his cinematography and lighting. I'm pretty sure the actors were friends or cousins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG3nC-IHpiA

If he sees this, no disrespect - I couldn't direct a short.

Quoted from AlsoBen For some reason, this reminds me of another short I wrote (on request of the young director who liked another thing I wrote - he wanted one specific location with minimal cuts "his style") that IS publicly available with my name it. And I'm not a huge fan. I wrote this with the director's significant constraints. I pretty much only liked his cinematography and lighting. I'm pretty sure the actors were friends or cousins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG3nC-IHpiA If he sees this, no disrespect - I couldn't direct a short.

Not bad at all. Sure, the acting is a little wooden but I agree, I like his aesthetic and thankfully there was none of that tingly piano nonsense playing in the background

Nice Dead Man's Shoes-esque twist too.

If anyone's interested, the director filmed this way back in 2017 and never released it publicly but you can view an unfinished version here: https://vimeo.com/207886706

The password is URSAGB

I've tired contacting her for permission but I don't think she intends to do anything with it anyway. If you see this director, let me know and I'll delete - I just wanted to share

Do you know what was unfinished about it? Seems pretty complete. The sound is a bit iffy in places but as a whole the colour is good, the score is down.

I did notice she left you out of the credits... any particular reason?

I thought it came out well, the kid was especially good.

I think the music was placeholder. And the credits weren't done I believe. She credits me in the vimeo description so I'm sure it wasn't intentional.

Yeah the kid was really good. I've since seen him in some speaking roles on proper TV and big movies which is cool.

Great job, Ben.

I agree with Warren that the kid was particularly good.
Wonder why she shelved it.

In case you're not aware your short under The Good Boy features in her demo reel on her website.

https://www.jilliankibler.com/

Thanks for the sneak peek. I think you should be pretty proud, despite your name being omitted from the credits. Btw, a perfect place for your name is at the start right under the title over black. It looks unfinished that opening so Jillian's obviously meaning to pop it in there sometime soon.  

Nice!

Kid is amazing