What happens when nothing happens (2020)

• 77%
• 2020
• Drama
• Alcimar Verissimo

During a long period of isolation, two friends face the challenge of getting away from some important people, until an important message comes through a letter that was lost.The initial idea that gave rise to this film came about in March 2019, when I began to write a book about "the various and various things a man can learn from a woman". As time went by, more precisely on August 22, 2019, I had an insight that changed everything. I discovered the meaning of life.The book changed course. Before I would only talk about the women I met during my life, "now I need to talk about the meaning of life, I need to take this message to more people," I thought. So with the arrival of COVID-19 in Brazil, I was forced into a home quarantine with my friend Yury, with whom I shared an apartment at the time. Little by little, in the idleness caused by the isolation, my idea and opportunity came up to finally produce a new film. I abandoned the already written pages of the book, made a small sequence of images that were even recorded, but were not used, I remade the sequence into a script, inserting intimate dialogues and questions about basic issues of life, then I applied the message of my insight to the film.Despite the annoyance, I can say that it was a very good experience. During the 3-month period, the film was entirely recorded with iPhone XR (from my friend Yury), using the Filmic PRO app, and without direct help from third parties. Some camera movements seen during the film were inserted in the post-production of the project, which cost me about 5 thousand that were invested in a new computer for finishing and printer, in addition to the costs with Filmic PRO and reinforced feeding during the recordings.