1, 2, 3, All Eyes on Me
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| 1, 2, 3, All Eyes on Me | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Emil Gallardo |
| Produced by | Emil Gallardo Derek Ho My-Hanh Lac |
| Written by | Emil Gallardo Derek Ho |
| Starring | Farelle Walker |
| Music by | Bradford Nyght |
| Cinematography | Caroline Harrison |
| Edited by | Emil Gallardo |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Waterlight Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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1, 2, 3, All Eyes on Me is a 2020 dramatic short film written and directed by Emil Gallardo. Farelle Walker, Blanca Ordaz, and Armand Munoz star in a short film that follows an art teacher, played by Farelle Walker, through the events of a crisis that display itself on an elementary school campus.
Completed on January 28th, 2020, and debuting at the Phoenix Film Festival on January 24, 2020, the short film garnered significant praise as it accumulated 17 awards throughout the year.[1] Director and writer Emil Gallardo received many of these awards as director and writer, though star actress Farelle Walker would also win four acting awards from various film festivals.[2] Notably, the short film won awards at the Pasadena International Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, and many others, allowing it to become Oscar-qualifying for the 2021 Academy Awards.
Plot[edit]
Ms. Leena, an art teacher for an 4th-grade elementary class, begins her lesson instructing her class to pair up and to begin to paint one another's portraits. This assignment creates a conflict between student's Anthony and Ricardo, as the former refuses to associate with his partner. The conflict escalates and Anthony is led outside of the classroom to have a discussion. While Ms. Leena is speaking with Anthony, a teenager is seen running towards a nearby classroom and spray-painting an 'X' on the classroom door, after which he hastily leaves. At this peculiar event, Ms. Leena ends her talk with Anthony, telling him to rejoin the class, and proceeds to call a co-worker to report the suspicious behavior. After her phone call ends, she grows even more concerned as she realizes her classroom door is also marked similarly, with a spray-painted 'X'.
Ms. Leena rejoins the class and begins to clean the paint that was painted on Ricardo by fellow classmates. However, she is interrupted by the sound of blaring alarms. Locking the door, turning off the lights, and closing the curtains, the class goes into an urgent lockdown situation. While doing the best she can to keep her students quiet and pacified, Ms. Leena witnesses outside of her window two young teenagers putting on armored vests and distributing guns. The two gunman proceed towards doors with spray-painted 'X's, one being the most recently marked. Gun shots and screams are soon heard as Ms. Leena begins to barricade her own door. Realizing the safety of herself and her class is at increasing risk, she has her students move to a nearby classroom that a gunman has just left, though not before realizing one of her own students is missing.
Cast[edit]
- Farelle Walker as Ms. Leena, an elementary school art teacher.
- Blanca Ordaz as Lety.
- Armand Munoz as Anthony.
- Samuel Ieremia as Ricardo.
- Favianna Brown as Marisol.
- Olivia Gardner as Emma.
- Braden Gile as Younger gunman.
- Matt Kropschot as Older gunman.
- Jayden Eclarino as a student(Face painter).
- Koda Baker as a student.
Production[edit]
Shot in Oakland, CA, The production company Waterlight Films concluded production late January of 2020 and began distributing the short film to numerous film festivals across the United States throughout the year. Director Emil Gallardo was inspired to write and direct this film stemming from his mother's teaching background but also from current gun-violence within the United States. Stating "Our Intention with 1, 2, 3, All Eyes on Me is to drop the viewer into the classroom... and never let them out. We want to give audiences a deeper emotional understanding of what it would be like to suddenly find themselves in the heart of a crisis like this".[3]
Release[edit]
The short film officially wrapped up production on January 29th, 2020, though it had already been admitted to the Phoenix Film Festival by then. Through out the year 1, 2, 3, All Eyes on Me was shown at numerous film festivals and quickly began receiving nominations and eventually awards, acquiring a total of 17 awards[4]. Though the COVID-19 Pandemic inhibited in-person access to the festivals, the festivals were still able to host remotely and digitally. Additionally, due to the film's success, director and writer Emil Gallardo was included in the Austin Film Festival's 25 Screenwriters to Watch of 2021.[5]
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References[edit]
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