WRATH
- a film by Meg Case and Brad Porter -Amidst a mandatory quarantine, a young woman living in isolation battles against her growing paranoia and deteriorating mental health as her fear of the outside world drives her deeper inwards.
This work was conceived, written, and photographed by Meg Case and Brad Porter during the mandatory quarantine beginning the 16th of March, 2020 in Michigan, USA.
We believe that creativity promotes mental health.
So during the quarantine, we converted our apartment into a film set for 2 months, then into a post-house including a slew of instruments and recording equipment to create the score, edit and cut the picture, and design the soundtrack.
Utilizing the limited resources of just the two of us, we wanted to both work out our own response to this world-shifting event as well as continue our practice as collaborative filmmakers. The result is our first co-directed film.
Screening & Reception
The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Wrath won Best Dark Themed Short and Meg Case won Best Actress when WRATH during the festival December 2021.
GUFF2020
Official selection for the Geelong Underground Film Festival, screening Nov 28, 2020 as part of the Geelong Biennale Festival where it won Best Sound & Score.
FilmShortage
Selected as Featured Short on FilmShortage.com. Awarded “Top 10 Films of 2020” on the platform.
NoBudge
Premiered on NoBudge.com on Nov 6, 2020. Case & Porter were interviewed, and “Wrath” was selected as premium content for NoBudge².
links: to premiere page, to interview with Case & Porter
“This was such a unique, compelling film. I was struck by the way [they] created a sense of tightening paranoia through the use of imagery, texture, lighting, space and sound. [WRATH] is universal in the sense that it’s evocative of the fears of so many of us as we face the pandemic, and yet it’s unique to a specific individual character and her journey, and as viewers, we are pulled deeply into her point of view.”
