Allie Anime ASMR Documentary (10 HOURS), (2020)

Youtube Video dir. Video Expert, uploaded July 26th 2020.

From Neal Wynne,

"Video Expert is the name of an Instagram account run by Sabrina [Greco] and me that at one point also represented an official LLC, though I need to check its legal status... It started as a joke name for a production company among my friends and me at Boston University. Some important Video Experts include Patrick Reid, Jake Squire, Carlos Garcia, Patrick Migliore, Skylar Davis, Charlie Turner, and Sarah Rouhani. While there, we made a number of short films and sketches together.

One of these sketches was Allie ASMR. This sketch was about our friend Allie Miller, who started drawing anime girls in college and continued while she was living in Philly during Covid. I believe we shot the interview in Yorba Linda, CA, and then our friend Taylor Gonzales shot the footage in Philly and sent it to us to edit. After making a few of these sketches, we decided it would be a good format for a feature film that was a shorts/sketches compilation. That ultimately became Video Expert1

Lately, I’ve been loving the idea of OG High Definition. There’s something so satisfying about it. It’s basically the minimum resolution needed to make an image look as detailed as real life on most screen sizes, including movie theaters (lots of theaters still project at 2K). 1080p files—especially ProRes—are easy to work with, run great on most computers, and aren’t too large. I believe Allie ASMR was shot at 1080p...

"Post-liminal" refers to the fact that there’s now no shortage of filmmakers addressing these liminal vibes. I’d also argue that the main character of The Trick, Steve, knows what "liminal" is. So when the characters in a movie are aware of the movie’s theme, you get to hit it with “post.”"