The Idea
During a three week residency at the Borland Project Space, artist and Penn State faculty member Benjamin Andrew organized a crowd-sourced experiment where participants were invited to help make a movie. The story was determined from audience suggestions and hashed out during a screenwriting workshop.
Over the following weeks, visitors to the Borland Project Space and nearby areas of campus were invied to act out a single line of dialogue or simple action. Each character is portrayed by dozens of non-actors, whose appeance changes from shot-to-shot, with only context and simple costumes defining their identies.