A Case Study
Narrative | Dramatic Features
Film Name: Daughterhood
Genre: Dark Comedy
Date: February 2020
Director: Cecilia Albertini
Executive Producer: Cecilia Albertini & Joshua Levion
Producer: Joshua Levion, Luca Miano & Carmela Corbett
Writer: Cecilia Albertini & Carmela Corbett
Cinematographer: Aaron Shapiro
Production Company: Inverso Productions
Budget: NA
Financing: Self Funded
Shooting Format: Digital
Screening Format: NA
World Premiere: HollyShorts 2020
Awards: NA
Website: text
indieactivity: What is your film about?
Cecilia Albertini (CA): Daughterhood is a 11 minute short film but is also the first episode of our dark comedy web series, about the dysfunctional relationship between Carrie, an alcoholic, controlling stage mother and her adult daughter, Megan. Carrie does everything in her power to ensure that Megan will become a famous actress, often with disastrous, humiliating results for both of them.
The story was born out of our mutual experience (Cecilia Albertini & Carmela Corbett) of being actresses in our 20’s. We wanted to share some of the joy, madness, hilarity, and painful moments we have both encountered on the way. Alongside exploring a loving but flawed and nuanced mother daughter relationship. We often feel that this isn’t fully explored on screen in a three dimensional fashion and therefore have endeavored to do so.
The Official Trailer for Daughterhood directed by Cecilia Albertini
Tell us about the festival run, marketing and sales?
Cecilia Albertini (CA): “Daughterhood ” had its world premiere at the HollyShorts Film Festival in November 2020, where it received a nomination for “Best Web Series”.
Give the full Official Synopsis for your film?
Cecilia Albertini (CA): DAUGHTERHOOD is a dark comedy web series about the dysfunctional relationship between Carrie, an alcoholic, controlling stage mother and her adult daughter, Megan. Carrie does everything in her power to ensure that Megan will become a famous actress, often with disastrous, humiliating results. Starring Carolyn Hennesy, (General Hospital, True Blood, Cougar Town) Carmela Corbett (Undercover, Mad Men), Evan Handler (Sex and the City, Californication).
In our first episode, Mother’s Day, Megan endeavors to share a moment of intimacy and connection with her mother, Carrie. However Carrie has other plans… She intends to use the day as a networking opportunity for inviting producer Mike to her mother daughter lunch. The lunch is not a success for Megan, who ends up abandoned and alone in the restaurant. To make matters worse she stumbles upon something on her way home that she may never be able to forget…
Development & Financing?
CA: We wrote the screenplay together and then raised the funds to produce the short. We divided up the costs between the three of us (Carmela, Cecilia and Joshua) and self-financed it.
Production?
CA:
Initial concept: May 2019
Writing of treatment & episodes: May 2019 – September 2019
Casting: June 2019
Locations and pre production: August / September 2020, Los Angeles
Shoot: September 2019
Edit: October 2019 – Feb 2020
Rough Cut December 2019
Grade: January 2020
Locked edit: March 2020
Festival Preparation & Strategy?
CA: We have just begun our festival journey by participating in the web series category for HollyShorts 2020! We hope to continue the festival run and have launched a social media campaign leading up to HollyShorts.
The Release?
CA: At HollyShorts, on Bitpix
Advice from the Filmmaker?
CA: As a team we feel very fortunate to have had such a collaborative and supportive experience working together. Only advice would be to find collaborators and fellow creatives that you can work alongside passionately and productively. That encourages one another and are open to shared vision and input. Our lead actress and co-writer Carmela Corbett always says to just follow our own gut. If it brings you joy and laughter then chances are it will have an effect on others. Following your own sense of joy is enough.
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