Recapping ‘a Short Break’ With Director, Writer, & Producer Terron Jones
This week on ‘a Short Break’ we dove into the short film When It All Falls Down by Director, Writer, & Producer Terron Jones. He didn’t come alone as Jones brought along the leading man of the film, Branden Wellington (who you may recognize from Orange Is The New Black) to give a special inside scoop on the HBO Short Film nominated story. No worries if you missed this colorful conversation continue to read all about it!
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Who was the first mentor that helped push you in the right direction?
Terron Jones: Oh! I would have to say my mother and my grandmother since birth, the lessons that they taught. I named my production company after my mother and my grandmother Norma x Roslyn Productions, so I say for sure it was them.
You speak from a woman and a male perspective in the short film. What was the inspiration behind writing this script the way you did?
Terron Jones: Before I start I can see the movie before it happens I can see the scene, what I don’t have is the actual dialogue. When I began to work on this film I called up ten of my friends and asked them what was the best experience that you ever had in a relationship and what was the worst, and from those answers, I was able to write When It All Falls Down.
The film’s color pallet that you all chose complemented the wardrobe and even props. What was the conversation that you had with your DP on the overall tone you wanted for the film?
Terron Jones: To me, that is the backbone of the story because this film is not shot linear. It’s present-day and then the past. Everything in the past I wanted it to be very vibrant and everything in the present I wanted it to be very muted. The audience can see the contrast between the actual scene and the feeling of it and also the contrast between the time period.
What’s something that viewers might not think of when they watch this story?
Branden Wellington: One thing that may not be apparent in watching it for the first time is that as my character is moving out in the end, every room that we go into in the present day triggers a memory of the past of an experience that we had in that room when we were in the heart of our relationship. As you see me go to the bedroom, the first scene starts off with us in the bedroom. We lose the baby and she goes to the restroom, you see a scene where we are in the hallway where we actually probably made that baby. I love how he used the setting to help drive the story.
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