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Hard as Nails
Project type
Fashion Film
Date
Feb 2025
Location
Brooklyn, New York
Role
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Logline: Femme fatales Pearl, Honey, and Meadow experience lackluster dates with mediocre men. These clever girls use their killer instincts to switch up the power dynamic and flee the crime scene, united.
5 min., Color, Digital 4K
Showcases six designs from Pratt Alumni Zoë Crane, and a design from Fashion Designer Jeheli Odidi for her brand Kepos NY.
Shot using a Panasonic EVA1 at locations such as Casa Nono Restaurant and Pratt Studio B to recreate a Film Noir style interrogation and crime scene.
Crew
Written, Directed, Produced by: Julia Messick
Designer: Zoë Crane, Jeheli Odidi
Stylist: Chloe Palagonia
Makeup: Kayla Jones
Assistant Director: Kayla Jones
Cinematographer: Becca Anton
Cinematographer: Kaci Peterson
Cinematographer: Julia Messick
1st Assistant Camera: James Moutsos
Set Design: Amouri Edwards
Gaffer: Alex Brinkman
Photographer/ BTS: Jordy Antonio
Fashion Photographer: Amouri Edwards
PA: EC Brooks
Music: "Bluff" by N'Shai Iman
Cast:
Pearl: Taylor Reister
Honey: Shanoya Allwood
Meadow: Summer Peabody
Detective: Amouri Edwards
Slick: Richard Simon
Fox: Cordell Ijoma
Pierce: Cameron Cave
Extras: Kayla Jones, Chloe Palagonia, Jordy Antonio
