A woman awaits as Jackie Willbanks awakens in a room, handcuffed and confused, only to be accused of something deadly by her.
Jesse Sockwell has always been obsessed with art, especially film. He began writing scripts in the 3rd grade and started writing them in the proper format in the 5th. Once he graduated high school, theater came into his life as well. At the age of 24, he has independently produced 6 plays, 5 of which he has directed and starred in, and he also wrote 2 of those as well. He has also directed 4 short films as well as 2 features.
He was once a co-producer with Bad Guys Close in Productions but he is now a producer at Echoe Productions, something he has wanted to create his whole life.
Many more projects are on the way.
VOID was originally intended to be a feature film. I love the ambitiousness of taking risks, so I wondered what it would be like to contain two characters in one place for 80 minutes. Originally, the two characters weren’t going to meet face to face until the closing moments, but one night, I came across a local 10-Minute Play Festival. So, I decided to make VOID a 10-Minute Play, for the time being, and I submitted. It wasn’t long after I did that, that I knew VOID would work better as a short film. And now, here we are.
I am extremely proud of this film. This is the third film Echoe Productions has shot, but it is our first product that is completely finished. The acting in this is powerful, along with metaphors of the shots and the lighting. We shot multiple angles, doing the full script in one long take each time.
VOID feels as if it is a feature length film, even though it is only around 15 minutes. You feel like you fully know both of these characters and all of that is due to Rachel & William’s superb acting. They made my job easy, along with everyone else who helped make this film possible.