Other Mommy
A weekend movie trailer, made with my kids and AI
A playful game between a mom and daughter takes an unsettling turn when the mom appears in the doorway while seemingly still seated at the table. The daughter begins to notice things that do not belong: an empty chair, a moving toy, a figure waiting at the far end of a play tunnel.
As the familiar rooms of the house become harder to trust, small mysteries build into a rapid sequence of glimpses, reactions and disappearing objects. The trailer ends on the double’s lingering smile, leaving one question unanswered: which mom has been there all along?
S1-00 · Scene setup
The impossible hat trick
Prepare the space, camera and performers before the first take.
Scene setup
S1-00 · Setup · Card 1 of 78
A familiar game becomes a small mystery when the mom appears somewhere they should not be.
Set up Table, two chairs, doorway, bubbles, book. Warm side light; mark both seats and the camera side of the table.
Film Film the whole bubble crown game from the wide angle, then each persons’s reverse. Add the daughter’s long puzzled look. Film the doorway appearance separately, then the daughter beside the empty chair.
Edit Keep the opening patient. S1-10 lasts 8.133 seconds and S1-11 lasts 5.631 seconds. Use the empty chair and doorway cut to suggest the double.
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