2024 Short Film: Room Tone

• Directed by Michael Gabriele
• Written by Michael Gabriele, Danny Rhodes
• Stars Mickey O’Sullivan, Angela Aiello, LaShonda Barton
• Run Time: 8:55
• Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX2nOzce9RI

What Happens

The director yells “Cut!” as the action on set grinds to a halt. It’s break time, and everyone goes their own ways for a quick lunch. Since there’s no action, the sound guy comes in to do a “Room Tone” recording, which requires the place to be quiet for a minute. 

How hard could that be? He soon finds out. 

Commentary

This is perfectly filmed, well acted, nicely paced, and overall a lot of fun. As someone who has narrated audiobooks and does a podcast every week, I can empathize with this guy’s problem. It’s really well done.