The Birth of the Idea

Lets make one thing perfectly clear, a story can come from anyone, anyplace, anytime. For Caitlin and I, it was killing time while waiting to get into the club Nightingale in Los Angeles.

It was a warm summer evening. We were waiting outside the club in what seemed to be an endless line of people with no end in sight. We were dazzling in heels and cute rompers while our sativa edibles were just starting to kick in. The rest of our group chatted about sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

Caitlin and I daydream and discuss story ideas all the time. As two creative individuals, it's so natural for us to riff off of one another. It's one of our favorite topics of conversation, so it is normal for one of us to grab the other at any point and word vomit the visuals in our head. Caitlin gave me one of those classic "Taylor, I have an idea..." looks and blurted out:

"What if we did a short film about the experience and dangers of labor?"

To which I shot her my classic wide-eyed YES! AND..? expression and responded with:

"And we made it a fantasy chase scene!"

That was the beginning of it all. We spent the rest of our time waiting in line diving deeper and thinking bigger, making sure to write everything down in our phones for fear of forgetting it all the morning after a night out with our friends.

During the pandemic we spent a lot of time coming up with potential studio names, goals, and other film ideas. It was during a drive home from celebrating the new year at The Madonna Inn that we finally decided on the perfect name and the perfect mission.

Shattered Glass Film would be the studio that breaks -no- obliterates the glass ceiling that the entertainment industry has been shrouded in.

It was a slow start. We began with drawing up designs for our two characters, which are inspired by the fantasy renditions of creatures from Irish and Native American folklore (please note we are not representing the folklore, merely inspired by the fantasy renditions of it). Caitlin took charge of designing Ciara (pronounced "kee-rah") while I drew up the fantastical monster.

Below are the first renditions of our two characters:

Once we had our character design in a place we were excited about, we geared up for the next step. We knew that we wanted these 3D models to be done right and by an artist who would share the love we have for this project. I had worked with our modeler in the past on other passion projects and reached out to her to pitch our story in hopes that she'd join us on this adventure!

~ Taylor Aseere

Please check back in with us to read about our next steps in making this film and to learn about Amanda Kessler's modeling process for Effacement.