VOICEMAIL (2019)
ROLES: Director, Co-Producer, Editor
GENRE: Dramedy
LOGLINE: Caleb gets high right before his girlfriend goes into labor. Before fatherhood, he has a call to make.
FESTS: WINNER - Best Actor, Ouray International Film Festival, WINNER - Best Actor, The John Rosenfeld Film Festival.
CAST & CREW:
Ben Davis | Director, Co-Producer, Editor
Gregory Bordelon | Writer, Caleb, Co-Producer
Aaron Youngblood | Cinematographer
Cole Timms | 1st AD
Pedro Rosas | Gaffer
Chris Billings | Music
Rose Youngblood | Production Design
Katie Foster | Caleb’s girlfriend (voice)
Lauran September | Caleb’s sister (voice)
Filmed at the beautiful home of Aaron & Rose Youngblood.
Production Companies | Antrim Stories, Do’Wellers
DIRECTOR’S NOTE:
Gregory and I built Voicemail around our shared love for our dads and the fear of stepping into fatherhood without their guidance. It was our first collaboration, shot in a single day to highlight Gregory’s range as he moved from comedy to drama in one story. Inspired by David O. Russell, I used low angles, fast moves, and wide lenses to capture the claustrophobia of his pot-fueled paranoia. What started as a fun, casual project became a way for us to confront those big, daunting emotions about legacy and becoming fathers ourselves.