Ben here. Time away. It’s a beautiful thing. And it’s exactly what the “ROM” feature needed.

After spending weeks trying to shoehorn different details and ideas from the short and our own expectations on what the feature should be, Matt and I both just let go, and had the best conversation to date about the project last Tuesday. I told Matt that this would be the conversation that we would talk about after were done making the film. The turning point. So giddy on the phone, I asked Matt “Do you feel super-awesome about this?”

Emotions. Character Arcs. Story. These are important. The details will come in time.