A new age of directing films: A24 and “Backrooms”

What makes a film unique? What makes a film authentic? “Backrooms” producer Kori Adelson and associate producer Grant Donghia raised these questions in their post-screening discussion at UC Santa Barbara’s Pollock Theater on Oct. 24, where they discussed the making of the film with Carsey-Wolf Center Director Ross Melnick. During the start of the discussion, the audience was enlightened on the origins of “Backrooms.” Donghia recalled how “Backrooms” director Kane Parsons saw a creepypasta post on Reddit created by an anonymous user in his early teens. Parsons was inspired to take the story into the 3D software modeling platform “Blender,” and he later posted his works on Youtube, which became a webseries that drew in many viewers. According to Donghia, the concept of the Backrooms caught the film industry’s attention through Dan Cohen — an assistant for 21 Laps Entertainment at the time — and his friend Michael Clear, who discovered the “Backrooms” webseries at the same time.

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