Felinity was my senior capstone project at The University of New Mexico. I was the writer, director, and editor for this film. My goal with this project was to synthesize all of the styles and semiotics I found most interesting while studying film and digital media in an academic setting.
The film follows Max who, following a bout of creative constipation, discovers a newly painted masterpiece on his easel one morning. With the help of his friend Grey, Max finds that his cat, Rutabaga is painting while he sleeps. Max discovers that true creative expression flows through oneself rather than from oneself.
The film takes elements from Japanese anime like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Hyouka, and melds it with the semiotics of American sitcoms like Seinfeld, Cheers, and Malcolm in the Middle
