What Daphne Saw is a poignant look at the criminal justice system. The is a well stated and slightly unnerving view of what has been spoken about in recent events in a way that, so many times, science fiction can only present.
Well done.
What Daphne Saw was screened at the 2019 FilmQuest film festival (website). It was nominated for Best Sci-Fi Short.
Synopsis
In the future, capital punishment has been abolished. Violent criminals are reprogrammed into unquestioning servants, their free will and ability to speak taken away. A young woman endures her punishment of silent servitude in a seemingly normal man's home, where she discovers dark secrets.
Tagline
Set in a dystopian future where criminals are reprogrammed to be voiceless, unquestioning servants to the wealthy, What Daphne Saw sheds light on the silencing of victims and asks the question, what does justice really mean?
Lizz Marshall directed What Daphne Saw and also shared some thoughts about her movie, inspirations, future and likes.
What was the inspiration for What Daphne Saw?
The concept for What Daphne Saw came from a few different things. It started with a feeling of voiclessness and powerlessness I saw in the character of Daphne in Greek mythology; there is a story where the God Apollo tries to rape a woman on Earth (Daphne) and when she begs the Gods for help, they turn her into a tree, so she is silenced for speaking out and forced to forever internalize her pain. I connected with Daphne in that story and wanted to explore that dynamic and those particular feelings. I had also done a short documentary my freshman year of college about recidivism, so my views on the justice system organically bled into the story.
What project(s) do you have coming up you're excited about?
As far as upcoming projects go: I will be working with anti-human trafficking non-profit organization NotInOurCity, who served as executive producers on What Daphne Saw, to create a genre-based VR short film that educates on human trafficking in a way that is engaging and narrative driven. They are currently raising funds for the project!
What was your early inspiration for pursuing a career in film?
Like many sci-fi filmmakers, Star Wars. I remember watching the original trilogy as a kid and feeling like it was just totally magical. It was really cool to be immersed in a different world and I really wanted to do that—build other worlds.
What would be your dream project?
I am hoping that this isn't the end for Daphne. I have a feature length version of What Daphne Saw that I am shopping around at the moment. I really want to direct the feature film for What Daphne Saw and share more of her world and complexities that there isn't enough time for in a short. There's also a project that's much more of a stretch that I'm hoping will one day see the light of day—it's a horror-comedy musical that's pretty out there. Totally in the opposite direction of What Daphne Saw tonally and a very different side of me as a writer. Those are my goals for the future right now!
What are some of your favorite pastimes when not working on a movie?
I also write music! I have made two music videos for songs called Parasiteand Lifeline I have co-written with Alex Winkler, who is the composer for What Daphne Saw. We actually co-wrote the song in the credits for the film—I wrote the lyrics and sang and Alex wrote the music. It was originally a song that we did loosely based on a video game called Life is Strange, and then made a music video for, but the emotional core of it really fit with the ending of What Daphne Saw so we decided to use it. I'm hoping we'll be able to release an EP at some point.
What is one of your favorite movies and why?
Empire Strikes Back! It's one of the few movies I can watch over and over and not get tired of.
You can follow the movie on
Twitter and Instagram @whatdaphnesaw
Find out more about What Daphne Saw on IMDb (link).
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