Riley has to make a decision that will determine the course of her entire life.

Looking Down screened at NFFTY 2016 in the Opening Night screening and received the Audience Award.

Looking Down tells the story of a young girl, Riley, who has to make a decision that will alter the course of her entire life. Director: Joe Staehly Producer: Yanni Rozes Producer: Lucy Moroukian Director of Photography: Joe Staehly 1st AD: George Irizarri Gaffer: Paul Costa Production Design: Laura Guarreillo Editor: Hunter Woodworth/ Joe Staehly Assistant Editors: Matt Hepworth/ Chris Cole/ Kevin Quinn 1st AC Jake Westphal 2nd AC Sam Cowan B Cam: Drew Emery 1st AC: Kevin Quinn 1st AC: Jake Beckhart Sound: Chris Cole/ Bethany Laible/ Brian Sullivan Post Production Sound: Chris Cole Dit: Justin Allison/ Brian Sullivan Grip: Nick Morgan Grip: Ben Coen Grip: Bailey Norman Grip: Kevin Quinn Script Supervisor: Hunter Woodworth Make up: Liz Marie Wardrobe: Gloria Schultz Colorist: Joe Staehly Behind the Scenes: Brian Sullivan PA: Kevin Quinn/ Bailey Norman Cast list Young Riley Corrie Legge Middle Riley Kim Bowden Old Riley Michelle Pauls Young Adam Justy Kosek Old Adam Bernard Glincosky Girl in Snow: Casey Crane Boy in Snow: Kevin Quinn Music by Sigur Ros

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Joe Staehly is a 23 year old director and DP who specializes in visual story telling. He’s been shooting silly videos with friends since he was 10 years old. Then, he made it his career. His work has appeared on MTV and he has worked for a variety of clients and artists including Maybelline, Draft Kings, Notre Dame, and G-Fuel. He loves conveying emotion through video, and working with original creative concepts. He wants every new project to be better than his last, so he continually pushes himself to always create new and interesting stories.

A Brief Interview with Joe:

Why did you decide to make this film?

I decided to make the film for my senior thesis at Drexel University. The concept of small choices creating large impacts through out life has always intrigued me and it was something I wanted to explore by making this film.

What was your favorite part about making it?

My favorite part of making Looking Down was all of the traveling I had to do in order to create Riley's adventure sequence. We went to some really awesome spots throughout Minnesota and Los Angeles that I otherwise never would have experienced.

What are you working on now?

I have a few commercials and music videos in the works right now that I'm really excited to get started on!

Find Joe & Looking Down online:

Website: www.setinmotion.com