Manic Man | Dissociation in 4 minutes

[@FritzLewisFilms]

Have you experienced moments where reality seemed distorted or you felt detached from your body?

[@amyargyle5575]

Beautiful Work on all levels. So many people experience social anxiety or simply just anxiety in general. Using art to start the conversation like this is powerful.

[@FritzLewisFilms]

Thank you so much. I knew you would get this story on all levels 🙏🏼

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you, Amy. It’s a universal feeling and it’s time to take our power back by understanding how fear formulates and expresses itself

[@marksnow8048]

Getting the views you deserve brother. Love to see it

[@FritzLewisFilms]

@@marksnow8048 thank you brother… you know how long this story has been cooking

[@remoyashell1613]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Impulse_Films]

Very hard to convey something personal, with no words, and still engage your audience within a short amount of time. This is an exception. Bravo!!!

[@FritzLewisFilms]

@Impulse_Films it took longer than you'd think to draft the best script possible and craft the best approach in filming and telling this story so it would convey that personal story. Relying on visuals and having virtually no dialogue hasn't how I initially conceived this outing, but it feel it is for the better of its standing.

[@remoyashell1613]

As long as you can feel it, you become the story itself 🙏

[@MindBodyLearn]

Amazing work! Touching.

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for watching, and thank you for opening your heart to our universal story: learning to overcome fear

[@lukeclarke2880]

Marvelous work. Always excited to see what you do next!

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for your kind words! We’re glad you enjoyed it.

[@davidesonzini]

Awesome!

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for watching, David!

[@RhealizePotential]

Can relate to this very well. Great description of what dissociation feels like.

[@FritzLewisFilms]

@@RhealizePotential Thank you! Dissociation is something many experience but rarely talk about. Feel free to share more if you’d like!

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for sharing with us all

[@RhealizePotential]

@@FritzLewisFilms - I was listening to a podcast on a mathematician and philosopher named Henri Bergson. Bergson had a theory that the feeling of déjà-vu that people experience at times was being hyper-aware of the point where our experiences are being laid down as a memory. Essentially, we are having an experience simultaneous with a memory of that experience. It made me wonder if the distorted reality felt with anxiety and panic disorder might be a similar phenomena. It's as if we are experiencing the world as individual frames rather than in a coherent flow. Very unsettling! At the same time, completely harmless, unless it distracts us from a dangerous task such as driving. At times, I can watch it happening inside myself and be curious about it. Other times, it is very anxiety producing. Hard to explain to someone who doesn't have this issue, unless they have been on a bad drug trip. ;-)

[@13gamerbob]

This is the best short film I’ve ever seen and couldn’t be more proud of you for telling this story.

[@FritzLewisFilms]

@@13gamerbob thank you that really means a lot

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for your support and your time

[@mylesmoodiefilms]

Fritz, such a talented individual. Great work

[@FritzLewisFilms]

Thank you Mr. Moodie

[@remoyashell1613]

Absolutely agree

[@jimmymaniglia3164]

This is an awesome depiction of complex emotions and feelings. Well done!

[@FritzLewisFilms]

Thank you Jimmy I appreciate your comment 🙏🏼

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for watching, Jimmy. The more aware we are of what it looks and feels like, the easier we can be on ourselves.

[@AbdulGhaffar-kr4gz]

I started loving this from the beginning❤

[@FritzLewisFilms]

yes, with the beginning I really wanted to highlight the perspective of sitting on the outside, observing. I tend to feel this way a lot in social situations and starting on this note allowed the audience to understand the main character's headspace immediately.

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you so much for your support

[@AbdulGhaffar-kr4gz]

@@remoyashell1613 you welcome

[@AjibolaOlalekan]

Fantastico 😮

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for watching! Thank you for your support!

[@CONESGRAPHIX]

Wow 🔥🔥🔥

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for watching!

[@stephanierenberg]

wow! i am in awe at seeing this put together after having been a part of the filming process. it really looks amazing. thanks for the experience! 🙌

[@FritzLewisFilms]

Thanks again for showing up and being a part of the process!

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you so much for supporting this story and acting in it!

[@AimyiiMarie81]

Wow.😢❤👍🏽

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for watching 🙏🙏🙏

[@Omni-Kriss]

I like this :)

[@remoyashell1613]

We’re glad that you do!!! Thank you for your time!

[@remoyashell1613]

We all need each other. We all deserve to be seen, heard and felt. It’s time to do it together. It’s time to put an end to our fear. One story at a time. #storiesthatmatter

[@filmmakerlee7727]

Beautiful

[@remoyashell1613]

From filmmaker to filmmaker, thank you!

[@thomasdnt]

Arriver à transmettre ce genre de sentiment sans dialogue, c’est fort. From France 🇫🇷

[@FritzLewisFilms]

Yes. Visual storytelling is primal for me.

[@remoyashell1613]

Something French artists have always been great at, expressing life without words! Thank you for your support! 🙏

[@adeyemitosin8604]

Wow❤❤❤

[@FritzLewisFilms]

❤

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for your support ♥️♥️

[@Execelsuccess]

Great

[@FritzLewisFilms]

glad you liked it!

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for watching!

[@billyjosephjr]

Beautiful in so many ways

[@FritzLewisFilms]

@@billyjosephjr thank you Billy

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for your support! Thank you for sharing with us your thoughts and feelings about this story

[@hardaulgurjar2354]

❤

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you 🙏

[@belenhernandez4745]

👌

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you!!!

[@galyefet7089]

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[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you for sharing the love♥️

[@remoyashell1613]

Greatness

[@zabdielorozco5316]

😱

[@remoyashell1613]

Thank you!!!!!

[@Adrok23]

It's ethereal - but wasted content. Like a slow awakening or - awareness of self. Standing outside of self, looking on you. Medicommunicate. I would of gone much darker. This is like a light experience. Where's the fear? mania. confusion. Internal struggle is very quiet. Just my opinion.

[@FritzLewisFilms]

I appreciate the perspective. While there were drafts of the script that depicted more of the mania, it ultimately wasn’t going to make sense for the short runtime and message. The wasn’t intended to go darker like that. It’s hard enough to convey as complex emotions as I did in 4 minutes. If you’re looking for something a bit darker I’d encourage you to watch some of my other shorts on mental health like Take Me Out and re:attachment. Or stay tuned as I do hope to turn Manic Man/re:attachment into a feature where you’ll see darker sides of the dissociation.

[@Adrok23]

@FritzLewisFilms beautiful reply and goodluck for the future. Apologies - I was snarky and rude. Appreciate the feedback to me and the fans watching.

[@remoyashell1613]

Definitely appreciate your idea of how you would have done it. The feature holds all of that which you wish to see. On another note, how many people have you seen freak out at a party? If you pay close attention, that’s what it looks like when someone is going through it, they hide it in every way. Internally, they hear the screams of the torture, but no one else does… Especially at a party, in fear of being seen for the darkness that plagues them and judged by the people they seek friendship from.

[@remoyashell1613]

I’m sure you’ve experienced moments of paranoia and absolute fear, as we all have. In social gatherings, when anxiety overtakes, we dare not show what is true to us, or else we’re doomed. That’s what we have been taught by our culture. It’s time to change it. It’s time to see the signs in our brothers and sisters and allow them the space to go through it together.

[@remoyashell1613]

Most importantly, Thank you for interacting with this story and for visualizing and sharing your opinion with us. We will use it all!