What a Waste | Cal Poly Humboldt Student Film | Edit 1

A college student who has a hard time fitting in has his eyes on the girl next door. Will he ever make a move? Or stay watching from afar?
All scenes were filmed with the correct safety precautions. No drugs were used by any of the actors in the film.
Filmed and Directed by: David Yaranon
Script by: Daniel Garcia, Elliot Vargas, and Miranda Ceja Amezcua
Jared: Matthew Guinnane
Valeria: Jennifer Campos
Cal Poly Humboldt
Humboldt Film
HSU
Humboldt State film

[@davidyaranon]

Please leave your feedback in the comments! I appreciate the hard work of the actors and the crew behind the scenes - especially Miranda ❤️ (keep in mind this was made in just one week)

[@tylerbroussardtv]

this is like amazing wtf. i was just tryna see what the dorms look like and came across this and got me hooked watching. i’m coming this fall as a freshman and would love to be involved in some films if your not graduating yet. got to see lots of the campus in this too so thank you 🙏

[@davidyaranon]

this means a lot thanks for watching 🫶 I'd definitely love to work with you on some films! Email me at [e-mail] 😊

[@boopgah]

Oh same!

[@davidyaranon]

email me!

[@gouda1605]

Amazing work!! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film. The way that you’d think Jarod was improving by being active in the things Valeria is passionate in, because he got to hang out with her and her friends and stopped following her around, etc. But misogyny continued to rear its ugly head every night when he’d game with his friend, to show that he wasn’t really becoming a better person it was all an act. I also like the differing definitions of “what a waste” that was shown in the film. Jarod sees bettering himself and pining after Valeria as a waste of time because in the end she wouldn’t sleep with him, and Valeria sees someone like Jarod - who only took interest in Valeria to sleep with her - as a waste of space. My only feedback on this film would be: - It’s too dark and not in the emotional sense, I mean literally I had my brightness all the way up and it was still hard to see sometimes.

[@davidyaranon]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed and definitely gonna make the next one brighter :)

[@gouda1605]

@@davidyaranon Ok watching this on my ipad I realize that I had “reduce white point” on on my phone. Watching it now, it’s definitely not too dark. My bad

[@user-dq9mq9dr1c]

Wow this was an amazing film

[@davidyaranon]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@user-dq9mq9dr1c]

@@davidyaranon no problem