Director - Dan Mihok
Director of Photography - Michael DeFranco
Colorist - Nathan Blader
Logline
After making a bet with a fellow co-worker, Timmy the Time God must attempt to save his doomed timeline by reasoning with a brain dead moron.
Synopsis
Timmy is a newly hired Time God working in the Office of Time, trying to establish himself as a competent Time God just like the rest. However, he faces a dilemma. One of the most important timelines that he guards over, Timeline-997, is facing an imminent collapse at the hands of one man, Carl. Carl is a stoner in his mid-twenties who generally waits for life to come to him rather than having any ambitions. Carl, living on Timeline-997, is faced with the choice between two candies in a convenience store, a Twickers or a Snix. But what he doesn’t know is that, through the butterfly effect, choosing either of those candies will result in the end of the world. Timmy, after making a bet with his fellow co-worker, Bentley, a pompous, been there done that Time God who wants nothing more than to see Timmy fail, attempts to save his doomed timeline by reasoning with Carl, only for him to find that reasoning with a brain dead moron can be harder than it seems.
Director's Statement
Most of my interest in film and TV has always been found in projects that explore new, strange worlds and people. I have always believed that a film is at its strongest when it’s showing me something I could never find in the real world. Twickers or Snix is a byproduct of this sentiment. When developing this film in my junior year of college, I knew I wanted to create something that stood out conceptually from the rest of the films in my class. After rummaging through a bunch of bland, safe ideas, I questioned what I really wanted to get out of the class. So I decided to go back to an old idea I had from high school, that being Twickers or Snix. At the time, the film was far more bombastic and out there. Visual effects and unique character designs were in the DNA of the world and it was ultimately something I never thought would get made. I knew if I was going to take a chance on making this film that it would have to be drastically scaled back. While I don’t feel as though I compromised at all on this film, I definitely embraced a directional shift. Instead of focusing on the sci-fi elements of the film, I leaned more into the dry, dead pan humor that I’ve fallen in love with over the years. I wanted to make the Time Gods feel like everyday people and make their high stakes jobs feel relatable, adding to the comedy. The result of these efforts is one that I am immensely proud of. Given the restraints we had and limitations of being a student, I could not be happier with the result. Twickers or Snix represents everything I love about films!
