WRITER/ PRODUCER
FLORENCE IN CUSTOMER CARE
The new short film Cory wrote and co-directed with Jordan Sommerlad is finishing up its festival run and will be released on omeleto on April 12th.
Logline: Florence, a customer care representative at a mid-level furniture website, begins to unravel as a mysterious rash begins to appear on her body.
WRITTEN BY: CORY STONEBROOK
DIRECTED BY: JORDAN SOMMERLAD & CORY STONEBROOK
PRODUCED BY: YEAH YEAH YEAH FILMS
“Florence in Customer Care is a harrowing psychological horror film that doesn’t have to end in a typical murder spree, or a traumatic suicide for Florence, but rather ends on what adds up to a broken dream. A sad and wonderful short. ”
“A fabulous Tiffany Trainer plays the titular lead in “Florence in Customer Care”, an absorbing psychological thriller about a quiet and reserved customer service representative who develops an irritable rash that seems to worsen with every bad encounter she has. Co-directors Jordan Sommerlad and Cory Stonebrook do a great job putting us in Florence’s skin which manages to create both empathy and unease. Meanwhile Trainer conveys her character’s insecurities and discomfort with alarming detail. Her performance is a big reason the film works so incredibly well.”
“Directors Jordan Sommerland and Cory Stonebrook (who is also the writer) deals in a horror that is equal parts frightening and relatable. The short follows a woman named Florence (Tiffany Trainer) who works as a customer service representative. She notices that she has developed a strange rash. It sounds like the makings of a gross body horror story, but is instead a laid back look at what can happen when life becomes overwhelming. Great pace, tone, and lead performance.”
JULIAN
Logline: A reconciliation brunch between sisters goes awry when someone brings an unexpected guest.
The film stars Vivian Kerr (award winning short Scrap, Superstore, New Girl, Criminal Minds), Stephanie Drake (Mad Men, After Meredith short film) and Joel Kelley Dauten (I’m Dying Up Here, Fued). It was shot by stunningly talented DP Markus Mentzer (Sundance’s Clara’s Ghost, I Think you Should Leave on Netflix).
WRITTEN BY: CORY STONEBROOK
DIRECTED BY: VIVIAN KERR
WHEN THIS ALL ENDS
Logline: A pair of sisters pontificate on the lives they could have led while observing the current guest staying in their family’s vacation home in upstate New York.
WRITTEN BY: CORY STONEBROOK
DIRECTED BY: JORDAN SOMMERLAD
PRODUCED BY: YEAH YEAH YEAH FILMS
