Ballcap Productions DRAFT PREVIEW · NOINDEX
REEL 2025–2026 · METRO DETROIT · HFR XIII & 48HFP

Short films cut on the clock. Built with teeth.

Five festival-tested narrative shorts and a Sideways motion lab run by Bobby, Al, Joe, and Kyle — shot in 48-hour sprints, cut to the frame, and projected at Redford Theatre, Senate Theater, and Emagine Royal Oak.

Explore 01–06 Slate
FESTIVAL CUTS
5 Locked + 1 Vault
HONORS
Best Editing · 3rd Best Film
TURNAROUND
48 Hours to 4 Shoot Days
PROJECTION
Senate · Redford · Royal Oak
01 / FILMOGRAPHY & SPRINT RECORD

The Narrative Slate

Every project below shipped on a hard theater deadline — no endless post queue, just tight storytelling, tactile editing, and practical sets.

Frame from 2024 Comedy and Narrative Demo Reel 2024 ARCHIVE CUT
BEFORE THE 2025–2026 SLATE

2024 Comedy & Narrative Demo Reel

The fast-cut comedy sketches and character timing studies that evolved into Lookout, Trail Dead, and Scattered.

02 / CRAFT IN MOTION · SIDEWAYS DNA

Raw Set ↔ Final Screen

Raw set lighting frame
Final graded frame
ON SET · RAW BLOCKING FINAL CUT · SENATE GRADE
Gone (2026)

Raw on-set lighting setup vs. final Senate Theater sci-fi grade.

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03 / 35MM CONTACT SHEET

Behind the Camera

04 / THE UNIT · FOUR HANDS ON THE CUT

Built by Four Friends Who Actually Shoot

Paired with Sideways motion craft
PROD.BALLCAP PRODUCTIONS
SCENE07
TAKE01
DIRECTORSBOBBY & AL
UNITBOBBY · AL · JOE · KYLE
DATE2026 SLATE
BASEMETRO DETROIT
STATUSREADY TO ROLL
05 / CALL SHEET & INQUIRIES (DRAFT PREVIEW)

Have a short script, title sequence, or festival run?

Draft preview mode — submitting snaps the clapperboard locally without emailing external parties until crew review is complete.

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2026 · SCI-FI SHORT

Gone

ROURKE / MOTION CUT NOTE

GONE · BEHIND THE SCENES

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All Ballcap Shorts & Vault