Trevor’s niece prepared a dance for her crush and the DJ didn’t play the correct song. Now Trevor is mad and he’s carrying a samurai sword. It’s a tale of love, loss, and freak dancing.

Listen to the Soundtrack: soundcloud.com/sethearnest/sets/pop-music-original-soundtrack
Winner Best Short Film – 2016 Las Vegas Film Festival
Short of the Week: shortoftheweek.com/2016/03/14/pop-music-2/
Directors Notes: directorsnotes.com/2016/03/14/patrick-muhlberger-pop-music/

Writer/Director: Patrick Muhlberger

Cast:
Trevor – Elisha Yaffe
Jessie – Bella Shepard
DJ Leapin’ Louis – Brion Brionson
Shirtless Kenny – Denver Milord
Bridget – Rachel Staman
Darryl Danner – Spencer Kramber
Chris Danner – Luke Darga
Max Danner – Max Birchmore
Momma Danner – Katherine Birchmore

Crew:
Producer – Andrew Crabtree
Director of Photography – John Veleta
Editor – Joshua Cole
Music – Seth Earnest
Production Designer – Dustin Neiderman
1st AC – Josh Young, Kyle Hollar
2nd AC – Tyler Zak
Steadicam Op – Neal Bryant
Female Vocals – Stephanie Skipper
Art Assistant – Joshua Dancu
Samurai T-Shirt Design – Eunbeal Cho
Opening Title Animation – Nicole Josephian
Special Effects Makeup – Bryan Fulk
Pop Song Makeup – Amanda Nilo
Gaffer – Axel Lanzenberg
Electric – Chris Wess, Eddie “Sandman” Zamora, Sam Klein, Phil Gardner
Dimmer Board Operator – Cody Pratt
Key Grip – Brenden “Snake” Craighill
Grips – Kevin Ludwig, Han Whitesides
On Set Audio – Dylan Acio
Sound Post Production – Wildfire Sonic Magic
Re-Recording Mixer – Kyle Arzt
Additional Re-Recording Mixer: Jason Gaya
Sound Effects Editors – Joshua Adeniji
Assistant Sound Editors – James Parnell, Nathaniel Grady-Reitan
Studio Manager – Robert Dehn
PA – Nathan Falkoff, Sam Stefanak
Visual Effects – Wesley Cronk
Dance Choreography – Denver Milord
Fight Choreography – Sondra Mayer

Special Thanks:
Andy Novak
Nora Novak
Jonny Look
Lauren Malizia
Andrew Adams
Joel Ehninger
Jennifer Shepard
Anthony Deptula
Greg Gallant
Hillbilly Grip
Mike Carter
Panavision Hollywood
Jon Choi
Chris Mast
Andy Ciaccio
Joe Piccirillo