Now, before you run off screaming about this horrendous new product, please know that it's a cinematic fraud...purposefully.

A group of filmmakers in Grand Rapids made this 5- minute short for a local competition. Here's the video, then an excerpt from their site with info on the process and why they did it:

From the filmmakers:

This short film was made as part of the Compass Academy 24 Hour Film Festival. We had twenty-four hours to write, shoot, compose music, and edit a 5 minute film using the following (random) criteria that was pulled out of a hat at the start of the festival.

THEME: Hell Just Froze Over PROP: Origami Crane LOCATION: Swimming Pool LINE: "I just realized that we really haven't had a successful test of this equipment."

We wanted to do something with a moral or ethical message, so at the end of the meeting we decided on abortion. Rather than taking the "Hell Froze Over" theme literally, and doing a "holier-than-thou" preachy/judgmental piece, as if abortion had vanished from the face of the earth, we decided to take the theme figuritively and addressing the issue with sarcasm, appearing to make light of the issue, as if it may some day become a rite of passage for all women.

Considering the extreme time constraints, number of shots, acting level of the students, and tough issues to deal with, (not to mention $0 budget and all volunteers), we were pretty pleased with the outcome. The festival audience and judges seemed to really "get it".

Definitely provocative...