Look (2009 film)

Look is a 2009 short film written and directed by filmmaker Ryan Pickett.

Look is about a barmaid, Emma (Starina Johnson), who is caught in a daydream when interrupted by a lost model (Theresa Meeker). The desire for beauty reveals an unsettling emptiness.

In an interview with Matthew Saliba of Rogue Cinema, Pickett said, "I feel so alive as a director when making films like this. It's pure emotion. What can we tell you from just our eyes? What are you seeing with yours? Essentially what "Look" is about. Perception and how it works in our lives. The story was just part of the whole, I knew what I wanted to accomplish in this film and worked on a story that would allow that. There actually was a bit more dialogue in the film that I decided to cut out. The story is what you create in your head while watching it, not one I wrote. Or that was my intention." In an interview with Saliba, Meeker said, "Ryan really left its meaning up to interpretation. There are so many different ways that people could think about Look without being wrong in their analysis of it."

Starina Johnson as Emma
John Ferguson as John
Theresa Meeker as Supermodel
Alison Parson as Hair/Makeup Artist
Ryan Pickett as Photographer

Look was premiered at the Regal Cinemas theatre in Green Hills, Tennessee, in spring 2009.Look has distribution through IndieFlix and Indiepix Films online video streaming services.

Look was directed, co-written, produced and edited by Ryan Pickett, who was a top five finalist in the Race to BE entrepreneurship competition hosted by Russell Simmons in Los Angeles. The co-writer was Spenser Fritz and the cinematographer was Shane Bartlett.Look was shot with the Red One 4K in Nashville, Tennessee.

According to Sean Kernan's article "Look is an Elegant Examination of Beauty," captivating visuals showed why Look was an award-winning film. Writer Terra King reviewed Look and said that the movie is "deep and full of metaphor". The Four Word Film Review summarized the plot of Look by saying "Pickett picks apart beauty."

StudentFilmmakers as well as Film Snobbery included a press release about Look winning the Best Shorts Competition award in their online news section. Brian Skutle of Sonic Cinema said that Look had a "lovely score by The Other Deepak" and he said, "Pickett has a great eye for visuals and subtle storytelling that I’ll be curious to see more of."

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