What You Can’t Have

This project was written and directed by Rachel Voter for her Media Production Workshop class at The Art Institute in Sacramento. I was her cinematographer for this project.

After reading the script, my first thoughts were that this film was about self reflection and I wanted to incorporate that idea into the cinematography somehow. We accomplished this by using as many mirrors and reflections as we could.

Another caveat was production time. We consolidated many of the shots into just one shot in many cases which added to the film’s aesthetic. We only had a couple of mandatories from the director such as the nice backlight on Audrey as she woke up to an empty bed. The lighting seemed to work in our favor at all of the locations. Ian did an excellent job lighting the scenes.

executive producer
writter / director

JAY TRUESDALE
RACHEL VOTER

audrey
dean
richard

SHANNON MAHONEY
MATT MONACO
ALEX ROBERTSON

casting agent
casting agency

JESSICA BERKEY
CAST IMAGES

1st assistant director
script supervisor
cinematographer
1st assistant camera
editor
audio engineers


boom operator

production art and storyboards
make-up artist
special effects make-up
craft services

gaffer
best boy electric
key grip
grips









production photography
behind the scenes photographer
special features videographer

SAM GRICE
RACHEL BEHRMANN
AARON LEONG
JEREMY KASHATOK
IAN WEBB
JONATHAN HOUGHTON
ISAAC FARRAR
KEVIN MOLOHAN
SETH BALL
REGGIE WASHINGTON
JENNIFER ERIN YOUNG
LIESL MCPHERRIN
JENNIFER ERIN YOUNG
LEE GARMON
JAMES WILTON
IAN WEBB
TIM McCONVILLE
CHRISTOPHER EATON
SAMANTHA BAKER
JARED BASHAM
NATHAN DAN
CHESTER FINNEY
KYLE FLAHERTY
CHRIS LIEBMAN
ANNALICIA LUGO
CHANDER MOHAN
VERNON SIMPKINS
REGGIE WASHINGTON
LEE GARMON
JAMES WILTON
LEE GARMON

special thanks for contributions

MICHAEL ANDERSON
SEAN ARNTSON
DYLAN BARNES
TIFFANY IRELAND

MARK KELLER
TORSTEN KETELSEN
GRETA SCHIMMEL
CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON

executive producers

DONNA CLARK
HANK COFFIN
BARBARA FAIRSHTER
KEENAN PATRICK PRYOR
JULIAN RAMIREZ
CRISTINA ROSS
MICHELE SCANLON

KATHLEEN SHANNON
SAM SHANNON
KELLY STEPHENS
JOHN VOTER
CLIFFORD WEIMER
JAMES WILTON
KYLE WINTERS

music by

RACHEL LOSHAK
AGENT RIBBONS

DON’T TOUCH ME
written and performed by AGENT RIBBONS

FALLEN
written and performed by RACHEL LOSHAK

AROUND THE BEND
written and performed by RACHEL LOSHAK

COMFORT IS COLD
written and performed by RACHEL LOSHAK

special thank you
MICHAEL HOWDEN
The Coffee Garden
2904 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95818