What began as a social media experiment, author/director/star Jon Fletcher has wrapped his characteristic debut The Dosage Makes the Poison.
Fletcher (who has acted on Bosch, The Rook, The Messengers) accomplished the seven-day shoot, documenting movies of the whole course of, after setting the unconventional experiment into movement with a social media submit on Aug. 1, 2025.
“Can I make a characteristic movie in 50 days, fully from nothing, and get it into Sundance?” Fletcher requested on Instagram.
Having accomplished filming, Fletcher mentioned, “I can’t even clarify it. I simply awoke and did it. Then I don’t suppose I slept for the previous 6 weeks.” He hopes the challenge encourages discourse on the evolving panorama of filmmaking, along with inspiring different artists to create “with out ready for permission.”
Ranging from scratch with no script or perhaps a idea on Day 1, Fletcher invited followers alongside on the experience to assist him refine his artistic course of, leading to a self-starring movie that explores his personal deeply private experiences with melancholy.
“I hadn’t seen something about what melancholy felt wish to me. Combating for your self, towards your self,” defined Fletcher. “It’s not like the rest. As a result of nobody else can hear it. Nobody else can see it. Nobody can take part however you. And it’s probably the most harmful and lethal dialog you possibly can have, as a result of no person listens to you the best way you hearken to your self.”
Written and directed by Fletcher, Beth Riesgraf served as DP. The movie is produced by Fletcher and Riesgraf, with government producers Jeremy Landon Hays, Louis Pannullo and Hunter G. Davis.
Fletcher is represented by Business Leisure.