TM: Once we were cast they rewrote the script for our specific voices. We would shoot as it was written. Then we had some room to play.
JDB: There were two credited writers: Matt Drake and Michael Bacall. Bacall came up with the story then they wrote the script together. Then there was the on-set writer who played a massive role in changing the characters to our tune.
TM: There was a lot of rewriting on the day. It was spontaneous.
JDB: Even though it’s a movie, it is borderline interactive.
TM: The idea is to make you feel like you’re there. Even though it’s a “found footage film,” it’s stylized.
JDB: No shaky camera holding. If you go out [of the theater] and feel hung over, you won’t feel nauseous, you’ll just feel tired. You feel beat.
TM: Yeah, you feel exhausted afterwards. The movie is so fast paced.
THC: What is your favorite song from the movie?
TM: “Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
JDB: “Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix)” by Kid Cudi. It’s kind of the unofficial anthem of the movie.
—Staff writer Aaron H. Aceves can be reached at aaceves@college.harvard.edu.