Feeding Tube - Eating Disorder Short Film
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2023
- The effects of an eating disorder on a relationship play out over an intense dinner.
This film is a combination of Aashish and Kaylee's separate personal experiences in additional elements from other personal stories which have been shared with us.
Our goal is to spread awareness about eating disorders and we feel our film is a new take and perspective into the daily lives of someone experiencing an eating disorder. As you can see, the film is finished!! We are so excited to share it with others! In order to get the most eyes on the film we are going to submit it to numerous film festivals. By donating you will be directly aiding in our ability to attend and submit to festivals. Currently, our festival fees are around $300. We'd like to submit to more but have already exceeded our budget and are needing further funding.
www.gofundme.com/f/ykvmw-feed...
Producer: Kaylee Johnson
Co-Producer: Aashish Thakur
Directed & Written by: Kaylee Johnson & Aashish Thakur
Cast:
Cyrus - Aashish Thakur
Lilah - Holly Anne Jones
Jen - Becki Hayes
Michael - John Broyles
Justin - Liam Larriviere
Young Cyrus - Zaynn Arora
Cyrus’ Mom - Alonna Gibson
Cyrus’ Dad - Anil Sankaramanchi
Head Chef - Paul Mosemen
Mathew - Abin Antony
Professor Kern - Steven Oppenheim
Background Cook #1 - Hugo Campos
Background Cook #2 - Ashley Mortellaro
Crew:
1st Assistant Director - Camille Layen
Director of Photography - Shreyansh Tiwari
Production Coordinator - Gianna Galante
Production Designer - Chloe Selvey
Editor - Ella Glasscock
Composer - Noah Salem
Foley Recordist - Avery James
Sound Designer - Avery James
Post-Prod. Sound Mixer - Jakin Cordova
VFX Artist - Yajat Shirpurkar
Gaffer - Galen Smithhisler
Key Grip - Caroline Plumb
Grip - Linden Dodson
Assistant Camera - Kylie Green
Assistant Camera - Yajat Shirpurkar
Camera Utility - Axel Torres
Audio Mixer - Beau Cormican
Boom Operator - Jakin Cordova
Script Supervisor - Camille Layen
Production Assistant - Nolan Walley
Production Assistant - Mary Katherine Madden
BTS Photographer - Elliot Layen
Special Thanks
Bistecca Italian
Steak House
John and Judy Gay Public Library
Barbara Johnson
Jakin Cordova
Allison Memrick
Erik Johnson
Debbie McGee
Anton Waser
Courtney Clauss
Caroline Weedon
Randhir Thakur
Amber Duhon
Madhav Gharmalker
Jackson Bihun
Austin Kilby
Ketan Rajput
Govind Gharmalker
Website: kayleejohnson03.wixsite.com/m...
Instagram: @feedingtube.shortfilm @kaylee.johnson.film
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21330332... - Krátké a kreslené filmy
i love that a male was casted as the role with the ed. people need to realize eating disorders are not a thing only women and girls suffer with, men do as well.
A male person of colour, at that. This was great ❤
Yes 👏 👏 👏! Growing up, my older brother had bulimia, so it’s so awesome seeing male people represented 👏
I wish men knew that is okay to have feelings ❤
I’m just
Exactly!
Everyone take notes. This is NOT how you react when you know your s/o has an eating disorder.
She betrayed his trust by telling her family and then they act atago monistic towards him and when he can't handle it she gets mad she's kind of an asshole instead of having any compassion for how much he's suffering she's just mad that calling him perfect isn't enough to cure him as if that insinuates he doesn't love her enough that's not how mental illness works
She’s also a pretty crap actress
How should someone react instead? (I’m asking as someone with an ED, I would want compassionate concern expressed)
@@softieartsydork The first comment basically sums up what someone shouldnt do. Do the opposite. (Praying for your recovery ❤)
@@softieartsydorknot make it about themselves. Open questions without judgement, offer a hug etc. I’ve struggled with AN for years
If I could count the times I had people tell me “you need meat on your bones.” This was well done, and I understand what this guy went through at the table.
Ok but... can you suggest what else people should say then?
I mean at least this one shows some concern and wont worsen the condition. Calling them skinny would make them want to keep it up. Calling them fat would make them restrict more. Of course. Then... what? How?
@@kittencutie7074 nothing
ikr or ''youre just skin and bones you could snap''
I’m sorry people felt the right to comment on YOUR body that weren’t medical professionals. I feel violated when people comment on my body. Also the “meat on your bones” comment is creepy. Ma’am, what does it serve you? Me having more “meat” on my bones😅 Hannibal vibes. Lol
My father had a secretary back in the 70's & 80's, she was great fun. She & her boyfriend went to the Himalayas he could go up quite high, she alas had to stay at a low level her heart was not strong. Little did she realize her anorexia was causing her heart muscles to fade away. She died of heart failure aged 33. RIP Adriana Esposito.
"I hate looking at you " - " I hate looking at me too" - these are things you should never say ❤ it breaks you
The fact that I have said that.....
The brother actually made me so mad 😭 obviously that was the whole point but If someone else put food on my plate for me I’d actually lose my mind ☠️
I know this was nine months ago but I couldn’t agree more 😂🥲
When I was in the eating disorder section of the hospital, there was a male patient that had anorexia nervosa. I have suffered from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It never goes away. I go up and down in weight. But, at least I still eat and don’t worry about being “fat” anymore. I grew up as a chubby child. A lot of eating disorders start from all of the fat shaming in childhood.
my grandma fat shamed me CONSTANTLY as a kid and now i have Bulimia Nervosa. i completely feel u
as a man in anorexia and bulimia recovery, this film is so well portraid and
i am very thankful for you creating it
The way her mother speaks to him is exactly how mine speaks to me. She doesn’t know I have an ED. But she takes pleasure in telling me I need a cheeseburger…she doesn’t care who’s around. It’s toxic. And if my parents ever knew I had an ED, it would become even more toxic. My husband is my support.
These people are the worrrrst.
Every spiritual thing behind it I just rebuke in the mighty name of Jesus he loves you friend and wants a relationship. Come to him sweetheart 🎉❤
this is the first film ive seen where it's a guy that has the ED. It's an absolutely amazing film, hats off to all involved
I am 25 years old. As a teen who did track and cross country I saw males struggle with ED too. As a woman and army soldier, I see sometimes (uncommon) my battle buddies suffering still💔 something as small as casting a male is a really BIG deal!!!
Why did she betray his trust by telling her family causing them to act antagonistic and then get mad at him when he can't handle it she only seems to care about how it affects her and not that he's the one actually suffering like she just seems offended that telling him he's perfect isn't enough that's not how it works just like with all of these you've got that one person that's just "why can't you act normal" it's always so infuriating but I guess the fact it piss me off so much just shows how well this is done because it's actually an accurate portrayal of the way people act IRL unfortunately and like so many others have already stated as a man with an eating disorder thank you so much for showing that we can struggle to it means a lot
I can tell that this production was created with such hard work and commitment, it's beautiful.
It sucked.
nice to see a video about a male with an ed
exactly people act like it’s only teenage girls that can have ed’s
The brother should’ve been embarrassed.
he was weird af
@@godsend877 so was the mom
i think he was very cool and hot
I love that you casted a male poc as the person with an ed, almost all eds portrayed in media are white girls.
Frr i felt sm better
The way you can hear the flatline at the end is so heartbreaking… so sad… yet so real.
I hate when people interfere with my eating disorder every one grabing your wrist and yelling just leave me
Miki.... Stop Being selfish! You do understand That People do care about you! They want to help because Its deadly in The end! Stop nagging People Who want to help you...
If they didn’t care about you they would just leave you alone. The answer lies somewhere in the middle of the two extremes
@@kittyloveforever4883 people often think they know what someone else needs and it can be patronising. We need to spend more time listening
@@kittyloveforever4883grabbing someones wrist and yelling isn't helping.
I agree. They're not even worried, they just want to tease us
Watching every scene of this just made my anxiety go into overdrive. Great short film and accurate portrayal of family dynamics and EDs
It’s very painful, I have a son who struggles. I never thought teenage boys were affected and this video was very relatable.
i love that this was different from the way we typically see eating disorders portrayed in the media. It’s usually a teenage girl with body dysmorphia who wants to be skinner and prettier so she stops eating. but this was a change of pace and a wonderful new perspective.
This reminds me of Karen Carpenter. Some journalist made a throwaway comment about her weight. She died aged 32.
Yes same!
Am I the only one who was fed hyperalimentation via TPN? I was anorexic in the 80s at the age of 14 yrs old in 1986 through 1989. They fed me by placing a line in my superior vena cava (vein that goes to the heart). Every movie always shows people getting fed by a tube feeding via nasogastric tube. They wanted to avoid pumping a bunch of food into my stomach and intestines. You're hooked up to IVs for electrolytes as well if you don't get it by TPN. I still have cardiac and GI issues because of anorexia. They never show the hair loss, skin changes, intolerance to cold, aching body, shortness of breath, changes to teeth, etc. It's always the same. They don't eat, family notices, they pass out, NG tube, recovery. You never see the truly ugly side.
Feeding tube to your heart? How does that make sense to do? NG tubes give nutrients directly into your stomach. That’s so curious they used to do that, I didn’t know
@@charlottemonroy3372
It’s not a feeding tube it’s a central line. It’s like an IV but more permanent. Central lines either have to be surgically placed or can be done at bedside it just depends what kind you’re getting. There’s different ways of receiving nutrition, TPN just so happens to be intravenously. NG tubes go in your nose or a G tube can be placed surgically. There are many different kinds of feeding tubes and central lime.
I remember hearing about that from The Best Little Girl in the World movie
TPN is still used in some situations, but as long as the patient has a working gastrointestinal system generally feeding tubes are used instead because TPN comes with a high risk of sepsis, a potentially deadly infection.
Perfectly executed. Felt and related to everything that man was going through.
it is nice to see this because many people do not understand that you can be beautiful and still hate what you see reflected in the mirror
Very true! I’m still getting over low esteem and self hate I been to counseling for it It did help me a lot!
I completely understand this. I work in a kitchen, have medication I have to take, get told I’m extremely skinny, smoke and used to have an eating disorder. At this point it’s my medication making me forget to eat.
Maybe you can put on some reminders or alarms to help remind you ?
hows she gonna be a nutritionist and cant handle this conversation at all
I think the message at the end where she researched eating disorders and learned more about them means she learned from her mistakes but yeah the fact they didn't even address how awfully she handled the situation
Shes like my nutrionist lol
Why did that girl want to take him to meet her terrible family? They were beyond awful
Thank you for an eye-opener that eating disorders is also a male issue. This whole production was well done. Starting with the chef yelling at the new guy to roll up his sleeves that he should have known that from culinary school. Right away I thought this film is going to have good detail. The couple behaved as if they are really together. The small lines between them in the kitchen and then the big argument. Great-great job
Wow i never thought id see someone struggling with an ed who is going through the same things i am. Usually it's all teenage girls in media, which there's nothing wrong with, but it means a lot to see another young guy do such a good job of portraying how it feels to hold those feelings inside when there are others around you trying to make you eat more
So well-portrayed!! The end was so shocking and so sad.. 😢 . Good job.
Seeing this brought back a lot of painful memories that are important to remember. I never want to go back.
This was so heart breaking. Ive had an ed for most of my life and it sucks. In and out of hospitals. All those times I've only seen a couple of men getting treatment. And I know it's because of the stigma. Men don't feel like they can reach out and other people don't take them seriously. I love that this film had a man play the role of the sufferer because this illness does not discriminate. It can affect anyone. And people need to realise that this illness hurts men too. I love this and this film deserves way more recognition ❤
I'm a transmasc guy w an ED. I appreciate so much seeing a masc person w/ an ED represented. People are finally starting to get that all types of people have EDs.
Why are there so many negative comments??? It‘s a great short film❤
This was actually really well done…natural acting, meaningful cinematography…explored a tender subject with creative expertise🙏🏼💗🙏🏼
I recently recovered from an eating disorder and to think that if it had to continued to become extreme my family could have lost me. I cried at this thought.
How bad mom and brother behaved.. a nightmare for the girl. And now this wonderful guy has an addiction problem to. 😢
"If you are gonna keep smoking and not eating you are gonna lose waight"
Me: i wish that culd be' the reality.
Bravo to the entire cast and crew!
13:55 I love how you could see his thoughts spiral “I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m so sorry”. Great acting and great emotional storytelling
Beautiful, absolutely crushed this film. It’s perfectly portrayed
My social studies teacher was in this at 15:11 . His name is Mr. Oppenheim
That's amazing! We loved working with Steven (Mr. Oppenheim)!
@@kjpictures105 yes! He showed this to us during class during one if his stories he told. I have an eating disorder like the guy in the video (I don’t smoke, though) so when he showed this to us I felt happy that there was a boy main character guy instead of just a female one because that’s all I see usually
Los desórdenes alimenticios en hombres están socialmente infravalorados y este cortometraje me lo hizo saber. ¡Gran trabajo!
I am the outlier. I am a 61 year old male and I have suffered with Anorexia for 26 years. I am currently in my disorder. The last time i was in treatment, last year, there were 2 patients who were older than myself. This mental disease does NOT discriminate whatsoever! The thing that DOES discriminate are treatment facilities The vast majority of them deny accessibility for men over 25. By law everyone is entitled to healthcare, regardless of age or gender. It's always baffled me how they get away with their discriminating policies.
Way to go Kaylee, crew, and cast!
That was so mean to embarrass him like that at dinner
This has been said already, but I love the portrayal of male eating disorders, here. Especially Anorexia Nervosa. Orthorexia may be common in men, but Ana? It barely gets any representation.
I wouldn’t eat with those people either. 😑
Fantastic!!! ❤
Congratulations for such powerful work!!!
Bro music goes on literally 5 seconds in girls need tearing up tf
Cyrus's actor is very handsome ❤️ i really loved this film but oh my god it was a hard watch. My guy friend has some body image issues he's vocal about and seeing this film makes my heart break for all the men out there who are afraid to speak up about their EDs or insecurities
Also I hate Lila. She's a P.O.S. for puttinf him in that position and my god saying "i hate looking at you"
good film, i never had anorexia but i remeber i had some ed behaviours and told people tiny parts that am watching over my weight/what am eating and stuff and people around me got worried ab me cause i talked about it so much
I wish we had seen more about Cyrus since it’s supposed tk be about him…
And the gf is annoying
Beautifully depicted.
Tbh they're both not in the wrong. I understand both sides because i've been in both positions. Its so sad that this actually happens to so many people.
This short film had me in tears. So well done.
this is an amazing piece of work. couldn't have made it any better.
hope to see more work from these directors in the future !
Beautiful Production by the way.
Incredible film. From the storyline to the actors, it was well executed.
This was hands down the best film I have ever seen. It was very realistic and it was impressive how you could make the viewers sympathize with the characters, considering the length of the film. Giving a male character the disorder did not only break the stigma of only females dealing with them, but it also broke the stigma of females always understanding eating disorders/supporting them (supporting weight loss or diets no matter how thin the person is) . Recently I've been getting very triggered by seeing others dealing with eating disorders (for context I was hospitalized in february) and this really made me remember that everyone who deals with EDs are their own persons with their own lives. This movie makes it so clear that the persons dealing with the EDs may want to recover, but it really isn't that easy. Thank you for this masterpiece 🙏
I cried.. omg this is so good 😢
This is a beautiful film but so sad ❤
Very well done!
Award winning drama??? OMG. It was all about the "long suffering whiney drama queen girlfriend". I could barely watch because that family was so annoying. She made it all about her. That crazy brother needed to be committed too lol. I mean....what happened to CYRUS? Isn't that what it was about? Ugh.
Edited to say it looks like I am the only one who feels this way about it haha. Unless al the comments are friends of the cast and crew. I just thought that it should have been about Cyrus and not the girlfriend. I mean, when I saw the scene where there was a group thing, I thought Cyrus was better and was going to be speaking...but nooo....it was the whiney girlfriend with the pained look on her face. What happened to Cyrus?
This is exactly what I was thinking
I agree
I kind of agree. As far as what happened to Cyrus, the sound of the heart monitor flat lining at the end suggested that he died.
@@amymckenzie6234 I can't believe I missed that! Thanx for pointing it out :)
Hello, thank you for watching the film. I just wanted to clarify our intentions about the short. Eating disorders (ED's) aren't just about the person that is being affected, they impact everyone around that person as well. In this film, we really wanted to highlight Cyrus and his relationship in order to show how loved ones can be negatively impacted by ED. While Cyrus was our protagonist, the story was so much more than what he was going through. As a student filmmaker, I am always learning and I appreciate your input on the story and will make note of how I can improve my writing for further films. Thanks for you're viewership. - Kaylee Johnson (Producer, Co-Director, Co-Writer)
GREAT JOB!!
the ending made me cry 😭💔
THIS IS SO GOOODOODODODOOD IM SO PROUD🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🤩🤩🤩🤩
This was so hard to watch 🥺excellent acting and production but geez, this was rough.
i wish people could see how pretty they are being themselves
What was those pills he was taking?
I’m assuming amphetamines, they suppress hunger
Can I get them over counter?
^^these are banned in my country unfortunately
this is such an accurate short film the mom made me so mad
love this so much😍😍
AMAZING!!!!!!
Nobody is perfect he shouldn’t have to change for nobody! It’s so sad people with eating disorders think they are fat I think it’s more then that it’s low esteem and self hate!
why tf she keep talking over him
To show the dynamics of a codependent/enmeshment relationship for people with eating disorders. Usually people with EDs feel like they lack control over their lives, so they take control by developing extremely restrictive eating habits. The one thing we can always control is our own bodies. It showed that she was overbearing, and that he was likely repeating the same relationships that he had growing up as a child. His mother and/or father was also probably very controlling and overbearing and there was probably very few boundaries as to where his wants/needs began and theirs did. I have had anorexia since I was 14 yrs old, recovered at 19, relapsed at 29 yrs old, and am relapsing again at 50.
@@jenx5870 I agree but doubt it was actually that deep
I will openly say I have BED (Binge Eating Disorder)A lot of days I feel really gilty about eating the way I do and I don't wanna eat anymore but I do and regret it.
Well done!
The short film was good however the title wasn’t so good. The whole feeding tube = ED stigma is damaging. At no point does the guy with an ED have a feeding tube when in hospital he is intubated and the tubes you see are breathing tubes. I mean I guess there may be an attempt of portraying a nasogastric tube in the left nostril however the tube is very clear and not connected to feed or really go anywhere and plays such a small almost unnoticeable role in the film.
It makes me angry that so many people portray feeding tube use just for eating disorders or cancer when that is so wrong and it’s misinformation. I’ve been tube fed and intravenously fed for 10 years now as my stomach and intestines don’t work. This is caused by gastroparesis which is linked to EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome).
I hope the dad gets out of there too
By the way, I’m glad they made a film about the feeding tube because I noticed that the feeding tube looks different and it definitely comes from a psychiatric ward and all these lies about suicide or costing people a lot of money and hating the free healthcare budget even more these people left millions millions of dollars rather just put money towards hospitals so if people get HIV aids by some pandemic they just get $1 million upfront Because in FEMA and I looked it up your life is worth $1 million. The government has to give you $1 million from 0 to 18 it’s $1 million.
WOW powerful.
The anti smoking message feels a bit random and unnecessary but other than that this was so well made
Wow that whole family needs help.
This was a good video
Yeah, this is where eugenia cooney is gonna be soon...
Well done!!
Your body is not a cutting board so dont cut it
Your body is not a fire so dont burn it
Your body is not a piece of meat so dont beat it
Your body is not a bin so dont waste it
Your body is yours and no matter how it looks it will always be beautiful
Your body is the only one of its kind so dont chnage because of other people
Your body should not go to waste
So dont change your body just to fit it in with someone elses taste
Honestly, as someone who's struggled with sh, this really just makes me laugh. I know it has a positive message, just the comparison can be silly
@here.we.go.again__2679 I've struggled with mental health and I made jokes to my friends comparing my wrist to a cutting board and they thought it was rude and careless I thought that it could either make someone think twice before giving themselves some nice new scars or make someone's day batter but I like your interpretation of it
Umm what if you need an operation? Can I be used as a cutting board then? Just, cause otherwise my body will be going to waste….
@@KateK.. // I meant don't harm your body for no reason
@@SILYGOFYCATI’ve heard this so many times it just makes me laugh too as someone who had been to the psych ward over 3 times for various mental health problems
SO GOODD
This would have been so much more powerful without the music.
Smoking makes me less hungry. Im 14 and have gone weeks without food. I am studying biology and am well aware of it all.
Jesus loves you turn to him and repent
@@John-ls4xhyo that shit does not help to say when someone is struggling💀it’s basically like saying “you have a hard time with life is terrible and your doing everything wrong” Christians are so annoying with bringing repenting into everything that it doesn’t need to be brought into
honestly i wish i could do this but i’m too scared to smoke
The acting in this is so bad lmao
Award winning, why?
@@lucyyyyy100 , Yes individuals with mental health issues is on the rise, so I can understand why some could connect. With that said, still question “Award winning”
Wait dude he died ???!😢😢😢
no, this is a film
@@zebra-kt2gqin the film he died, yes
CVS pharmacy
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Maaannn the dad's chin is to die for
The acting is poor but the premise is very good. I just wish this was done better the acting and editing is pretty poor. Also I’m not sure why they called it Feeding Tube? I get the link with AN but there’s no feeding tube just a breathing device. One for his mouth and one for his nose lol. Just a bad quality film with so much potential
It was a low budget indie short film. I know a lot about it because my teacher was in it as professor kern (guy at 15:11 )
His friends were the directors so he told us all about it. His name is Steven oppenheim, but we call him Mr. Oppenheim.
This is the most poignant thing discussing what is a very difficult topic.
Aashish Thakur fine asf
this is cringy af
I think it’s cool. My teacher is in it at 15:11 soo :P