Starring Christian Frost, Maggie Kittner, Zane Phillips and Jordan Frazier
Written and Directed by Jordan A. Roman
Produced by Zach Bocian and Patterson Huggins
Director of Photography: Franklin Kramer
Director of Visual Design and Marketing: Kathryn Buckingham
1st AC and Editor: Eric Hernandez
Production Design by Eugena Neumann
Composed by James Crooks
On-Set and Post Sound Design by Sam Costello
Makeup and Wardrobe by Sarah Zierhoffer
SFX Makeup Materials Provided by Dean & Starr Jones
DIT: Rhett Lawson
PA’s: Frankie Campisano, Will Mavity, Robbie Snow
Special thanks to Elon University, Elon SGA, Brie Butler and Broadview Middle School, Dean Jones, and the community of independent film.
Director’s Note:
Narcolepsy was born from my lifelong love of psychological horror films and darker dramas that explored intricate and cerebral themes of mental illness, nightmare and dream logic, surreal visuals and a deep reverence for the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and Donnie Darko films. I became increasingly intrigued by the sleep disorder known as Narcolepsy when I nearly fell asleep in a morning college film class I had at the time. It became an ever growing fascination with the condition and upon further research and anecdotes, I wanted to explore the condition, while also telling a dark tale about a young man’s deteriorating mental condition, which was also heavily inspired by experiencing my own intense bout of depression and anxiety a few months before I wrote the script and we shot the film. This film was always meant to raise awareness for mental health and advocate for more discussions and resources around the topic.
