What will happen when gay marriage is legal? Will the resulting Armagayddon destroy civilization as we know it? Luckily, an Irish gay rights advocacy group is here to help you visualize the consequences.
Ireland is set to consider a referendum on marriage equality in spring 2015. To get people fired up for the vote, LGBT Noise is holding a march in Dublin, and it has partnered with Like Minded Productions to create this humorous short that laughs at our collective fear of the unknown.
Social change can be hard, particularly in a conservative nation, but what this spot is trying to suggest is that there really won’t be any change—unless opponents ruin their own lives with self-enforced isolation and a creepy prison box for their children.
With more than 200,000 views since being posted two weeks ago, it’s sparking interest for the cause around the world. After all, sometimes the only thing you can do in the face of uninformed fear is laugh.
CREDITS
Client: LGBT Noise
Production House: Like Minded Productions
Writters: Tara Flynn, Kevin McGahern
Director: Martin Gaughan
Producer: Lisa Gallagher
Director of Photography: Andrew Cummins
Sound: Stephen McDowell
Assistant Director: Diarmuid O’Brien
Assistant Camera: Anna O’Carroll
Makeup Artist: Olivia Fitzsimons
Sound Mixer: Bounce Sound
Graphics: Richard Merrigan, Eric Dolan
Postproduction Producer: Carly Butler
Online Editor: Robbie O’Farrel
Editors: Tom O’Neill, Ultan Murphy
Cast:
Adam: Shane O’Reilly
John: Kevin McGahern
Mary: Tara Flynn
