Anecdotes

The film was made for the Brisbane 48 Hour Film Project 2016 by the team A Tale of Three Cities. The required elements for the competition were:

Genre: Sport

Character: Steve Villner, a paint enthusiast

Prop: A measuring tape

Line of dialogue: "Oh my God, this is the answer I've been looking for!"

The film was nominated for two awards at the Brisbane 48 Hour Film Project 2016: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jacob Paint) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Matt Clayton).

The name of the team, A Tale of Three Cities, is a reference to "A Tale of Two Cities" and the fact that the team was made of people from three cities: Brisbane, Sydney and Toronto.

This is the second Brisbane 48 Hour Film Project that Clare Clayton, Matt Clayton, Adam Fawns and Jacob Paint have worked on together, following A Day in the Death (2013). Adam Fawns and Jacob Paint have previously worked together in the competition on other years.