One of my favorite indie filmmakers, Sadiel Gomez, a flat-out genius at sound design, just released a new short film, and as usual, it’s something unexpected and super entertaining. Stylish, clever, and packed with that audio sorcery that got me hooked on his work in the first place.

Then comes the behind-the-scenes segment, where he explains how the whole thing came together during a period when he was buried in work and convinced he had zero time left for anything. One exhausted night, stuck on a scene, he grabbed a mic and muttered “I’ve got no time,” literally just venting. He warped it, distorted it, pitched it, layered it into some music… and suddenly that throwaway line became the creative heartbeat of the entire project.

Go watch it: Sadiel Gomez could make a masterpiece out of a dial tone!

Previously on GAS from Sadiel Gomez: The Loop: When Every Day Feels Like a Glitch in the Matrix.