SHORT FILM

The latest in multitasking fashionable wear, bringing eye contact back to the 21st Century.

Once this short was released, featuring what was a fake product, the video started getting featured on the homepages of sites like Laughing Squid, Design Taxi, MTV, and Fast Company. From there, cable shows around the globe from Canada to Korea to Australia started to feature the short, and sometimes just the product itself. "The Living Room," a weekly variety show that has a segment where they feature new product ideas, reached out to me and asked how much I was selling the hats for, and if they could get a few for their hosts.

"Uhm, sure... the hats cost 20... er 25 bucks... and yes we'll get a few of those sent out to your team right away."

And all of a sudden I was the owner of a hat business.

The hats used in the short were all homemade props, so I had to figure out how to make these for real, get a shopping cart up and running on the website, and get some custom made Texting Hats shipped out to my very first customers out in Australia. The second video on this page is that TV show segment featuring my fake, I mean very real, product.

Director / Writer: Bradley Hasse

Production Company: Derby, Flying Cactus (Co Production)
Executive Producers: Mary Crosse, Bradley Hasse
Director of Photography: Evan Jake Cohen

Starring: Rich Hollman, Ilana Becker

Producer: Michelle Trilling
1st AC: Andy Whitlatch
Sound Mixer: Marc Hoppe
Gaffer: Tom Chaves
Key Grip: Mike Keane
Hair & Makeup: Wenya Chang
Casting: Sidecar Casting
Casting Director: Anthony Pichette
Production Assistants: Aaron Kodz, Frida Regaza, Lindsey Camuso, Jemaray Pyatt

Editor: Bradley Hasse
Assistant Editor: Matt McGee
Color Correction: Company 3
Color Correction Producer: Katie Andrews
Colorist: Jaime O’Bradovich
Sound Design & Mix: Sound Lounge
Sound Producer: Mike Gullo
Sound Designer & Mixer: Justin Kooy
Logo Design: Joshua Levi

Music Supervisor: Dan Gross
Music: “Walk With Me” by RJD2, Courtesy of RJ’s Electrical Connections

Get the track on iTunes: apple.co/1GDYDyb

Additional Cast
Elevator Girl: Julie Lubeck
Pedestrian: Bradley Hasse
Bar Patrons: Violette de Bartillat, Alexandra Buffet, Lorenzo Fanton, Doreen Hasse, Ben Lindell, Johnnie Mata, Jr., Guy Oldfield, Garrett Philbin, Jennifer Poole, Jemaray Pyatt

Special Thanks: Anne de Bartillat, Hand Held Films, Locanda Mariella Restaurant

Texting Hat™ is a conceptual project created by Bradley Hasse