John GreysonDonald Joseph Bapst2023-08-042023-08-042023-08-04https://hdl.handle.net/10315/41311Doppelgänger is a short film set in the mid-1980s about a young gay man’s visit to an alternative nightclub with a new wave/punk flair where he has an intimate conversation with a mysterious man several decades older than him. Returning to the revamped club decades later, the protagonist finds that his role has shifted when he meets a young man who reminds him of his former self. The film’s story, while fictional, draws on my Master’s thesis research and is inspired by my own experiences as a gay man who came out over forty years ago. In developing and finishing the film, I have fulfilled my personal goals over the course of my Master’s studies by learning how to manage a production on a much larger scale than I previously attempted. Intended primarily as a “proof of concept” for the longer feature script I am developing, the short version of Doppelgänger is meant to provoke conversations about how the transference of queer experience and wisdom across generations continues to evolve.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Film studiesGLBT studiesFine artsElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2023-08-04doppelgängerinter-generationalfilm productionqueer cinemaanalog cinemasuper 81980salternative culture