Most of us occasionally do things other than run. One of our racing team members, Adam Wytko, makes short films. His latest is a series called “Time Suit” exploring short-duration time travel wrapped up in a suspenseful drama. Check it out and his other short films at https://www.youtube.com/@wytekpictures/featured
If you have some interesting hobbies you want to share with your fellow Striders, simply reply to this email. Adam answered a few questions about Time Suit and his filming in general.
When did you get into filmmaking and what got you into it?
I started by editing home movies in iMovie back in 2005. I had this idea to collect pictures and videos from my family, edit it all to music, burn DVD’s and give them out to everyone on Christmas. I’ve kept it up for 20 years and it’s become a tradition that everyone looks forward to. In 2007 I helped out with a team in the 48 Hour Film Project (www.48hourfilm.com), a weekend short-film competition where you have 48-hours to make a 5-7min film based on a Genre, Prop, Character, and Line of Dialog. I learned enough that the following year I started entering my own team (www.wytekpictures.com). I’ve now made 18 short films, and I plan on making another this July!
Where did you get the idea for TIme Suit? Have you always been into sci-fi? What series are your favorites?
The idea for Time Suit started with trying to imagine what it would be like to travel back into the very recent past and have a conversation with myself. I felt like most movies and shows were about time travel of 30 years or more, while short-duration time travel was relatively unexplored, but still really interesting. I grew up loving movies like Back to The Future and Groundhog Day, but movies like 12 Monkeys, The Time Traveler’s Wife and Terminator have a cleaner logic that really appeals to me. Tenet, Primer, The Infinite Man, and the first two seasons of “Dark” were also brilliantly done.
How do you balance running and filmmaking? And life in general?
Running took a step back for two years of filming and post-production, as did other areas of my life. I still did a marathon or two each year, but on very low mileage and not very fast. Having a supporting wife and family was the only thing that got me through it. Terri did a lot to keep things going while I was off filming for so many weekends.
Have you ever considered doing anything film-wise that focuses on running?
I have, but nothing has materialized yet. These projects are so time-consuming I really need to be confident in my idea before moving forward.
What are you planning in the future filming? What do you have coming up this race season?
I plan on entering the Baltimore 48 Hour Film Project again this July, so that will be next for me. I did the 10-mile Challenge in February. I’ll be running the Shamrock 5k next weekend, and I’m signed up for the York Marathon in May. As fun as filmmaking is, I’m relieved to be back into a routine of regular training and getting back into running shape.
