That Time I Got Social Media — documentary film
Documentary Producer · Editor · Sound Design 2017 – 2023

That Time I Got
Social Media.

A feature documentary following one woman's first steps into the digital world — and the unexpected discovery of why she stayed away in the first place.

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6
Years in Production
38 min
Runtime
2
Festival Premieres
World
Premiere · Seattle Film Summit

What happens when a 30-year-old joins social media for the first time?

At age 30, Hannah Mootz found herself in a position most people couldn't imagine — she had never had any form of social media. Not once. What started as a simple experiment to document that first plunge quickly became something deeper: a six-year journey through hilarious mishaps, real vulnerability, and an unexpected reckoning with why she'd stayed away in the first place.

The film raises questions most of us have stopped asking — about identity, connection, and what we trade for the convenience of being online. It's funny, it's human, and it lands somewhere you don't see coming.

"A simple experiment became a six-year documentary — and a reminder of what connection looked like before the feed."

Producer — from first interview through final master.

As producer, I was embedded in this project from 2017 through wrap in 2023 — the longest production I've worked on. My role spanned conducting on-camera interviews with Hannah, shooting and capturing footage across the full production timeline, editing the film through its many iterations, and handling sound design before we sent the mix off for professional mastering.

Interviews On-camera sessions with Hannah Mootz
Cinematography Filming across the full 6-year arc
Editing Assembly through final cut
Sound design Full mix, sent for professional mastering
Format Digital · 16:9 · Color · 38 min

That Time I Got Social Media · Full-length feature · 38 min

Interviews & Production

Conducted on-camera interviews with Hannah and captured footage across the full six-year production — building the raw material for a story that kept evolving.

Edit & Post-Production

Shaped the narrative through years of footage into a cohesive 38-minute feature — balancing humor, vulnerability, and an ending that earns its emotional weight.

Sound Design & Mastering

Designed the full sound mix in-house — layering atmosphere, interviews, and score — then delivered the final mix to a professional mastering facility.

Seattle Film Summit

World Premiere — September 2023. Selected for the documentary program at the Seattle Film Summit.

New Haven Documentary Film Festival

East Coast Premiere — October 2023. Official selection at the New Haven Documentary Film Festival.

Six Years in the Making

Production began in 2017 and wrapped in 2023 — making this the longest project I've worked on and one of the most rewarding.