The Man of the Board, the Board of the Sea

The Man of the Board, the Board of the Sea is a mystery-comedy mockumentary film directed by Nick Pedersen released in summer of 2018. In the film, Greg Peterson travels to the Canary Islands on a journey of self-discovery, and meets Tony, a very strange man obsessed with the sea and water who spends his days paddle-surfing around the bay of the town.

The short film goes back to the Zebcast roots: it had no production team nor crew, and was made entirely by and stars two people: Nick Pedersen and Aydan Woodward. It was filmed entirely on Pedersen's iPhone 6.

Plot
Greg Peterson comes to the Canary Islands to discover himself, but says that instead of discovering himself, he met "Tony". We are introduced to Tony, a peculiar man who paddle-surfs around the bay of the town they live in. Tony is a thalassophile who constantly mentions the water as his reality and reason to live: every sentence Tony says in the film is related to the sea or to water in some way. Greg, fascinated by this strange character, invites him to stay over at his apartment for a week while Greg documents his life.

While Tony tells Greg about his undying love of the sea and his goals in life, reports start circling about the existence of a "paddleboard killer" who strongly resembles Tony. Whenever the report comes on the radio or the television or whenever Greg mentions it, Tony starts acting strangely and almost as if he were worried, making Greg incredibly suspicious. In addition, Greg's night camera captures Tony doing extremely strange antics, such as walking around the house like a zombie, making lots of noise in the kitchen and laughing maniacally.

On the final day, Tony comes to Greg and tells him he is leaving forever, and leaves Greg a nectarine as a "parting gift". Greg then eats the nectarine, but all of a sudden strangely collapses. Greg wakes up in an institution for the criminally insane. It turns out that Greg is a schizophrenic: everything that occurred, including the "documentary", was all inside his head. There is no Tony, who is simply another personality inside Greg's head, and Greg himself was the paddleboard killer all along.

Cast

 * Aydan Woodward as Tony
 * Nick Pedersen as Greg

Production
Woodward and Pedersen decided to make a short film entirely for fun, like they used to, and went back to the primitive Zebcast Studios formula: no crew, no budget, only two actors. It was entirely shot on an iPhone and edited on Pedersen's laptop.

Reception
The film received extremely negative reviews from viewers, who called it a "major step back" and "incredibly tedious".