It could've been worse

It Could’ve Been Worse is designed as a visceral, high-tension proof of concept that subverts the traditional family comedy into a psychological thriller. Visually, the short relies on rigid, cold, static framing to trapping the audience right alongside Leo in his mounting claustrophobia. The pacing functions like a snowball rolling down a hill—starting with a silent, excruciatingly polite dinner table and accelerating into a frantic, handheld nightmare. The goal is to make the viewer feel the absolute biological and psychological panic of a worst-case social scenario, using aggressive sound design and sharp physical comedy to blur the line between a laugh and a gasp.