The short premiered and was an official selection at the Boston International Film Festival (2013).
The short scene involving beer being splashed on a party goer was reversed, to be less confusing to the viewer.
The original scripted concept for the short centered much more around the relationship between Christopher G. Pike and Valerie Hines, but the director modified the central relationship dynamic to be between the main character and his best friend, played by Brian Farmer.
An extra scene was scripted and filmed, which was intended to show Tyler's introduction to heroin, but it was deemed superfluous by the director, and cut.
The scene where Tyler and Mark are talking about stealing sodas was added in, by suggestion, primarily to explain Tyler's ring.
Jeffrey Buchbinder: [bookends] The first and last shot are essentially the same shot, with the major difference being the characters in the shot.