A day in the life of two transgender hookers in West Hollywood, CA. Not just any day, but Christmas eve and the day that Sin-Dee is released from her 28 days in prison. The movie takes place in one day and revolves around Donut Town where they hangout. The filmmakers say that they met the transgender women first and then the story developed from their experiences. "The film was shot entirely on several iPhone 5S cameras (with a prototype adapter lens). The end product combines intimate wide-angle photography with a saturated palette as colorful as its central characters and a soundtrack as vibrant and varied as the neighborhood." They paid less on the filming but industry standard quality on the sound. I did not know and couldn't tell it was filmed on iPhones (Three iPhone 5's). I kept thinking the color looked like it was tuned up via the Instagram lens X-Pro-II. I was right in that they did enhance by saturating the colors toward the red and orange (One of the reasons for naming it Tangerine). The color and the music made it visually pop. One of the filmmakers said that he watches Vine (an app my nieces showed me) videos a lot and liked the music on a 17 year old's video. He asked to buy it and they just gave it to him. The story they said was partially improvised except for a part with an Afghani family. This was the weak spot of the film for me.
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