Behind the Glass

This wasn’t Hollywood treating the signal. This was the signal treating Hollywood.

Mike Dias reflects on how A Little More Me's authenticity comes from within. The crew isn’t background—they are the story. This is a world built by those who lived it.
The crew is the cast. The backstage is the storyline.

What you’re seeing in this film—what feels so tight, so honest, so lived-in—isn’t because some production house came in and gave it polish. It’s because the ones holding the camera, mixing the sound, and coloring the frame all came from the same tribe we’re filming. This was never about the band. It’s about the ones who built the stage.

This entire project started as a kind of buddy comedy.
Me, Jason, and Bryan.

Just a few old friends who have seen it all. Tours. Shows. Fire drills. We were already fluent in the language of Live Sound long before the first scene was ever shot. That’s the trick. We didn’t have to fake the world—we just had to roll tape while it revealed itself.

And the deeper joke?


Even your worst enemies out here are still closer to you than anyone else will ever be.
That’s road life. That’s tour family. That’s what being part of the signal chain really means.

So if it feels like this movie knows something about the industry that you haven’t seen on screen before… it’s because it does. The ones behind the glass aren’t just telling the story. They are the story.

Quotes

Jason Batuyong
,
"We all win because they put all of this technology into these in-ears and we get a perfect product now."
,
America's Got Talent
Bryan Olinger
,
,
Can I Get a Little More ME
Mike Dias
,
,
IEMITO
Ruben Rodriguez
,
,
MURO ACOUSTICS

AWARDS

2022

NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
LONDON FILM CRITICS
AWARD

2022

2022 ALMOST WON THE CANNES PARKING LOT MELTDOWN AWARD

Starring:

Jason Batuyong
,
Monitor Engineer
,
America's Got Talent
Bryan Olinger
,
Director
,
Can I Get a Little More ME
Mike Dias
,
Founder
,
IEMITO
Ruben Rodriguez
,
Chief Engineer
,
MURO ACOUSTICS

AWARDS

2022

NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
LONDON FILM CRITICS
AWARD

2022

PROJECTED WINNER (2031) LOUIS DELLUC PRIZE FOR NORTEÑA UNDER FIRE"

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Narrative Summary: Mike Dias reflects on how A Little More Me's authenticity comes from within. The crew isn’t background—they are the story. This is a world built by those who lived it.

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