placebo is the third short film made by oozing sarcasm in Spring 2005.

Created for submission in the 48 hour film festival, the project went from script to completed movie in just 48 hours.

The parameters set by the festival was that the film must be 4-7 minutes in length, in the genre of "sci-fi" films.

It also had to include the following items:
Character: a hypocondriac (Ray)
Prop: bottle of wine
Line of dialogue: "It was like that when I got here."