24 Exposures

Billy, a fetish photographer who specializes in staged depictions of dead women, becomes involved in a murder mystery when one of his models turns up dead for real. Michael Bamfeaux, a depressed police detective, investigates the crime and probes Billy as to why he chooses to involve himself in the world of exploitation and fetish. Billy can not explain why he does what he does, except that he accepts that he is attracted to certain ideas and women. As the two men become friendlier, Michael becomes more involved in Billy's photoshoots. When Alex, Billy's girlfriend, is attacked by a jealous model with whom Billy and Alex had a threesome, Michael shoots and kills Alex's attacker. Michael later attempts to sell his memoirs, but a literary agent suggests that the story's loose ends and weak protagonist are not a good sell.

• Adam Wingard as Billy
• Simon Barrett as Michael Bamfeaux
• Helen Rogers as Rebecca
• Caroline White as Alex
• Sophia Takal as Callie
• Mike Brune as Greg Lyon
• Caitlin Stainken as Amy
• Joe Swanberg as Literary Agent

Swanberg was inspired by the collaborations between Wingard and Barrett in previous films, whom he called an "odd couple" with opposing personalities. Swanberg also wanted to discuss the reasons why people are drawn to exploitation and genre films.^[2]

24 Exposures premiered at the 2013 Fantasia International Film Festival on August 4, 2013.^[3] Shortly after, IFC Midnight acquired distribution rights to the film.^[4] It was distributed via a limited theatrical release and through video on demand on January 24, 2014.^[5] It was released on DVD on May 27, 2014.^[6]