"sending information via a chemical reaction to the brain."

No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_nerve

And also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system which says:

"Both act to add myelin sheaths to the axons, which acts as a form of insulation allowing for better and faster proliferation of >>>electrical signals<<< along the nerves"

Also, I just noticed the iTunes review for "Layover" mistakenly links to "The Layover" with a 0% rating. Might want to jump on that.

Joshua, I enjoyed this article and I rented Layover on iTunes tonight. Halfway through it. How did you shoot the girl's eye inside the motorcycle helmet? This is a pretty amazing film for five thousand bucks. I have seen most of the Transformers films (coz I can't hardly help my dumb self) and the last one I saw, "Revenge of the Fallen" (or as Film Crit Hulk refers to it, "ROTF(L)" ... yer $5K movie is better than Bay's $200M flick.

But does it run MacOS?

"But it's still better than a ton of crap out there. All that said, I agree with you that some platforms can be relatively better than others ..." agreed, I can think of several multi-million dollar Hollywood films with major distribution that aren't as good.

I'll guess the high angle was chosen for the kid's bedroom shot to emphasize that the kid is a kid. He's being viewed from an adult height. The DP wanted an adult audience to see the child from an adult height.