It's a wrap!
We(Team GT of Tahchoe and myself)) came up with a story for our choosen theme of "Dark Comedy" or "Film De Femme". Film de what???
Here are the 3 elements that must be included.
1.Character:Chris or Chrissy who is a social media influencer.
2.Prop:used tea bag.
And lastly,
3. dialog line:"I am not who you think I am"!"
Immediately after the kickoff, we headed back to my house to stage our scene. We decided on a indoor location to stage our scene. Some semblance of a story was crafted in the car on way back.
The stage was set. Now to let the scenes develop in dreamland.
The next morning more work to decorate the stage. Brought in more props. Artwork of nude courtesy of Tahchoe's artist friend, Elaine Wijaya titled iloveyoupleasedontleaveme 80×80cm , acrylic on wood.
The idea of a bird came about as we went out to pick up the artwork and actress.
The bird eventually developed from a prop, b roll subject to a significant part of the short film during our edit.
We had 5hrs of Grace Ho's time, a friend of Tahchoe who had never acted before.
We made the best of the 5 hrs of her time to complete the shoot involving her.
After the initial hesitations, she was our saving grace as the actress in her surfaced.
In making this short film, our story, dialog, action constantly evolved even as we were shooting.
What's was left was b rolls for transition and an initial edit. That night while I slept, Tahchoe was on overdrive as he plowed on, adding transitions to the edit to bring the story together.The first edit was up by the next day.
Tomorrow he will have another long day doing the soundscape.
Photo by Tahchoe.
To be continued.