Out to Space

The story of my project is mostly set in a house but it’s not uncommon use two locations. My own place in Enmore is suitable for some scene and a lovely chap I know him via Twitter offered his in Surry Hills for the shooting. When I saw this house, it just clicked.

And it turns out that we almost shoot chronologically with the script except the beach scene but it will be shot first thing on the second day. That could be a very good thing since the cast and crew would get along better on the second day.

Coogee Beach was the last location found after a lunch with the key actors: Fay, Gerard, his mother, Anne and finally I met Alison, who led me to Gerard, in person. It was great to get to know them. Hopefully, the film would be a good experience for them as well as for me.

8 August 2009

Memory of You | Reflection of Me

This is the memoir of how my major project at College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, unfolds. We, Master of Digital Media students, were asked to write a blog about our projects on the schools server. This film is very much personal since it is mainly about mental illness and I am currently climbing out of the depression. I hope that the experience of making this short film would share what I have been going through and will make some awareness of the issue.

• Initial Plot
• The Magician
• Got Stuck
• Out of the Hole
• Style Breakdown
• Tasks Breakdown
• Pitching the Project
• The Casting
• Semester Break Update
• Big Questions, Slow Start
• Locations, Locations, Locations
• Rough Storyboard
• Meet the Cast
• Folding a Boat
• The Big Day
• The Record Session
• Re-Shoot
• Post-Production Juggling
• A Nightmare Comes True
• Almost There
• The Tangible One
• The Screening
• Reel to Real
• My Film at Fordham Fest