P is for patiently pondering poison
Q is for quietly quitting reason
R is for rotting discourse without recourse
S is for slight simmering silence
T is for tying threads in deference
-Alphabet! [iv]
Performed by @ancientbaddi3@jasmineforrest__
Directed/Written by @sarah_yasminems
DP/Edit/Color/Sound Design @kchiucinematography
PA @judeicarus
Bolex Rental @jftannen // @sharegrid
16mm Process + Scan @negativelandfilm
500T @kodak_shootfilm
This is the fourth installment of Alphabet! @sarah_yasminems and @kchiucinematography ’s ongoing short-form 16mm experiment! Inspired by Edward Gorey, picture books, and Renaissance oil paintings, it uses the Instagram scroll format to mimic flipping pages in a picture book. Each set of letters follows a character who goes on an unexpected journey.
We started this out of a creative rut when we felt like we needed to release short projects where we were just having fun and experimenting in ways we didn’t conventionally have the chance to do in our usual collaborations - and challenging ourselves to do it on film (a medium we both had scarcely worked with before beginning this series) was the perfect way to reinvigorate our passion for just throwing ideas against the medium and just playing around within the guidelines of these sets of five lines.