Being really influenced by these nostalgic places in my childhood (namely these “obsolete” old malls in Singapore, around the Bukit Timah area where I reside), I tried to conjure up that warm feeling by shooting 16mm film for “Aku Cemas” – which in itself has a lot of themes about anxiety and capitalism. Mixing the Bolex with digital formats like Alexa LF and FX3 was an interesting but necessary hybrid; synced sound doesn’t work with Bolex, plus we needed agility for our 5-location, single day shoot.
I’m beyond stoked to work on this, a real breath of fresh air after directing endless commercial projects focused on slick consumer driven capitalism. In a way I, too, was struggling with the thematics of the song and this was just so meaningful to be able to get into a passion project. Huge huge thanks to
@bensiow for coming in clutch with tremendous support and generosity; you sir are truly a credit to indie filmmaking.
“Aku Cemas” by
@subsoniceye was shot on a Bolex H16 (non-reflex) on Kodak 7207 16mm, Alexa LF, and Sony FX3 by DP
@lashfan , with some additional 16mm photography by myself.
Project: "Aku Cemas" by Subsonic Eye
Directors:
@clovisong ,
@iktong_
EP:
@bensiow
Producer:
@clovisong
DP:
@lashfan
1st AC:
@monstertruckdriver
2nd AC:
@thisiswinston
Gaffer:
@kilightz
Grip:
@_guo_wei_
Jr Grips:
@zxheerul.z ,
@jiawangt
Location Manager:
@bernardong61
PAs:
@elliotlzy ,
@zongsiphone
Post Supervisor:
@owenpostfx
Offline Editors:
@clovisong ,
@chesxpost
Colorist:
@olha.colourist
Sound Design:
@jaaaared
📸:
@iktong_ ,
@lashfan
Special Thanks:
@gcforce.sg ,
@shrub.0128 ,
@handsonfilm
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