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This is a little bit of a different post for me. I find self-aggrandising difficult, preferring to just post links with some sort of self-depreciating nod, but I wanted to share a link to a review of a short film I edited and coloured last year, which is in the Fringe of Colour festival, and share some thoughts and maybe help people understand the post-production process of a film a little better (any Editor friends of mine will know all this).
It's interesting to see a film I've been involved in be critically reviewed, and in this case receive some interesting analysis, thereโs a feeling of validation in my work. I was lucky to be able to work with Jinling Wu to bring her story to life about what it is to be part of a diaspora group.
While I can never fully understand diaspora, I'll never be part of that world, with Jinling's guidance I was able to understand the loneliness and awkwardness that comes with being so far from a homeland.
I worked with her during the edit to show the loneliness, the greyness, the silence using long pauses, awkward cuts, specific takes and the holding of shots to convey deep yet unsaid emotion. The time spent on colouring and aesthetics not just show, but make the audience feel, how it is to walk in his shoes, to live a life lacking in colour and comfort, of family and home, of being โotherโ in a new city.
Like I said, I can't understand the diasporic experience, but I am glad I was able to do the film justice in my edit, and that this story is being given the showcase it deserves. Looking forward to working on more films like this in the future. Check out the film here (and more from the Fringe Festival of colour) if anyone is interested:
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