IN PROGRESS / LONDON / 16MM SR3 & ALEXA CLASSIC.
CO-DIRECTOR, CO-PRODUCER,
CO-DOP, CO-SETDESIGNER,
CO-EDITOR & STYLIST.︎
SHORT FILM / THRILLER
ABOUT
The short follows the story of a young single woman in her late twenties, during three nights and two days. Studying the nature of time and the meaninglessness of life through the loop of daily repetitions, it delves into the continuity between the conscious and the unconscious and the relation of dreams with wish fulfilment.
In her recurring dreams, the protagonist is recruited by a mysterious scientific corporation that tracks her, studying her movements, analysing the compatibility she can have with potential partners, obligating her to find a perfect fit.
Fitting Room is an exploration of singlehood in the contemporary dating-scape, framed under the paradox of choice, between multiple possible suitable matches, within multiple dating apps.
It looks into the personal and collective beliefs and impositions that we can feel to find a partner, aiming to reshape singlehood into a fulfilling destination rather than an anxiety station.
Shot in London between two sets and seven locations, the short is a mix of 16mm and digital, through which Helena Hense and Ali Refaei have gained valuable skills being involved in all the aspects of the production of the short. From the creation of the outfits to the design and construction of the sets, they have been working together as co-directors, co-DOPs, co-producers, co-set designers, co-editors and stylists, and their intention is to keep working alongside each other after their graduation.
WITH
A film made with Ali Refaei ︎: @re6f4aei
STARRING
Rebecca Piersanti: @rebeccasradio
Nicholas Lillesø: @niclillesoe
Carlos de La Cerda: @nobodyownsthecity
Maryam Hashemi: @marhashem
Remarni Jackman: @remxraw
Suzanne Crombag: @suzanne_crombag
Jacob Watkinson: @gizza_job
Mason Miller: @avery_niceboy
Callum Rawe ︎
The process
LONDON / 16MM BOLEX
DIRECTOR, DOP & EDITOR
EXPERIMENTAL FILM / INSTALLATION
DIRECTOR, DOP & EDITOR
EXPERIMENTAL FILM / INSTALLATION
Nook' is a four screen video installation which footage was shot on 16mm. Four couples enact in partly or wholly constructed spaces.
Their ‘nook’, the unique way that they fit together.
The concept is build from an observation of the ways that physical intimacy work between couples, into a meditation on the transitory nature of such intimacy.
As installation, the work was arranged showing each screen on each corner of a room.
The music, instrumental and more sound patterning is a constructed soundtrack made by me using sound samples.
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Nook' is a four screen video installation which footage was shot on 16mm. Four couples enact in partly or wholly constructed spaces.
Their ‘nook’, the unique way that they fit together.
The concept is build from an observation of the ways that physical intimacy work between couples, into a meditation on the transitory nature of such intimacy.
As installation, the work was arranged showing each screen on each corner of a room.
The music, instrumental and more sound patterning is a constructed soundtrack made by me using sound samples.
MADRID / 16MM BOLEX
DOP & EDITOR
MUSIC VIDEO
UK / 16MM BOLEX & BLACKMAGIC POCKET 4K
DOP/ ASSISTANT EDITOR ︎
MUSIC VIDEO
WITH
DIRECTOR & EDITOR - Sam Taylor-Edwards
CAMERA ASST. - Oliver Bradley
COLOURIST - Tony Francis
DANCER - Omari
DANCER - Josh Lay
CHOREO - Tom Aspaul, Omari Douglas & Josh Lay
SPECIAL FX MAKE-UP - Jessica TYLING - Aaron Francis Walker & Tom Aspaul
GRAPHIC DESIGN - Tom Ashlee