Despite the fact that I always knew that I can’t be a good editor, but for this project I had to edit everything by myself. I’m glad that my dear friends, Dave Baker and Peyman Mojtahedi, who are very experienced editors are available to give me advise and support me in different ways.
Because of lockdown, my composer was not sure if he can deliver the music track on time. But I’m glad that everything was sorted in the last minute and I’m ready to export my final cut!
Every week I learned something new. I feel after couple of weeks of shooting, I have more control over the puppet’s moments, for that reason I decided to re-take some of the shots.
Last night the government announced that we will have at least 3 weeks of Lockdown. For many, this is not a good news. However, for me this is an excellent news as I’m able to use the studio any time.
Here are some pictures from this week’s production.
On 18th of March, Leigh Alner who was my Film lecturer on first and second year, had a surprising visit. It was very encouraging and very productive. He gave me some suggestions and encouraged me to use the big Crane we had in our studio and have some experiment. He helped me to set up my camera on the Crane. At first I was scared to use the crane, however, after couple of times of practicing, I realised how everything is much smother and easier
Everything is ready for the opening scene, I’m excited but at the same time very nervous. I’m glad that my very dear friend, Andrew Earle came to help me with lighting and moving the set around. He previously helped me with the design of my lantern lamps.
Despite all the challenges, we finally ready for the shoot. Even Covid-19 can’t stop us!
Unfortunately, the puppet that I built for the test pilot wasn’t functioning well, therefore I had to re-order a smaller Armature.
Also I had to redesign the puppet in order to have a lighter head and body.
For the interior set I knew that I want sharp angles to create more expressionist feeling. At the same time I had to add props that are very tradition to the Kurdish culture. I’m glad that I had to manage to finish everything with all the details two weeks before the shoot day.
In this interview, Mr. Borji gives us some background about Kurdish people and Kolbaran.
To watch this video, please click on the picture.
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