Pre-Production - cast and crew

Cast and Crew

Writer/Producer/Director/DOP/Cameraman/Lighting - Seikai Leung

For this project I will be taking most of the head of department roles. This is so I can take control with experimenting in all aspects of the film. As someone who wants to expand my knowledge and skills as a producer, I can plan the whole project in detail, oversee the project and make decisions straight away in accordance to issues and obstacles that come. 

Actress - K. Pervaiz to Play Vidys (forest spirit)

Upon deciding who my actress will be, they had to match the criteria and suitability for my film. In my film, there will be scenes of nudity, body cutting and the actress will be put into uncomfortable positions such as being tied up. As a low budget film, this would be difficult to find someone to play the role. Having worked with K before and experience with being nude infront of camera she would be my perfect candidate. I do not have a particular look that I am looking for as the face will be masked, and wearing a wig. However, it is important for the actress to look average built and not overweight. This is because I want the character to look elegant in a long dress and a size that could resemble a peacock.

Other benefits of having K on board with the project is that she is also a filmmaker herself who specialises in horror, she will have knowledge in prosthetics which would be helpful as she can do her own make-up for when we film the shots of her slicing her own skin. Also, she will understand what protocols are used on set. 

Colourist - Seamus Cogan

Working with Seamus on a previous feature length project I know he has the correct equipment, skills and efficiency to work on my project. He has worked on plenty of other short films and has understanding his profession in colour. He is a great communicator and I can trust that he will get my project coloured in quick time. 

Sound Design - Michael Bates

Also worked with Michael on the previous feature length film. I have noticed that Michael gets really excited with working on projects that experiment with sounds. This is why he will be perfect for my project as this will be heavily based on sounds design. My project will be a blank canvas with no dialogue, so he will be able to have space to re-create a new world within the film.