Last night we wrapped our final day of principal photography.  In total it was four days of shooting plus one pickup day where we shot the final scene.  The whole shoot was a blast, it was really great to see how everyone’s work came together.  I wanted to let each artist working on the project be in control of their responsibilities, instead of telling them what to do I wanted them to approach the task like its own artwork.  I think this is most evident in the art direction of the film, I was privileged to have my friends Dahye Kim and Tomo Kobayashi doing the art direction.  Dahye’s art style is littered throughout the film and I absolutely love it, I think it helped set the tone of the film over the shooting days and kept us all on the same page.  I wasn’t entirely aware of the look we were going to achieve until I had seen the footage played back.  Dahye and Tomo created a kind of retro-science fiction look, as if the film was made in the 70′s using a mixture of current and (then) future technology to tell the a story taking place sometime in the early 21st century.  That retro feel hadn’t crossed my mind in planning the film, and I would never have asked for it.  It’s a perfect example of the artists working on the project contributing not just their time, but their style and artistry as well.  When I watch the footage back I see all of our hands in the work.

Luckily we were shooting on DSLRs, so we have lots of pictures to show- there’s a gallery after the jump.

(you can browse the gallery using the arrow keys)