Film Festival Selection:
- SiGNS 2015 9th Edition - Federation of Film Societies of India - Kerala.
- 5th Half International Festival 2015 – Insight. Palakkad, Kerala.
Synopsis:
A
troubled man seems to be engaging in a gruesome act witnessed by a spectator.
The man, covered in blood, prods and entices the spectator to watch his
masterful work. The spectator’s lack of interest makes the man angry.
Production
Note:
This
short film was shot over a single night with a crew of just three members, the director,
camera man and the lead actor. The post production work was completed in
another twelve hours, over a couple of days.
Credits:
Produced
and Directed by Pradeep Kumar (Oldboy Productions Pvt. Ltd.)
Actors:
Ragavendran, Pradeep
Cinematography:
Balaji VC
Editor:
Dorai Prakash SA
Sound
Design: Dorai Prakash, Pradeep Kumar
Art
Direction: Pradeep Kumar
This is technically my debut short film as all my previous works were part of my film school years. My last short film which I wrote and directed was back in 2012 as my graduation project at film school. That film's overall cost was around two lacks involving so many people and a lot of issues. I pushed myself too much to achieve quite some impossible goals. Even though that was my fourth short film I consider it to be my worst film. When you are distracted by a thousand problems you forget to concentrate on the most primary things you require to execute your ideas. Handling incompetence teaches you to not compromise, ever.
To shoot another film after so long with a minimal crew of just three, plus the editor was quite a liberating experience. This film only cost me around four thousand rupees to make. All the people involved believed in the story and we tried to make it better. This proved to be a far more satisfying experience compared to my last project which I now consider a disaster.
Pradeep Kumar
This is technically my debut short film as all my previous works were part of my film school years. My last short film which I wrote and directed was back in 2012 as my graduation project at film school. That film's overall cost was around two lacks involving so many people and a lot of issues. I pushed myself too much to achieve quite some impossible goals. Even though that was my fourth short film I consider it to be my worst film. When you are distracted by a thousand problems you forget to concentrate on the most primary things you require to execute your ideas. Handling incompetence teaches you to not compromise, ever.
To shoot another film after so long with a minimal crew of just three, plus the editor was quite a liberating experience. This film only cost me around four thousand rupees to make. All the people involved believed in the story and we tried to make it better. This proved to be a far more satisfying experience compared to my last project which I now consider a disaster.
Pradeep Kumar
