Remaking of Sand Wind and Dreams

Still from rushes 001

I am currently working on my new film, a Halfelephant productions by the way :-p This film continued a more spontaneous way of working that I have been trying since “The Inner City”. It is a documentary about a previous film, “Sand Wind and Dreams” (SWD) which some have seen, some have not; about the relationship between Hiromi, the Lead actress in SWD and Hiroko, the role which Hiromi have played; about coming and going, states of sojourning and drifting.

Still from rushes 002

Productions continue as I held a couple of interviews with Hiromi, shot her in her dance class, and will be having a screening of SWD as part of the film shoot in the coming week. I think I’m thankful that I’m using a small handycam (Panasonic HDC-SD9) to make this film because of the convenience it had given me, both as a cameraman and a filmmaker. Being able to just switch on the camera in 1.5 seconds and start shooting is so important, especially when I’m so curious about everything that is happening during the interviews and shoots.

So, I hope that a rough cut can be assembled after next week, after which I will decide on what other footage I will need.

Jiekai

13th Asian American Showcase

The 13th Asian American Showcase is held at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago in the April of 2008. Five of our Halfelephant members exhibited their films in the program, Mi Sa’s “Creation”, Jialin’s “Best Wishes”, Tulapop’s “Good Morning people!”, Emily and Jialin’s “The missing kids” and Jiekai’s “Clouds in a Shell”.

The Halfelephant blogsite!

To all halfelephant members, this blog is established as a space that all members can access and give their latest updates in terms of their latest development, their latest projects, screenings, etc. It will be a starting point for our group, so start writing! It will be exciting to hear how everyone is doing.