LauAnnotation

What?

This is a scene from Lau's film called Release. This scene showed a 'pouring' within a sauna, where someone uses a towel and then it gets hotter and hotter in the room. The main character and a cast of character.

The element in this scene is all fire. This scene is about fire, about trying to get through something.

How?

We had an intimacy coordinator. The actors made suggestions too.

Why?

Lau made the scene, because they wanted to make a scene about pushing oneself and getting into a ritual about something you don't quite understand.

Choices?

The actor looks like Lay, but this was not a conscious choice. All the actors are non-actors. The light was connected to the idea of heat and fire. We improvised a lot during this scene. We had a shot list, but we took time to freestyle. We used a glass in front of the lens to make blurry, steamy atmosphere.

What came before?

Lau was at film school and got money to make this film, after winning the student prize - they weren't there (at the ceremony) but they did win.

What will follow?

A visual essay about a gorilla Bokito, comparison between Bokito escaping Blijdorp Zoo and a Grindr date.

Notes from Nina and Arabella

- We felt like the scene was exciting, and captured feelings of fear/danger/excitement.

- Can you use the behind scenes stories in another project? Nina said this.

3 questions from the question generator

What are its limits? Its cinema so it is suitable for TV or cinema, its not something you can step into half way through as it is a piece that has a a beginning and end. Its not something that can be looped.

What can you change?

Diversity, it is the role of the director to show that a diverse world is possible. But all the people that applied to be extras were white.

How can it be translated?

there is no dialogue, the only texts is the credits

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