My private bokito

Short film for the EYE RESEARCH Lab

Desiring someone/somebody/something, but knowing there is a certain ‘wall’ between you and the object of desire.

And also enjoying this element vice versa, being visible and being the element of desire.

And what happens when that wall falls away?

Are the fascination and the fantasy underneath sometimes better than reality itself?

Themes: desire, objectification

Keywords: social-media, online vs offline, predators, fantasy vs reality, identity

Planning / workflow:

Week 41: starting with the first 'seed' of the idea: the story of Bokito. Researching certain newspapers/items about this event. + setting up the first guidelines of design for this project.
Week 42: Researching the phenomenom of 'desire' and 'objectification'
Week 43: Writing poems, first texts, recording some voice samples
Week 44: Shooting some first shots
Week 45: Starting to experiment with voice-over and image
Week 46: Re-evaluating the design process. Making a plan for missing footage and elements of content that still need to be covered.
Week 47: Shooting/filming/recording
Week 48: Editing
Week 49: Editing
Week 50: Sound-design
Week 51: Holliday break - Editing / sound-design
Week 52: Holliday break - Editing / sound-design
Week 2: 9th of january: deadline