Briseida

THIS FILM IS STILL IN POST-PRODUCTION - this draft is for crew's feedback only Briseida is a short film written and directed by Rocio Ayllón. This film was shot in one day by Let's Make a Scene meetup group. Synopsis: Zendo is an immigrant from a small country living on a boat in London. He does not speak English, he can only speak Dromelo, so nobody understands him. He is a hard-working person, but socially isolated, insecure and lonely. One day he walks home from a night shift, and he meets a young woman, who could be his daughter, who becomes his only friend and companion... Cast: Julien Demarche as Zendo Talitha Parker as Breseida Veronica Scully as Eve Mark Johnson as Joe Core crew: Writer and Director: Rocío Ayllón Cinematographer and editor: Julia Mariasova Assistant Director: Federica Freddi Sound Recordist: Vaskar Kayastha

This was shot in one day with "Let's make a scene" meetup group.  I did camera and editing, and this was also my first exercise in colour grading in DaVinci.  The writer/director Rocio subsequently decided to reshoot the film in a different style which we did over a few weekends in the summer 2015.  The next version of the film is in post-production.

Synopsis: 
Zendo is an immigrant from a small country living on a boat in London. He does not speak English, he can only speak Dromelo, so nobody understands him. He is a hard-working person, but socially isolated, insecure and lonely. One day he walks home from a night shift, and he meets a young woman, who could be his daughter, who becomes his only friend and companion...

The Night Escape

The Night Escape is a short comedy. A 17-years old Lisa is desperate to escape to meet her boyfriend Alan, but there is strict father on her way. Will he let her go out at this late hour? The Night Escape has been shot on 16 mm film. This is my graduation film from the London Film Academy Filmmaking Certificate course.

The Night Escape is a short comedy. A 17-years old Lisa is desperate to escape to meet her boyfriend Alan, but there is strict father on her way. Will he let her go out at this late hour?

Starring beautiful Rebecca Ward and talented writer/actor Mark Sweet.

The Night Escape has been shot on 16 mm film. This is my graduation film from the London Film Academy Filmmaking Certificate course.

The Breakups

This is my second directing experience with Let's make a scene group.  Heart-breaking drama written by Rowan Armstrong. Starring my teammates Mani, Eri and Federica.  Filmed in 6 hours on my birthday, which made it a really special day.  Thanks to all the crew!

A Special Gift

Here is a film we've made at Let's Make a Scene group meeting at the end of 2014.  

A young man challenges his parents by refusing to continue his education and, instead, wants to get into filmmaking industry.  

Written and directed by Mani Radhakrishnan.  Special thanks to Rocio who allowed to film in her place. 

The Day After

Another short film shot in a day by Let's Make a Scene group - The Day After - directed by Mark Minors.

The Day After is another short film shot in a day by Let's Make a Scene.  Experimental directing by Mark Minors - unscripted improvised dinner conversation...  

The most wonderful time of the year

Here is our pre-Christmas effort - a little film by Lumi Akintoye shot on freezing day with only handheld camera. I did the camera work together with Jen Kerr and even briefly acted as an angel :-)

Time

This weeks task for 'Let's Make A Scene' was to create a short film based on the idea of 'space'. The film plays with the notion of space around the characters as well as between them. There is no dialogue - just one piece of poetry.

Time was directed by Vaskar Kayastha at our Let's make a scene group meeting.  The task for that week was to create a short film based on the idea of 'space'. The film plays with the notion of space around the characters as well as between them. There is no dialogue - just one piece of poetry.

More excitingly, I finally had an opportunity to test my brand new gadgets including follow focus and new 1.5/35mm lens.  Happy with results, and Vaskar did an amazing job editing the film.

Boom! A night with Guy Fawkes

Filmed in one evening by Let's Make a Scene Meetup Group as part of bonfire celebrations in London 5 November 2014. Guys, if anyone wants to try to improve anything including the sound by adding the ambience and dialogue that we recorded separately, please let me know and I will pass you the raw files.

To celebrate the bonfire night, I spent the whole evening with London Meetup group Let's Make a Scene directing #shortfilm Boom! which contains violence, fights, blood and, more appropriately, explosions. Directing without having my hands on camera was one of the most challenging things I've ever done! But at the end we did manage to complete the story on time.  The whole thing was filmed and edited in one evening, so it might be not perfect...but I hope that it is as much fun to watch as it was to film.

Respect - Drama Exercise

This has been filmed in 3 hours as an exercise on the topic "Telephone and Hesitation". Never mind that we missed the point that it should have been a commercial as well. Instead - here is a bit of drama and action.

Another meeting with London Meetup group Let's Make a Scene.  We filmed this in 3 hours as an exercise on the topic "Telephone and Hesitation". Never mind that we missed the point that it should have been a commercial as well. Instead - here is a bit of drama and action.

The Beauty of Thai Cuisine - Comedy Sketch

This short film is a kids' comedy sketch. The presenters of the cooking show demonstrate how to use the key principles of Thai cuisine for combining flavours to achieve perfect combinations... This is first episode in what we are hoping will be series of comedy sketches. Please let me know what you think.

This short film is a kids' comedy sketch. The presenters of the cooking show demonstrate how to use the key principles of Thai cuisine for combining flavours to achieve perfect combinations... This is a first episode in what we are hoping will be series of comedy sketches. 

Captured - Horror Scene

This is a horror scene filmed in one evening at Let's Make a Scene London meetup.

This is a horror scene filmed in one evening at Let's Make a Scene London meetup.  Produced as a film making practice exercise.

The Anniversary Kiss - Comedy Scene

This has been filmed in a noisy graffiti tunnel on a rainy night as an exercise in comedy - by Let's Make a Scene London group. Comments from the group will be appreciated.

This was an exercise to produce a comedy scene in one evening - together with Let's Make a Scene London group.  This was filmed in a noisy graffiti tunnel on a rainy night.

Some photos from the night.  Me with director Hamish and actors Ana and Vaskar.