Redwood - Edison Moth

 

Redwood is an attempt in capturing the liminal quality of 5am, when the sun hints at its arrival and most people are still asleep. It’s the time of day when nothing is required of you. The quiet hour magnifies the details in our surroundings. What is normally neglected comes into focus - morning dew resting on car hoods, ants walking along a crack on the floor, or a moth struggling to find its way out between a window and a screen.

My cinematographer Roger and I set out to use extreme closeups for this project. We experimented with framing things out of context: to film outlines intersecting with the curves of a different object, and see them form into their own shape. To see the things in front of us not for their purpose, but for their presence.

Redwood was longlisted for 1.4 On The Cusp Award and featured on Booooooom.com.




Redwood 試圖捕捉清晨五點時，跨越邊界的特質。在這時間裡，大多數的人仍在熟睡，是個沒有責任的時光，我們從瑣碎的義務中脫離，得到自由的一個縫隙。

寂靜的時刻凸顯環境中的細微事物，平時被忽略的東西變得清晰，如停留在車蓋上的晨露、沿著地板裂縫行走的螞蟻、以及想要從窗戶與窗戶之間逃脫的飛蛾。

我與攝影師李儒杰在拍攝過程中運用特寫鏡頭捕捉這清晨五點的樣貌。我們跳脫物件本身的用意的框架，讓他們變成純粹的形狀。讓我們不是以用途來面對眼前的事物，而是以他單純的存在去觀賞他。

Redwood 被提名於 1.4 新星導演獎，並在知名藝術平台 Booooooom.com 上播出。




Credits
Cast: Young Park
Director: Anna Kuo
DP: Roger JC Lee
Producer: Evan Yee
Gaffer: Cassi Mulcahy
Key Grip: Sam Kim
Set Dresser: Hannah Carpenter
VFX: Cooper Vacheron
Color: Roger JC Lee