'Saudade' is a Portuguese word for a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person. The film is a visual and audio representation of the love of someone and life after losing them.
Jean Ngoc
Director
Producer
Sound Design
Jason Boulware
Director of Photography
Sound Recordist
Writer
Editor
Mani Orr
Writer
Producer
Camera Operator
Andra Wiley, jr
Camera Operator
Cassy Warnsley
Make-up
Actor
Our sets included various locations including Chicago and Michigan. To get the richness of each scene from beach to hospice, we transitioned from a Canon 5D and 7D with 100 mm macro lens, Black Magic Ursa, and Sony A7 on a variety of rigs including Ronin-M stabilizer, Kessler slider, and a Kessler crane all on loan from a various sources. We included Phantom 4 QuadCopter shots for perspective. We decided to use the Rode Video Mic Pro (compact directional on camera) for all our audio to retain consistency and robust sounds across the film. Our goal was to focus less on language to build the world in sound. In this, we have one line of dialogue and only a short chorus to maintain a deep connection to the life of the two characters. All our editing was done in the Adobe creative suite, utilizing Premiere and Audition to complete the film's transitions in color for memory and gradual progression into sadness from a visual vantage.
