Gardening At Night

I made this video in Korea during a previous trip a couple of year ago, so it fits well in this blog even if it's not new material.
Some recent event reminds me of it, it's dedicated to a friend. 

 

 

I happened to be on a filming set, invited by a friend producer, where Moon So-ri was acting.
She is one of the best actress in the world, for sure one of the top in Korea and one of the rare whose name is known abroad since Oasis (Lee Chang-dong) and A Good Lawyer's wife (Im Sang-soo). On a set she is delightful, joyful, extremely professionnal.
The shooting was like a kind of holiday in itself, made among friends. The director, Kim Tae-yong directed Moon So-ri in Family Ties, and the producer made Sakwa with her. The third friend was Jang Jun-hwan, director of Save the Green Planet. It was for a little short, "trailer" for the Green film festival. The original one is here, bottom of the page, third film.
The story of the film is a kind of big joke. There were indeed laughing after almost each take.
I've spend a few hours with them, warmly welcomed. Great afternoon really, and I'm very happy with what I've filmed of it.

But there was a few rules :
- To have a glance at the footage, I could only film the TV and the sound is from my camera. Then forgive everything about this quality, it would not have been possible instead. It is not what was filmed by the crew.   
- I didn't filmed a quarter of the footage. Then what they have is ten times better than what I had. They have another angle for exemple. 
- The producer asked me not to film Moon So-ri outside "Moon So-ri acting", meaning I could film the TV, but not her directly. I totally respected this condition.

When there are rules, editing is a game.
- In the making-of, there is no Moon So-ri, like if they're not making a film with her.
- In the "film", I choosed not to show the other actor until the very end. It could also be the choice of their film, which I didn't see yet.



It's such a pleasure to edit footage with a great actress. You understand at once what is the work of such an professionnal : everything can be used, nothing is bad. I had only a tiny part of the footage, a crap image, a crap sound, and still, I think she makes the film hold together. I learned a lot with these two little films.