This October, join us on a photographic adventure across the island of Singapore, as we document the changes in the built environment and rediscover everything accidentally or intentionally, Wes Anderson.
After a year of exploration around my own city state, having zero budget and overcoming countless challenges, let me present to you "A Wes Anderson-ish Singapore", my second documentary short film on the built environment, focusing on the urban planning, architecture, places and ordinary people of Singapore and how they adapt under the pandemic situation.
The short film was inspired by the filmscape of Wes and his associates, in particular his cinematography style ( DOP Robert Yeoman). The scenes were framed using mostly flattened symmetrical perspective with focus on architecture, but contextualized and told with elements that are uniquely Singapore. Visual, music and scripting references are drawn from Wes's signature works such as "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The Life Aquatic by Steve Zissou", "Moonrise Kingdom" as well as the upcoming "The French Dispatch", there are quite a few of them, can you find them all?
It all began from a single video: Singapore Town, exactly a year ago and perhaps you may have already seen some of the previous videos, these have now become individual chapters of the short film. I hope to show you my journey over time, and also to present everything together as a coherent piece of work, hope you would enjoy the little trips. This is my ode to the built environment of Singapore, the place I call home.
We are excited to be part of the exhibition for Singapore Archifest 2021 entitled "Singapore Through My Eyes". Please do consider checking out this month-long event on architecture here: https://archifest.sg/
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