Then & Now

During the autumn of 2020 I started toying around with the idea of writing a relationship-drama, but I wanted to challenge myself in a way that I hadn't done up until that point - that's when I realised that a great challenge for me would be to write a script that would have no dialogue at all, and just tell the story visually. Three years later I decided that it was time to make it into a movie.

This was a very interesting project in that I made my debut as a cinematographer. The reason I wanted to be the cinematographer, in addition to writing, producing, editing and directing, was because I wanted to have the smallest crew possible with as few distractions as possible. That also meant only shooting with natural light sources and no chief lighting technician. I also wanted to be the cinematographer because I knew exactly what I wanted the movie to look like, and what the style was going to be.

Even though it was a heavy movie, we managed to keep a very light set where there was a lot of laughing, joking around and just a casual atmosphere. Even though there were moments during filming and post-production where I was afraid that I had failed with what I set out to do, I can look at the finished product and honestly say that I'm very proud of it.