Falling Deeper

A solitary drone travels great distances as it explores its universe and the reasons behind its existence. As time passes, it begins to experience magnificent mirages which fuse his imagination with its reality. Its felicity is short-lived, however, as its imaginary world eventually falls apart - the result of his rapidly depleting battery. It finally climbs higher and higher up into the clouds.

  • Ryan Chow
    Director
  • Ryan Chow
    Writer
  • Ryan Chow
    Producer
  • Ryan Chow
    Editors
  • Erik Ostlund
    Editors
  • Asahi Sugano
    Editors
  • Yuhan Liu
    Art and Design
  • Yufan Feng
    Art and Design
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Student
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 8, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    738 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Singapore
  • Country of Filming:
    Hong Kong
  • Language:
    Chinese, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Vancouver International Film Festival 2019
    Vancouver
    Canada
  • Reel Youth Film Festival 2019
    Vancouver
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • Dubai Youth Film Festival 2019
    Dubai
    United Arab Emirates
    Official Selection
  • Adelaide International Youth Film Festival 2019
    Adelaide
    Australia
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Ryan Chow

Ryan Chow is a Canadian-Hongkonger currently in high school at the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) in Singapore. Since an early age, he has been passionate about filmmaking and storytelling - wanting to capture feelings, power, and beauty and churning it into stunning works of art.

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Director Statement

Hello! My name is Ryan Chow. I’m a high school student passionate about and intending on pursuing filmmaking as a career. I wrote Falling Deeper when I was 15 years old and together with a small team of very talented artists and other filmmakers, we travelled around Hong Kong and Singapore with two drones and an idea. Since I got my first drone a few years earlier, I’ve been excited about filmmaking and drones in particular. I thought about how I could incorporate drones into a film even more which is how I got inspired to make this film. The result is a film my team and I are very proud of as given our lack of formal education and professional help nor expertise with this film. As a result, we feel we’ve achieved our goals of making a beautiful, artistic film which displays the beauty of Hong Kong for all to see. I hope you love this film as much as we do!