The director also wrote the film, organized his casting sessions and met about 70 actors to find his two characters. The film in the can, Jeremy did all the visual effects by himself. He learned how to use the software to recreate a CG well from scratch in the most ambitious shots, and composited about 30 green screen shots. He also did the editing, the grading and the whole of the sound design.
Everything inside the well was shot in a studio facility in London. A 4 meters high well set was built out of wood and plaster bricks.
Since it's been completed late 2005, the film has been selected in more than 10 international festivals, including Tribeca, Palm Springs and LA Shorts Fest. In 2006, Paradox (2006) won Best Short Film at the Method Fest in Los Angeles, Special Jury Award at both the Malibu International Film Festival and WorldFest-Houston, and First Place for Best Screenplay at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
The film was shot on standard definition Mini-DV, but using a Mini35 adapter in order to reduce the depth of field and get a "film look". This system allows to mount film lenses at the front of the camcorder.
The music was done by Siddhartha Barnhoorn, a 24 years-old Dutch composer who did it all on his computer.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
