“Alok Memories” By Gabriel Twardowski & Sérgio Twardowski
Synopsis
Following DJ Alok around the world, two filmmakers discover a pattern of camera positioning in all the shows.
- 4 months of research on 30TB of material (900 hours of images)
- 660+ prints
- 6 days of stop motion
Credits
Co-Direction by Gabriel Twardowski & Sérgio Twardowski
Music - Alok
Sound Design - Mateus Polati & Jimmy Gressler
Special Thanks:
Alok Petrillo, André Bronx, Andressa Cunha, Felipe Lobo, Gabriel Lopes & Maria Alice Gazaniga.
Beyond the Short
This specific film was a very laborious film to make but also very enjoyable. At this moment, when we had to pause our routine, we became able to work on something new and so manual, it leads us to do it with our essence and reconnect with what we believe and like to do. About inspirations, we watched the film "Multiverse" by Hiroshi Kondo months before work and it certainly inspired us a lot for this work.
We wanted to make a new movie using our old files, so we started searching about 900 hours of images (30 terabytes divided into 14 hard drives) looking for similar characteristics between the clips to see if it would be possible to execute a project in this sense.
In this two-month study, we realized there was a geographical and photographic pattern in the shows: the artist was always in the same positions (he is a DJ) and our camera movements were very similar. So, the Alok Memories project was born and became a gift for fans who are in need of shows and for the artist himself who was able to celebrate his last years of shows.
When we had the film ready, we realized that it didn’t give us the feeling we wanted. Our solution was to bring in a ‘material’ texture layer. So we printed all frames on A3 sheets on the cheapest paper, bought a cutting base and made a template for the sheet to fit. As the paper used was simple, we sanded the edges to give a printed photo paper look.
With the audio leads Mateus Polati and Jimmy Gressler, we seek to use audio to tie the narrative and bring the listener to the universe of the film, within the shows we are showing. We ended up creating smoother and less cut transitions to follow this environment. In its construction, we thought about the possibility of creating a greater sound immersion by tying the motion of the film and thus bringing more life and dynamics for the film.
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