Out of My Place
Out of My Place is an immigrant musical created as a practical part of my third-year dissertation. My research is on how dream ballets create temporal and spatial discourses within musical films of the Golden Age, and this film attempts to recontextualise the dream ballet through an immigrant story. Out of My Place challenges the musical’s thwarted representation of reality for entertainment and uses techniques from musicals to tell a more intimate and personal story. The film is a labour of love from all the cast and crew who have put their precious time and effort into it. I have been hesitant whether this film is possible to make due to the complexity of the production design and every moving part of the film, but I am glad that my vision has come to life. I have directed other films over the past three years at Lancaster, but this project is the first where I have directed my own script and is certainly definitive of my personal style.
Sky Fong (Writer & Director)
Film Synopsis
Monica is a Chinese immigrant living with her boyfriend, Alan. After having a lunch date with her British colleague, Bonnie, she begins to desire for something more than her monotonous life.
This film was produced as part of a final-year practice-based dissertation project.
Cast
Monica - Yun Wen
Bonnie - Maria Hill
Alan - Kevin Huang
Sarah - Scarlett Gill
Alan - Kevin Huang Sarah - Scarlett Gill Monica - Yun WenBonnie - Maria Hill
Trailer
Stills
CrewCrew List
Sky Fong - Writer & DirectorScarlett Gill - GripSamuel Poon - Director of PhotographySamira Shaaban - Costume, Set Assistant and Make-Up ArtistSam Turnbull - Producers & Assistant DirectorSaffron Leathem - Projection ArtistsRoshan Adve - Sound Editor & 1st Assistant Camera Naomi Onakunle - Sound RecordistsMichaël Boucherie - Choreography ConsultantMaria Hill - Choreographer Luke Shilliam - Sound Recordists Lili Kurzfeld - Production Design AssistantLeoni Launder - Tailor Flora Ng - Script SupervisorEve Harding - BTS PhotographerEloise Cook - 2nd Assistant Camera Dawid Stasiak - EditorCara Proud - Projection ArtistsBruno Ruiz-Huerta Martinez - Backdrop PainterBen Branton - Composer Antoni Konieczny - Production AssistantAmy Barlow - Production Designer & Backdrop PaintersDirector - Sky Fong
Producers - Sky Fong and Sam Turnbull
Assistant Director- Sam Turnbull
Director of Photography - Samuel Poon
1st Assistant Camera - Roshan Adve
2nd Assistant Camera - Eloise Cook
Grip - Scarlett Gill
Production Designer - Amy Barlow
Backdrop Painters - Amy Barlow, Bruno Ruiz-Huerta Martinez
Projection Artists - Cara Proud, Saffron Leathem
Tailor - Leoni Launder
Costume, Set Assistant and Make-Up Artist - Samira Shaaban
Production Design Assistant - Lili Kurzfeld
Sound Recordists - Luke Shilliam, Naomi Onakunle
Choreographer - Maria Hill
Assistant Choreographer - Yun Wen
Choreography Consultant - Michaël Boucherie
Script Supervisor - Flora Ng
Production Assistant - Antoni Konieczny
BTS Photographer - Eve Harding
Composer - Ben Branton
Editor - Sky Fong, Dawid Stasiak
Sound Editors - Roshan Adve, Sky Fong
Colourist - Sky Fong
Behind the Scene Photos
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