The Rabbit Hole | A Short Film Drama About Child Trafficking
Two sisters are faced with the grim reality of what it takes to make their dreams come true.
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"For us, the visual language was one of the most important elements. From the very beginning, we knew we had to both film from the girls’ perspectives while simultaneously feeling observational. This is because, in the end, we knew that it was always going to be observational – one shot; one take. In order to really feel the immediacy of the issue, we wanted to put the audience in the shoes of the perpetrator, the camera had to be the observer. So, to keep the visual language consistent, we knew we had to work backwards from the end shot.
This meant observing the girls’ interaction in the beginning – not relying on cuts or music or anything other than purely observing their relationship so the performance was everything to us. Since there would be no cuts, we spent quite a lot of time casting, then rehearsing as much as we could. We were constantly revising the script based on the actors we were auditioning. Seeing how they’d adapt, how they listened to each other, how they looked together on screen. Once we cast our talent, we’d schedule in time with the actors to block, rehearse, and shape their performances as much as we could – in callbacks, wardrobe fittings, etc. It was a constant shaping, chiselling, and sculpting process.
The production team didn’t have a huge budget to work with at all and yet everybody went above and beyond to make this project as impactful as it could be. Casting was the most complicated and took the most time, so our producers worked as hard as they could to make sure we had the right talent."
READ OUR FULL INTERVIEW WITH TAO/S - https://directorsnotes.com/2022/06/06/taos-the-rabbit-hole/
// Credits //
Writer/Director // tao/s
Client // SOS International
Production Company // Jyra Films
Executive Producers // Kyle Rogers, Phil Putnam
Service Production Company // Story We Produce
Producer // Jaume Rigual
Line Producer // Paulette Arrieta
Cinematographer // Lluís Marti
Production Designer // María Fernanda Contreras, Silvisabel Fajardo
1st AD // Michelle Circuit
HMU // Maria C Barrera
Wardrobe // Angela Patiño
Post Producer // Sunshine Clay @ Bruton Stroube
Edit // Lucas Harger @ Bruton Stroube
Color // Martí Somoza
Sound Design/Score // Steve Horne @Bruton Stroube
VFX // Samm Hodges
Talent // Sofia Carrizales, Andrea Alexa Mondragon, Monica Bejarano, Fernando Sanchez
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