GETIAN HAN
SKETCHES ON HER SKIN
UK, Sep 2022, on location
Dir: Chenlei Pan, Prod: Qiankun Zhou
It was an incredibly enjoyable experience working as the art director on set dressing for this short film. The story is set in Shanghai, but we filmed in London, so our task was to create environments in London that convincingly looked like Shanghai. While sourcing props with the production designer, we needed a lot of hand-drawn artwork to fit the main character, who is an art teacher. To achieve this, we reached out to our network and even involved my former art teacher to help craft these props by hand. It was a highly collaborative and creative process.
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On set, I applied my own understanding of the space by dividing the walls into different color blocks and using large pieces of fabric to cover the worn-out surfaces, transforming them into a more livable space, one that suited the character of an art teacher. We also crafted molds of mushrooms using lightweight clay to simulate mold on the walls and added water droplets to give it a more realistic, damp effect.