GO DEEPER
Chapter 1: Waiting
Chapter 2: Falling
Chapter 3: Rooting
Chapter 4: Rising
Chapter 5: Blooming
With this project I wanted to express true female emotion through experimental imagery and editing. Throughout my history in videography and photography, I have always felt that you can say more with fewer words. I have always preferred experimental filmmaking because I express myself the best visually. This is a topic that is very close to me and I chose to use a series of girls to highlight that this is not only my experience, but the experience of all females all around the world who sometimes need to lose themselves to find themselves again. I made this project for them, for my friends who have struggled alongside me, and for myself, who discovered a lot through the process of filming this project.
I think the biggest challenge in making this project was time. I decided to do five shorts and while shooting five shorts wasn’t super stressful, editing five of them in less than 2 weeks was (extremely). I also decided to have each of the shorts personally composed by friends and family in music, which meant I had to finish my rough cuts at least a week and a half before the due date and I had finished shooting a few days before that timeframe. In hindsight, I could’ve chosen to do something shorter, or focus on three shorts instead of five but I think each chapter plays a crucial part of the story – and I would do the same again.
MEET THE DIRECTOR
Kayla Thompson is a Junior Film and Television Major at Drexel University. She has been taking classes and pursuing film since the 5th grade. She is an inspiring cinematographer who has been working on short films in the Philadelphia area to further her skill set. She is excited to continue working on all sorts of projects to help her learn and gain more experience to become a better film major, and will be graduating in spring of 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Film and Television Production in hopes of continuing her filmmaking journey.
This project was created as part of the JTWO [INC]ubator Project. A semester long internship program built from the ground up to give young filmmakers, content creators, and all around hungry for a challenge individuals a place to stretch their creative minds while preparing them for the road ahead.