Q1: How does your day look like during this online residency?
I’ll wake up, go for a run or do a bit of exercise, and then I come back home and start working on the film. I’m in the very last stages at the moment and so I’m basically watching the film over and over again, to see where I can make cuts or alterations.
Over the next few days I’ll be adding subtitles and doing other ‘administrative’ things like writing out the film credits. It’s not the most exciting part of the process and so I have to be really careful not to get distracted by things. As we’re still in a lockdown situation in London there’s no social life to divert my attention, but watching things online has been hard to resist.
The film I’ve been watching the most is ‘Coda’, the documentary on composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. I’m a big fan of his work and have the film on download, so I tend to play it whenever I need a break. It’s funny because the film is basically footage of him in his studio, working on his computer and talking about being creative. So it’s quite helpful and inspiring to see someone else being productive whenever I’m stuck or need a break.
Q2: How does your desktop look like?
I’ve been working on a couple of computers during this process, and so here’s images of both. One is the computer I use for creative work and the other is a kind of office laptop. See if you can tell the difference.
I’ve been working on a couple of computers during this process, and so here’s images of both. One is the computer I use for creative work and the other is a kind of office laptop. See if you can tell the difference.
Q3: Is there anything in your mind while making the film?
(BUT PLEASE DON’T TELL US TOO MUCH BECAUSE YOU’LL HAVE A PREMIERE ON FEB 13!)
One of the things that has been really interesting about making Letter from Sapporo, is that it’s enabled me to kind of travel without travelling. Because the borders of my life have shrunk to a few streets in London and two supermarkets, it’s been great to be able to experience another place through other people’s eyes, or should I say smartphones 