What were some of the in-person elements from either a live show or working with a team that you’ve been missing and hoping to bring to this project?
San Cha: I miss touching people, I miss not being worried if I’m passing a virus on to someone or the other way around. I also miss the loud music and the loud reactions from the audience, and them singing with me. I miss dancing around on a stage and losing my breath. In this project I was happy to showcase the intimate internal passion, the details in the looks, and to display the magic with a very focused intention.
Shiny Kid: Working with a crew to develop an idea and execute it in production is crucial to my practice. I approached this project as a way to experiment with ‘remote directing’ and providing my collaborators with the information and resources they needed to create the aesthetic we had in mind. I usually shoot a lot of my own work myself, but it was so wonderful collaborating with Prisk [Rios] as a DP [Director of Photography]. She really showed how thoughtful, creative, and capable she is in creating the images we sought to capture. By providing a framework for production and keeping our ‘set’ in line with how a normal set would run, we were able to get through our entire shot list and then some.
What did you expect from this process? How did it surprise you and how did it challenge you?
San Cha: I expected this to be a more intense and involved process. It was a little scary and challenging to trust the process, while not having Caitlin to physically direct and oversee, but we quickly overcame that challenge. Thankfully Caitlin communicated very clearly through email and FaceTime/Zoom calls. Having my partner (Prisk Rios) film me, and my drag mother (OLIMA) dress me, makes for a very intimate and uninhibited performance.
Shiny Kid: First of all, I was thrilled when asked to collaborate with San Cha on this project as we had all these plans to shoot a music video before quarantine. I was able to channel the creative energy I had while developing ideas for the music video into this performance piece. San Cha and I are both huge fans of telenovelas, and our goal was to bring that level of drama to this project. I wanted to create a concert experience for the viewer with dramatic lighting, costumes, engaging performances, and visuals. We tested our setups a few times before deciding on a lighting scheme and costume, which really helped us get in the right space for the performance.
The challenging aspect for me was letting go of control over every facet of production. I had a few creative suggestions for the camera work, but overall I trusted Prisk’s creative eye. I am so used to doing a lot of these things myself, but I’ve been slowly working on relinquishing control and allowing others to support me in my projects (and in life). This was a great way of testing myself, and I ended up falling in love with every frame we shot.
We had a few hiccups with staying virtually connected the entire time (Zoom, FaceTime), but we made it work. I was behind my laptop screen and Prisk set her phone up so I could see San Cha performing as we recorded. We moved seamlessly through each set up, with mini breaks in between for battery charging and snacks. In total it was five hours to shoot, but it really flew by. I was amazed at how much we did with so little!
The editing and color process came very natural to me—I love getting sucked into a performance and getting lost in the edit. I wanted it to feel dreamy and dramatic, supernatural and surreal, and I think with the combination of lighting, camera movement, and San Cha’s stage presence and voice, we created an at-home concert experience for all to enjoy during this time of isolation.
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San Cha is one of the most underrated local stars of our county. Usually parents read reviews on edubirdie.org/edubirdie-legit website for their kids to hire them online. Regardless of how fascinatingly she is performing, the audience is not giving her as much attention what she deserves. Her musical passion is appreciable.
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Comment by edutec.in on May 17, 2023 at 1:29 amShe has a lot of energy and good song!
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