Kaya - Flying Into The Sun
An artist gives himself completely to the industry.
CREW
Director - Jesse Samos Leaman
Producer - Marc Vecchio
Cinematographer - Nyssa Mitchell
1st AD - Nicole Freeman
Production Design - Nina Pejcic
Gaffer - Nick Smith
1st AC - Angela Basile
Editor - Jesse Samos Leaman
Best Boy - Noah O'Brien Heimann
Prod Assist - Sabrina Xiang
SFX Makeup - Alexandra Cox
Assistant Producer - Sarah Pierce
Intimacy Coordinator - Amy Cater
Stills Photographer - Oliwier Gesla
Colourist - Sam McCarthy CSI
VFX Artist - Joshua Hoole
CAST
The Artist - Kaya Byrne The Journalist - Pia O'Meadhra Manager - Marlon Kilbey Publicist - Tadashi Nakase Photographer - Peter Foster Agent - Elle White Writer - Jo Alexander Talent Scout - Karen S Yee Reporter - Jesse Dass Assistant #1 - Christiana Brothers Assistant #2 - Adriani Vasilakis Photo Assistant - Yuan Lu Dancer - Eray Mertturk PR Assistant - Hao Dao
Building the world for Kaya.
I wanted a location the felt overwhealmingly large. Somewhere Kaya could feel isolated inside. It’s that feeling of, when the party is over who do you have? - He is this artist that with great success he has had to sell ever part of himself, being ripped apart (literally in this case) and that hollow feeling once you give all yourself to this “industry”.
Now, for my projects - I like to write all my concepts in script form, we are telling narratives. And those need substance, not just images. I find that the script is the truest way to know if the story is coming through. Then we can talk pretty pictures.
Jesse
