Written by Evan WeidenkellerDawn Every Day is a true story about a boy who tries to conjure up ways to keep his best friend from moving out of the country and learning about the world outside of his home. A true story about the director, Amir Youssef’s Father in 1950s Cairo Egypt.Our goal with the film was to try and capture a moment in time and tell this story through the eyes of Nabil (our protagonist) and seeing the world through his perspective. When Amir spoke with me about shooting this film, the one element he was sure about was shooting this film in black and white. And a single image from Cairo in the 50s that he wanted to use as a source of visual inspiration.To me, this image felt very voyeuristic and objective. But at the same time, it felt intimate. And even though the girl at the window is out of focus, we are drawn to experience this moment wit her while the world around her moves on. It was our goal to recreate this same feeling from the photograph and portray it in our film, Dawn Every Day. From here we began constructing our visual language of the movie. 'Dawn Every Day'BFIThe SpecsOur last film together was shot on 16mm Kodak 200T, and it was our hope to shoot this film on 35mm Kodak 5222 Black and White Tri-x. It is the film stock that is around today that has the most similar look to what...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 1 October, 2024