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Client: CHANGE

Project Manager: Ngô Kim Khánh

Managing Director: Chau Nhi

Marcom Manager: Ngô Thị Thanh Thảo

Agency: Dinosaur

Creative Director: Trong Nguyen

Creative Team: Thành Ngô

Agency Producer: Quyền Lương Nguyen Chi Anh

PH: UCreative

Producer: Giang Phương

Director: Trần Tùng

DP: Hoang Chaizee

Production Designer: Fosha Zyong (Anh Phuong Duong)

1st AD: Chop TN

Props Master: Trinh Thien Tan

PA: Đức Huy Xuân Thanh

Location Manager: Dan Nguyen

Stylist: Nguyễn Phương Mai

MUA: Thị Pèo

Casting: TK Casting

Editor & Online Artist: Thanh le Minh

Colorist: Đỗ Kim Nhật

Obstacles

Sometimes we have projects filled with big efforts from all departments, but for some subjective reasons can not be done no matter the hard work you pour into it. I’ve got a chance to be a part of an amazing team of young and passionate filmmakers led by a talented creative director I’ve admired for a long time. Together we were eager to create visuals inspired by the classic art of great masters trying to fit within a tight construction budget and a limited variety of decorative props that art department managed to collect from not-so-many vintage markets of Saigon.

I’d like to share with you some of the wip photos of this project.

For the very first set we aimed to create a mysterious forest, a secret garden with wild flowers and plants. An old curvy cherry tree would reflect a posture of the fairy like girl sitting on a big moss rock, around her thin layers of fog bringing a dreamy atmosphere of the place..

We used big foam board cubes to sculpt the landscape and were lucky enough to find an old dry tree just right behind the studio :)) Some plants were real, some were artificial, but we made sure everything looked good in the camera.

The hard part of the dressing for the second set was to find good vintage props for this mediaval feast. In contrast to the first set, this one should bring a warm, vibrant, rich look of paintings from 15th-16th centuries.

Although this project won’t air anytime in the future, I still belive there would be much more interesting works waiting for us ahead. And this one was a good chance for me to experiment with this art style and get to know more wonderful people.

That’s it! :)

Production Design for TVC and MV | Sunday Talk with XineHouse

Thanks to everybody who came to hear our thoughts and funny stories :) Hope to see you again!

The Strawpocalypse art installation

“Straws are used for minutes but take centuries to disappear.
Every 60 seconds, a truckload of plastic flows into the ocean.
By the year 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea.”

I’ve had an opportunity to be a part of a very interesting and meaningful project. Together with Von Wong and Zero Waste Saigon, a big art installation made of millions of collected plastic straws was builed to raise an awearness of plastic pollution.

Please check more about this project at:

Von Wong’s blog post

Official website

BTS Photos by Anna Tenne

Credits:

Installation art by Von Wong and Zero Waste Saigon
Sponsored by Starbucks Vietnam
Hosted by Keppel Land

Video: Fox – Creative and Visuals
Spoken Word performance (video): Steve Connell
BTS photography: Anna Tenne
Technical Build Consultants: Nick Moser, Stefan Suknjaja, Fosha Zyong
Set Builder: Trịnh Thiên Tân
LED Technician: Thành Huỳnh
Production Support: Don Le, Dave Lemke
Special thanks to the German International School, British International School and American International School for supporting our cleanup efforts.
Volunteers: Quinn Tran, Leanne Lim, Tam Binh, Mong Binh, Tuy Gentry Buckner, Gia Kang, Thanh Duy, Ti Hon, Nguyen Quoc Dung, Bùi Phương Nhật, Leo Pukachi, Julia Mesner Burdge, Michael Burdge, Loan Joy, Huyền KaRa, Đoàn Linh Chi, Angeli Castillo, Nguyễn Ngọc Huân, Dương Bội Linh, Matthew James Morris, Pakdi Decnud
Models: Sebastien Burdge, Elijia Ken, Nguyen Thuy Duong (TyhD)