Jimmy Cheng

Hi Olivier, the footage looks fantastic! It was definitely a shame we couldn't get Olivier and the boys to do the post production and grading. From the showreel Olivier sent me, I knew we couldn't get the quality for reasons beyond our control. I emailed Olivier about the bad quality of the screening in London, mainly due to a third generation digibeta transfer because of the last minute sound design. However Olivier, we need to send off a DVD to various festivals, so if it's possible, maybe the grading can be done after all if you're up for it? I'll check with Rob first but I'm sure it will be cool. I've got to say Olivier and the team were fantastic and very, very patient. A lot of things went wrong, ie. 4 weeks of pre production compressed into a few days because of unavoidable problems. I spent most of the time trying to work out logistical problems with our a.d. and how to tell the story without compromising the essence of the script. We lost 3 members of our core team which never helps! It was a long shoot to say the least and I spent about 3 months after in post with the same hours, lost 9 pounds in weight and rarely got home to sleep. When I found out we exceeded the budget by thousands, it was a dark day. I knew the final film wouldn't look as good as it should've been, there was no budget for post production. Hopefully, if you're available Olivier, maybe you could email me if you still want to do the grading for the finalised cut? We could sort it out before posting it to certain festivals. There was a lot of enforced cuts for the film which I didn't agree with but hopefully this was because I was too close to the project and they were indeed, the better choices for the film. If it's possible Olivier, maybe you could send us the settings for the grading and instructions so we can load it up in After Effects? I'd like you and the guys to be proud of your excellent work and to have your work represented in the best way possible. It would be nice if we can finally get you to do the grading as we originally planned to do. I'd like to say Olivier is a really open guy with great ideas and a real filming warrior! Maye Choo was the only choice for playing the part, she's absolutely brilliant and super talented with a thorough understanding of character. One of the best actors I've ever worked with and very quick at taking direction.