Dead Man's Morphine
2004, about 15 min, color, sound
dir. by Nelson Kim
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Short film about addiction and its effects on minds of two teenagers. The film is still in production so i'm pretty sure the director is gonna go mad for me posting some stills... but what can you do???

This project involved (and still does) a number of interesting optical tricks. An extra lens was used to create distortions to simulate the characters zoning out. Also with the dream sequences lens moving in front of the camera creates a spooky feeling.

Another interesting aspect of this project is careful color choices. From desaturated colors of the outside (lack of drugs in the system) through warm and fuzzy feeling of the morphine to cold colors of the hallucinations. Great stuff!

director of photography
Patryk Rebisz

written and directed by
Nelson Kim

producers
Ken Kristensen
Hamish Berry

cast
Ray Santiago
Gray Madder
Jason Thompson
Angel Salazar
Sean Russell
Rosy Feliz
Carla Hayes
Guido Grasso

production designer
Colin Yair Lewis

assistant directors
Tom Connors
Cristina Sanchez-Amyot

crew
Sam Finlay
John Jordan
Colin Marshall
Odin Odzil
Chad Schneider
Nelson Walker

P.A.s
Ybel Collado
Rami Raff