INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR

 

Me: What exactly was your approach and also your initial idea on filming this title sequence?

 

Director: Well, the initial idea was that we wanted to create a very unusual production, not visually wise but plot-wise. We would like to think that our plot is unique and vey unusual for a teen movie which is initially aimed at teenage girls. We tried to get the main protagonist to be a boy, of course - who's name is Charlie Bing - and get the movie revolving around him but in order to reach our target audience, we had to get a romance in of course - we are all aware that teenage girls love that (laughs).

 

Me: Right, I see, so you plan to aim to reach your target audience via this romance?

 

Director: Yes, that's right. We are hoping that this anticipated romance will attract our target audience.

 

Me: That makes sense, and do we see this love interest in your title sequence?

 

Director: We do, yes. It's a very brief encounter of her in the title sequence but we have made sure that she seems like an important part of his life. You see him looking at a scholarship letter, which is what we anticipate is his goal at the moment but she comes through and he leaves that scholarship letter in his locker and pays the attention to her. We believe that is one of the main things which will attract our target audience.

 

Me: And apart from this love interest, are there any other things which lead us to believe that he (Charlie) has this ambition to better himself and which we believe will have lead him onto becoming this split persona?

 

Director: Definitely. We have his mother, who is clearly ill and clearly an alcoholic. This is the main idea which will make the audience sympathise with Charlie and make them aware that this is why he needs to make the transformation and that this is why he needs to lead this double life. Obviously his friends can't know this is the situation at home - they also can't know that he cleans, cooks, takes care of his mum and works at night as this will be terrible for  his reputation at school. His mindset is that he needs to be the best and do the best he can not only at home but also in school in order to get that scholarship and in order to get the girl.

 

Me: How will we see this transformation if it isn't a secret?

 

Director: (laughs) It is actually! You will definitely see the transformation in the title sequence, and it will be very, very clear when you see it that this is when he transforms.

 

Me: Thank you. And one last question, we are well aware that title sequences are only supposed to be about 2-3 minutes long... How did you manage to keep all of those important details in the space of 2-3 minutes?

 

Director: I have to tell you, it was very hard. The editing process was definitely a killer but we had the rest of the team and crew to help and give advice on what we should cut out, slow down, fasten up etc. The good thing is that we had a lot of material lined up for our title sequence, so it's not like we were out of material. We just had to decide what was the most important material that needed to be fit in the space of those 2-3 minutes.

 

Me: Well, that does sound like hard work! Thank you for this opportunity and we hope to see '2 FACED' in cinemas March 16th!