The Moment of Falling
Azbri Productions
(13 min)

What does it feel like when the person you love disappears? Grief and the process of mourning are explored in this short experimental film. Without dialogue, it uses scenes of falling as it’s primary metaphor. The two central male characters, both talented aerialists, are placed in surreal fragmented scenes surrounded by gesturing dancers that represent memory and emotion.

LEADS
Jonathan ERIC NEWTON
David SAGIV BEN-BINYAMIN

DANCERS
Female Dancer 1 ALESIA YOUNG
Female Dancer 2/ Tree Woman Solo ERICA REBOLLAR
Female Dancer 3 HYUN-JUNG KIM
Male Dancer 1/ Scratching Man Solo IDDRISU SAAKA
Male Dancer 2 LIAM CLANCY
Male Dancer 3 MICHAEL NARGI
Cowboy Solo PETER CARPENTER
Pregnant Dancer 1/Muse 1 SRI SUSILOWATI
Pregnant Dancer 2/Muse 2 CAROLINE CHANG
Pregnant Dancer 3 ANGELA DROWN
Pregnant Dancer 4 ALIAH NAJMABADI
Pregnant Dancer 5 EMILY VARTANIAN
Muse 3 FRANCINE MAIGNE

CIRCUS PERFORMERS
Circus Matriarch SALLY WELLS COOK
Circus Brother AIDEN O ‘SHEA
Circus Sister 1 BETH CARPENTER
Circus Sister 2 JENA CARPENTER
Circus Masked Stilt Man AARON HENDRY
Procession Guide DENA RISHA
Aerial Loop ALOYOSIA

GUIDE
Torchbearer ARIANNE HOFFMAN

PRODUCTION
Executive Producer & Director MARK EBY
Associate Producer JAMIE KRAVITZ

CREATIVE TEAM
Dance Choreography PETER CARPENTER, MARIANNE KIM, ERICA REBOLLAR, IDDRISU SAAKA, SRI SUSILOWATI
Aerial Choreography ERIC NEWTON

CREW
Production Coordinator ZLATA ZUKANOVIC
Assistant Directors VISHAL DAR, DAVE PEARCE, LAURA HERNANDEZ
Camera JOHN BISHOP, MARK EBY, GRAHAM HAYNES, MATT JONES, ANN KANEKO, BRIAN MAHANAY
Sound DANA KOPETZKY, DAVID MARTINELLI
Gaffer BRAD YUEN
Production Assistants GRAHAM HAYNES, LUIS LOPEZ, EMILY QUIST
Rigging CHOBI GYORGY
Make-up Artist/Hairdresser LESLIE DELAROSA
Costume Consultant I CHING
Administrative Consultant BRENT SAMMONS

LOCATION MUSICIANS
Taiko YUTA KATO
Djembe IDDRISU SAAKA

POST PRODUCTION
Editor MARK EBY
Assistant Editor ZLATA ZUKANOVIC

Graphic Designer, Closing Credits VISHAL DAR
Graphic Designer, Poster GRAHAM HAYNES
Studio Photographer JOHN AIGNER

SCORE
Music produced by BYRON AU YONG in collaboration with the performers:
voice, chopsticks KAREN AKADA
irish flute, shakuhachi HANZ ARAKI
voice, paper, cymbals, gongs, erhu BYRON AU YONG
string bass, gongs MARC COLLINS
voice, chopsticks MARC DELACRUZ
gong, cymbals FRANK MINORU PHILLIPS
voice GINA SALA
voice AIKO SHIMADA
string bass DENNIS STASKOWSKI
voice, paper, gong JAMES WHETZEL
Music produced by SHANNON MICHAEL TERRY
with the OPEN DOOR ORCHESTRA
cello GERRY SUTYAK
velocitor gong SHANNON MICHAEL TERRY
soprano sax DOMONIC DEAN BREAUX
upright bass GIOVANNI LORIA
crystal bowl KABALLAH BACH
trumpet MICHAEL BOGER
percussion JIM MCGRATH

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
China Lily written by SUZANNE TENG
dizi (chinese bamboo flute) SUZANNE TENG
percussion GILBERT LEVY
Score Arrangement MARK EBY


SPECIAL THANKS:
Mary & Eric Lloyd Wright for the Wright Ranch location
Judith Baca & Debra Padilla for use of the old Venice Jail location
Pete Galindo for oversight at SPARK
Ray Jackson
Beth Goren
Anu Kishore Ganpati
Jose Reynoso
Nicole Smith
Ronnie Shaw
Federico Hewson
Noah Samuels

 


© 2006 Azbri Productions