Neil Abeynayake
Well-known member
AMA - a short film by Julie Gautier (Red VistaVision 8K)
"Ama is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions. I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water. I dedicate this film to all the women of the world." - Julie
Credits :
Choreographer : Ophélie Longuet
Music : « Rain in your black eyes », Ezio Bosso. (P) Sony Music Entertainment.
Cinematographer : Jacques Ballard
Editor : Jérôme Lozano
Colorist : Arthur Paux @ Spark Seeker
Compositing : Gregory Lafranchi @GoneFX
Sound mix : Nassim El Mounabbih @Dinosaures
Production : Spark Seeker/Les Films Engloutis
Associated Producers : Y-40 The Deep Joy/RVZ
Camera Assistant : Arthur Lauthers
Electrician Romain Mostri
Safety Freedivers: Anne Maury - Fouad Zarrou
Making off : Jimmy Golaz
Camera Rental (two Red VistaVision 8K cameras in underwater housings) RVZ
Light&Electric Rental : TSF Cannes
Wardrobe : Tatiana Henri
Ama, “Woman of the Sea” in Japanese, is a short film directed by the apneist and dancer Julie Gautier and presented on the International Women’s Day on March 8th.
Performed in the world’s deepest pool in Italy, Gautier holds her breath for the duration of the film, only allowing herself to open her lungs when she rises to the surface at the culmination of her beautifully choreographed routine. Named ‘Ama’, the film draws its title from 海女, a Japanese term that refers to pearl divers and which translates literally to mean sea maiden. The practice of ama is said to be over 2000 years old, and traditionally the women it refers to would dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making it the precursor of the modern free dive movement which Gautier is a part of.
(Source: https://www.ignant.com/2018/05/15/ama-an-underwater-ode-to-women-of-the-sea/)
(in 4K)
https://vimeo.com/259539583
(1080p)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH5ZSCUfUR4
"Ama is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions. I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water. I dedicate this film to all the women of the world." - Julie
Credits :
Choreographer : Ophélie Longuet
Music : « Rain in your black eyes », Ezio Bosso. (P) Sony Music Entertainment.
Cinematographer : Jacques Ballard
Editor : Jérôme Lozano
Colorist : Arthur Paux @ Spark Seeker
Compositing : Gregory Lafranchi @GoneFX
Sound mix : Nassim El Mounabbih @Dinosaures
Production : Spark Seeker/Les Films Engloutis
Associated Producers : Y-40 The Deep Joy/RVZ
Camera Assistant : Arthur Lauthers
Electrician Romain Mostri
Safety Freedivers: Anne Maury - Fouad Zarrou
Making off : Jimmy Golaz
Camera Rental (two Red VistaVision 8K cameras in underwater housings) RVZ
Light&Electric Rental : TSF Cannes
Wardrobe : Tatiana Henri
Ama, “Woman of the Sea” in Japanese, is a short film directed by the apneist and dancer Julie Gautier and presented on the International Women’s Day on March 8th.
Performed in the world’s deepest pool in Italy, Gautier holds her breath for the duration of the film, only allowing herself to open her lungs when she rises to the surface at the culmination of her beautifully choreographed routine. Named ‘Ama’, the film draws its title from 海女, a Japanese term that refers to pearl divers and which translates literally to mean sea maiden. The practice of ama is said to be over 2000 years old, and traditionally the women it refers to would dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making it the precursor of the modern free dive movement which Gautier is a part of.
(Source: https://www.ignant.com/2018/05/15/ama-an-underwater-ode-to-women-of-the-sea/)
(in 4K)
https://vimeo.com/259539583
(1080p)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH5ZSCUfUR4
