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The Onan Experience, Part One

David Williams and Dawn Akemi talk about their experience of shooting in Chennai, India for Wannabe Studios' first feature - ONAN.

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Comment by Shyam Madhavan Sarada on June 26, 2008 at 5:07am: And here's a bonus keepsake - a still from the interview. Don't they look cool?
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Comment by Shanon Van Gordon on June 26, 2008 at 6:48am: This a thrill to watch!! Shyam, Dave and Dawn you are all beautiful....and yes so very cool and talented! I am so proud and fortunate to know all of you!

Comment by Davonie on June 26, 2008 at 11:34am: what kind of camera did you guys use?

da colors look hella clean... :)

Comment by Shyam Madhavan Sarada on June 26, 2008 at 11:52am: A brand new AG HVX 200P :-)

It arrived the day before we started shooting, in fact. It was crazy - we just took it out of the box and started shooting! This interview was recorded at the end of the schedule though.

Comment by Shyam Madhavan Sarada on June 26, 2008 at 12:04pm: Thank you so much, Shanon. The pride is mutual. *bow*

Comment by Dawn Akemi on June 26, 2008 at 2:34pm: How fun to see this... thank you, Shyam for posting it!! Looking forward to Onan's completion... :-)

Thank you, Shanon! You are such a wonderfully delightful and positive person and I am grateful and proud to know you as well.

Hiya Davonie!

Comment by Shyam Madhavan Sarada on June 26, 2008 at 6:13pm: Just a li'l more to go, Dawn. Almost there...

Comment by videowilliams on June 26, 2008 at 8:11pm: Ah the memories...

Looking back, our time in India really was a great experience. We were speaking from the heart.

Shyam- I love your slick new opening title sequence, and am intrigued to see you calling this "part one". Your camera technique truly does keep it interesting: moving from close-up to two-shot and back again without ever cutting. Good work!

I've now watched this interview multiple times, and it ain't getting dull: you clearly have a director's knack for bringing the best out of people. I have also made a copy of that B&W still, and intend to treasure it.

Shanon- you are such a marvellous flatterer! The admiration, I can assure you, is mutual.

Dawn- I've been thinking how much life imitated art.

Davonie- Inspired by shyam's new toy, I priced the Sony equivalent here: a PMW-EX1, which I intend to buy when next I have a spare 9 or 10 grand. Amazing machine!

Comment by Shyam Madhavan Sarada on June 26, 2008 at 11:38pm: The EX1... yesssss. It just gets better and better. Sometimes I think we'll soon end up with film itself :-)

Dave, it is only part one! Remember? We had at least 3 parts to the 'interview series'... Well, I'm cutting it up into 3-4 parts anyway, hee hee.

Comment by Shyam Madhavan Sarada on June 26, 2008 at 11:40pm: By the way, Dave, what do you think of the quality of the frame grabs? This one I sharpened ever so slightly, I must admit. But very very finely.

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