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Askjell 'Half Empty But Happy' by Sophia + Robert

Rob Ulitski - 11th Nov 2019

Sophia + Robert's epic six-part series for Askjell culminates in a whirlwind romance in Half Empty But Happy. 

Starting where we left off in The First Goodbye, female lead Tin thrashes in the pool, captured in lo-fi underwater shots, before we see her in an apartment, being filmed by her love interest. Her wings are gone, perhaps suggesting that she isn't in such a rush to get away. She has found love, and everything in the first minute or so leads us to believe that this is an equal and complete romance. 

Through unusual, wide-angle shots, we see various displays of affection and the couple clowning around in different costumes, having the time of their life. As the story progresses, however, cracks start to appear. As Tin revisits the beach, she starts to obsess over the rocks, the location, the air. The male character walks into the pool where we last saw Tin, and starts to shiver erratically as he smokes a cigarette. He isn't accustomed to this life, and the cracks are starting to show. 

Slumped outside on a graffiti-covered wall, the couple's faces are stained with makeup around their eyes and face, a huge contrast to their natural and bare beauty at the beginning. Experimenting with different colours, different costumes and different personalities, the pair can't seem to make things fit. 

The ending depicts them both with their heads in the air, breathing deeply as a light burns white onto the screen. We aren't given a tight ending in a neat package, it's very much open to interpretation, which is the beauty of the Sophia + Robert's work. A stunning way to complete an ambitious project. 

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Production/Creative

Director
Sophia + Robert
Producer
Gwilym Lewis-Brooke
Producer
Ersan Beskardes
Production Company
Production Manager
Samia Ahmed
1st AD
Rosie Owen

Camera

Director of Photography
Frankin Dow
Focus Puller
Andreea Gruioniu

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Peter Bishop

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Verity May Lane
Hair & Make-up
Iulia-a Roman

Agent

Director's Representation

Other credits

3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

FREDDIE WRIGHT

RUNNER / DRIVER

CLIVE WAITE

RUNNER RUBEN KUMMER

RUNNER

PIER T CHIRICO

RUNNER

FINLEY FLACK

RUNNER

LEON RYDER-POTTER

RUNNER

CARRIE D-FORTH

ART DEPARTMENT RUNNER

THEA MILFORD

LOADER

JUAN MINOTTA

ELECTRICIAN

JAMES LEECH

ELECTRICIAN

GREG PROBERT

ELECTRICIAN

MATT SIMMONS

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

LUCY COOPER

ART DEPT ASSISTANT APRIL WERNHAM

SENIOR SFX TECHNICIAN MATS RIVENES

SITE MANAGER JODIE WHITTAKER

Rob Ulitski - 11th Nov 2019

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