*inspired*

speaking of inspired sets, i finally finished the period "short film" i had been working on the past months! here are some stills i took from the set....

"kwan tong, china" shot somewhere in rizal. i had to cover the entire existing yero house facade with wood!


shot outside el hogar in binondo... we actually just put sandbags and fake barbed wire barricades on the street and dressed some american and japanese soldiers...



my favorite set has to be the shoe store on gandara st. in binondo which went from the 1930's through the war and all the way til after the war. i love how the "wallpaper" (stenciled wall with a pattern inspired by lust caution!) turned out. (this was actually built and shot inside an abandoned building).






we also built some "apartments" in an empty house. the walls are actually covered in cartolina so we can paint it to look like green wood panels :) and we added some styrofoam circles on the grills to make it look more like the 50's :) the ceiling fan is fake too - made of styrofoam and plywood!



this was set-up in another area of the house to look like a 60's apartment in davao...notice the old electric fan? we used to have one of those when we were kids :)


and lastly, onto the present day scenes... recognize the room? :) yes its twinpopbro's old room that i painted lilac and purple - there's my white night table and shelf (from the old ishq store!), and the red club chair (from starbucks!). we made a headboard with plywood and foam and hung mom's orchid manansala (ssshhh!). harhar :)


:D!

and as if i'm not "chinese-d" out, i'm off to shanghai in a few hours!!! see ya soon!