Cookie
a short film
Experimental / drama
ABOUT
A man happened to see the incident in the station while getting back home after working. He got traumatized at it all, and his brain is full with traumatic memory. But it is getting fade out through passing the time. Also, he faces on another coming new happening day by day.
Title : Cookie
Runtime: 12:04
Completion Date: May 20, 2020
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States (New York City)
Language: English
Shooting Format:Digital
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Film Color:Color
NewFilmmakers NY 2020 – Official Selection
Dumbo Film Festival 2020 – Semi Finalist
Indo American International Festival of World Cinema 2020 – Finalist
Oasis Inter Continental Film Festival – Award Winner
Urban Visions Beyond the Ideal City 2021 – Finalist
Festival of Cinema NYC 2021 – Nominated for Best Experimental
MANHATTANHENGE FILM FESTIVAL 2021 – Official Selection
Concept
Director’s Statement
As the following above definition, If I could see a human’s brain as a computer like browsing with data, I thought it would be interesting. So this film might be categorized as an experimental movie, and it shows a kind of string of human memory with current reality and past of life. You already know everybody is not using the only brain for the present situation. I mean humans are letting their brain working to load many things that they need among the present and past. Everything around you is continuous integrate moments and creating past at the same time. I would like to make this kind of film, and I wanna share this loading working with the brain with the audiences.
Credit
Masataka Ishizaki is an Actor, Director based in New York City. He was born in Boston, USA, and raised in Osaka, Japan. For over 10 years, he has been working as an actor for films, televisions, commercials as well as doing voiceover acting. As for the director, his short film project “Cookie” has been screened at some film festivals such as NewFilmmakers NY 2020.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Seattle born Los Angeles based producer Thomas Yount has produced a wide range of music and soundscapes for artists, film, television, commercials, and video games. Recording original sounds and practicing synthesis have been a central starting point for adventures brought into his music production. After discovering his affinity for synthesizers, his curiosity for playing with “electricity” was born.
The art of storytelling and the language of music purvey throughout Thomas’ work whether it be as a composer, sound designer or music producer. Carried by the belief in the story over plot, he grounds his sonic game into the essence of the stories and characters presented, carving intentional paths in a wide variety of narratives.
Casts
Masataka Ishizaki, Stefano Meglio, Mario Scerbo, Akihiro Hattori, Alex Shu, Joanna Malasa, Ignacio Ruiz Alvarez, People in New York
Crews
Executive Producer:Akira Yazawa / Director:Masataka Ishizaki / Screenplay:Masataka Ishizaki / Director of Photography:Masataka Ishizaki / Camera Operator:Tappei Sawasaki / Sound Design:Thomas Yount / Sound Recording:Masataka Ishizaki Color Grading:Masataka Ishizaki / Editor:Masataka Ishizaki / Still Photographer:Tappei Sawasaki / Title Logo Designer:Tappei Sawasaki / Assistant Producer:Yunhee Choe / Vehicle:Alex Shu
Music
Rhapsody No 2 in G Minor Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Special Thanks
Naoki Sumiya / Claudia Parra JT Schindler / Lumash Singh Dan Asenlund / Bor Ocampo Amanda Mora Klein / Kaori Flores Yonekura / Hubert Tibi Marina Hantz / Marcela Oliv Takaomi Ogata / Satoshi Deleanu