Jay’s Taste, a shortfilm from director Hans Lein,
produced by Cosmic...
Eerst op HET IFFR 2012,
daarna op de Pleinbioscoop,
vervolgens in Montreal
( The MontrealInternational Black Film Festival) Canada
en ten slotte (2 februari 2013)
op het San Diego Black Film Festival
(zie http://www.sdbff.com/index.html)
Jay has just returned from prison where he learned
to be a cook. Full of good intentions, he opens his
new restaurant, Jay’s Taste and tries to stimulate
his stepson Joey to stay on track. However, Jay’s
criminal past reenters his life. Joey, to whom he
wishes to transfer the restaurant in time, finds Jay’s
old friends Moffo a lot more interesting than the smell
of marinated duck. His protective attitude to Joey leads
- by accident - to his killing of Moffo.
Director's statement
I work a lot with youngster in my theater shows
and my films, I see a lot of talent choosing the
wrong path and I always wonder what happens
in the head of a youngster prior to choosing the
criminal path. In this case, why does Joey ignore
Jay’s love? Why does he ignore his own talent,
as so many youngsters do? How can we place
Jay’s ambition to be a good father to Joey, if it
becomes clear that he once had the same dream
as Joey has now; a world of power, easy money
and big cars.
In this film I’m looking in between film, theater
and animation. We use theatrical lighting to isolate
actors or props from their surrounding; sounds
with emphasis on detail; animation to get into
another world.In this short film the emotional
and dramatic is in the actions. Actions which
seem to be without any connection to the story
but they set the atmosphere and create the
tension between the characters.
Producer’s statement
Jay’s Taste is a film about the inevitable.
A simple film with a social message that is typical
for the work of Hans Lein. As producer we like
to the ‘stories’ that moves people by means of
confrontation. We also support films, which
expand the boundaries of film in this case, a
crossover between the visual of film and animation,
and the directness of theater.
COSMIC is a Dutch production company that
develops and roduces ‘stories’ for all possible
media platforms. For further information contact
creative producer Ruud Boel - ruud@cosmicmedia.nl
Credits list
Director
Hans Lein
Actors
Dennis Rudge
Elvin Rigters
Jeremy Moniz
Caitlin Schaap
Director of Photography
Robert Jan Schmidt
Editor
Arthur Bueno
Composer
Paul M. van Brugge
Creative Producer
Ruud Boel, Cosmic
Animation
Sebastiaan de Ruiter
Set dresser
Fabio Thomaz
Sound design
Henk Jelle de Groot
Gaffer
Kees Riphagen
Camera assistant
Thomas Hoorweg
Make-up artist
Alina Stefan
Script
Hans Lein
Focus puller
Florian Vermeulen
Sound
Ab Grooters
Drawings
Charlotte Provot
Title sequence & Poster design
Laura Putter
Vertaling
Richard Rosser
Produced by
Foundation De Ontbranding
Cosmic Media, Rotterdam
With thanks to:
OBR (P.Zwart en M.Tans)
Nivell theatertechniek
Poelier Treuren
Willem de Kooning Academie (Karen Mertens)
Scapino Ballet
Hogeschool Rotterdam
Rotterdams Wijktheater
Lucky Dubz
Invite AV
Ed Rust.
Chris Bol
Jolanda Spoel
Theater Walhalla
Jay is net terug uit de gevangenis. Hij heeft daar
een diploma als kok behaald.
Boordevol goede voornemens gaat hij binnenkort
zijn nieuwe restaurant openen: Jay's taste.
Hij zal daarmee zijn moeder zaliger opvolgen.
Hij probeert zijn stiefzoon te prikkelen om ook
dat goede pad op te gaan. Echter: zijn verleden
blijft hem achtervolgen. Zijn oude vrienden staan
al snel op de stoep.
Zijn stiefzoon (aan wie hij het restaurant op
termijn wil overdragen) vindt die oude vrienden
een stuk interessanter dan de geur van gemarineerde eend.
De cast is Dennis Rudge, Elvin Rigters, Jeremy Moniz
en Caitlin Schaap.
De camera Robert Jan Schmidt
Gaffer Kees Riphagen
Visagie Alina Stefan
Focuspuller Florian Vermeulen
Geluid Albert (Ab) Grooters
Setdresser Fabio Thomaz
Tekeningen/animatie Charlotte Provot
en Lucky Dubz
Met dank aan OBR (P.Zwart en M.Tans),
Nivell theatertechniek, poelier Treuren,
Willem de KOoning Academie, Scapino Ballet,
Rotterdams Wijktheater en Ed Rust.
De productie was in handen van COSMIC en de Ontbranding.
Regie en script : Hans Lein.
ook te zien op imbd..
http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi272671257/