Gooey
October 17, 2023
Gooey centres around a young woman who is forced to rekindle with her extended family for a birthday celebration.However, when she gets there, things don’t seem as usual. The grandpas decaying, her family members are acting strange, and there’s a weird substance appearing all around the house.
For this project, I was given the task of directing Gooey. As a first-time director, I thought it was a good idea to create a collaborative environment with the cast and crew, so that I could hear any ideas they may have had for a specific scene. Within that, I continued to develop my team work skills, as well as my technical skills in working with the camera and lighting. Through the creative process, I had realised that the film would be leaning into an uncomfortable tonality, which I, along with my crew, managed to establish through extreme close-ups of actors and B roll, weird sound effects and more.
I learnt that you can never be too prepared with anything, and that some of the best ideas are the ones you think of on the spot.
Watch Gooey here: https://vimeo.com/874001088?share=copy
-Luciana Nicolaci