A detective investigates the death of a woman. After being confronted by a strange character, he looks for the main suspect with his partner. When witnessing an unexpected turnaround he has to go through surreal ways to unravel the case.
We are students of Film and Television of the last year of the ETIC, we are in the pre-production phase of what will be our final project.
It will be a short film titled "Dois Fedoras" (in progress) that deals with the subject of subversion of expectations through a noir format that gradually incorporates surreal elements.
Synopsis: "A detective investigates the death of a woman.After being confronted by a strange character, he goes looking for the main suspect with his partner, and when he witnesses an unexpected turnaround, he has to go through surreal ways to unravel the case. "
This production has several challenges, such as the number of locations and the characterization faithful to the era portrayed (50/60 years) as well as the specifics of a scene that will include a moment of dance, for which we hope to count on the contribution of a professional choreographer.
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About the author
The team for the production of this film have a 5 students of the film and television course of the ETIC. We will also count on the collaboration of students of the Sound Design course.
Director - André P. Amaral
André P. Amaral currently studies at ETIC, and this artistic aspect is relatively recent, having in the past studied Physics at FCUL. His fascination with films came as a child. He wants to be able to say something through his films. He has worked as co-director, cinematographer and editor in the documentary "BlacK: Portrait of a Metamorphosis", which is expected to have a festival course during 2019 and as a director in the short film "In Articulo Mortis", which is currently in post-production, it will be finalized in April 2019.
Production - Inês Baptista
Inês Baptista currently studies at ETIC in the Cinema and Television course, having worked as a producer in most curricular projects and in some of the school's participation in external projects such as DocLisboa 2018 and MIL Lisboa 2019. She worked as a producer on the documentary "BlacK : Portrait of a Metamorphosis ", which is expected to have a festival course during 2019, also participated in the production of the short film" In Articulo Mortis "that is currently in post-production.
Assistant Director, Editor - João Caseiro
João Caseiro, a student at ETIC, has contributed versatile projects in the school context. In this case, he lends his attention to detail in editing and assisting the director of this challenging proposal. He made the documentary "Uma AlternAtiva", which will be able to cover national film festivals this year.
Photography Direction - Duarte Silva
Duarte Silva is 19 years old and currently studies cinema at ETIC. He studied Humanities in high school and his passion for reading and writing prevails, however, he has a strong interest in cinematographic and documentary photography.
He has worked as Photography Direction and Camera Operator in the documentary "An Alternative" (to go through several festivals in 2019) and in the short film "In Articulo Mortis" (currently in post-production).
Art Direction - Frederica Costa
Frederica Costa grew up fascinated by French art especially by the current of the Nouvelle Vague, studies Cinema and Television in ETIC, having realized the short film "Madrugada". In the year 2018 she made art direction in the short film "(Pain) ting" at the 48h Film Festival Lisbon, having earned an honorable mention with this function.
