We are students studying different types of major, from food technology to animation, but we are all united here because of passion. At that time, with minimum knowledge of filmmaking, we embraced ourselves to break free, focusing on putting love and passion into our independently-made short film, and we produced results that we never expected before. If you have dreams, visions, and ideas, we learn and prove that don’t be afraid to pursue them. Even though it will not be an easy ride, it will be worth it, and you will be so proud of yourself in the end. So even though it seems cliche, this is a message for you guys, beautiful people, don’t be afraid of reaching your dreams. There are no ideas that are too small, and there are no dreams too big.

Our props were mostly made from DIY and friendly-budget Etsy props as our production is limited in budget. However, the limitation evokes most of our creativity. It was interesting how we can go wild about crafting our everyday lives’ items into film props. The props team consisted of four people, including Josephine, Angela, and Melly. It was a challenging yet fun ride that we spared our nights together after a long day of school, hanging out while making these props from the heart.

We also held a mini thrift shopping trip to Brunswick to search for second-handed items. We got our rustic book-base from the thrift shop and continued making a DIY cover, from dyeing the papers to tea and burning the edge to give a rustic look. Then we continued to make a DIY Cover with painting papers on the top of them after they were soaked on the sea of tea to give a more old look. Also, we are grateful that, when our props team met to search for books, we suddenly found a free-books stand on the road, and we picked lots of them! What a massive coincidence it was.

Furthermore, we got the lantern base from Etsy, and we tried to paint over the inside part to make it look like a fire, not an electric lantern look. Along with creating the props, we took quite a lot of photos of us during the sunset. We appreciate every little moment we spent together, and that is what makes our production is beautiful.

It was also extremely funny when the day before shooting, we still hadn’t figured out how to make the lantern balls work, and at around 3am when we still progressing on our props, there was a power failure in my apartment, and it went off—, we all panicked at the beginning. Still, we continued with massive laughter and said, “Why does the timing have to be so perfect? hahaha”.

Surprisingly, even though there are many limitations, the props look quite good on the day of shooting. Which makes us extremely grateful.