Yasodhara Kariyawasam

1 I 'm Yasodhara Kariyawasam. I'm currently a Junior Editor at a leading women's magazine, and the founder of my own Production House. I love experimenting concepts whether it is a short film or a photo story and fortunately I have a crew as enthusiastic as I am.

2 I started photography around 3 years back and this I'd say gave me confidence to tread on cinematography and direction as well. I ventured into filming wholeheartedly in 2018. I can say that I was majorly influenced by anime movies and in particular, Hayao Miyazaki films.

3 Anything that explores and evokes people and human emotions is my style. In everything I do, there's a footprint of human nature.

4 Charini - Charini's designs are inspired by the shapes and colours found in the animal and bird kingdoms. However, she wanted to cater to a sophisticated lifestyle. So, I found middle grounds between the two ideas and conceptualised 'Ethereal Wilderness' which explores the beauty of the wild among habitual elite lifestyle.

Brian Kerkoven - 'The Kerkoven Girl' is all about discovering the fun, adaptable, experimental, and adventurous personality of couture. So, I came up with a concept where The Kerkoven Girl will be among the streets you see every day but hardly pay attention to, adding more value to the sceneries with her high fashion.

6 I used Huawei Mate 20 to film both the films.

I love experimenting concepts whether it is a short film or a photo story and fortunately I have a crew as enthusiastic as I am”