CHATHURA GOONATILLAKE

FOR MERAKI

Chathura is a Media and Communication Designer graduate from the University of Moratuwa. He has worked on several short films and AV productions in university. This is his first time as a film maker for CFW.

Speaking to us about his film concept ‘Mystical Monsoon’ Chathura shared that the ‘Dance of Life’ was the idea behind it. “In our life each of us has quite a lot of personalities and I wanted to build my story around this because personalities are an integration of perception, emotion and matter. From the day we are born to the day we die we go through so many different beliefs and emotions and find different ways to perceive things. This constant shifting of the strange storm of the world is the mystical monsoon and that’s why the film revolved around the story of the dance of life in a mystical monsoon.”

Chathura’s Fashion

Film was shot using a Sony a6500 as the primary and Sony a6000 as the secondary cameras with a 30mm prime lens on a gimbal and tripod. He sends special thanks to everyone involved in the production including designer Sharmila who was a ‘positive and active’ help through the whole process, model Harini who portrayed the different personalities ‘to perfection’, Duneesha for the narration, Pabasari for the makeup and Dinuka and Hashini for the immense technical support.

When asked about his thoughts on winning the Fashion and Film award, he shared that he was ‘overwhelmed’ as this was his first Fashion Film. “It was a wonderful experience throughout and to have won among experienced film makers was the cherry on top through this whole experience. I am lucky to be surrounded by the best people because it brings out the best in me. I’m really overwhelmed with all the positive feedback I’m getting!”

“In our life each of us have quite a lot of personalities and I wanted to build my story around this because personalities are an integration of perception, emotion and matter. From the day we are born to the day we die we go through so many different beliefs and emotions and find different ways to perceive things. This constant shifting of the strange storm of the world is the Mystical Monsoon and that’s why the film revolved around the story of the dance of life in a mystical monsoon”