ABOUT ↓
Hello! I'm Karina, an Indonesian artist based in Singapore. In 2023, I wrote and directed a short thesis film "A Dying Art" while I was chairperson of Raffles Film Society. You can learn more about that here! I'm looking to expand my skills and set up shop in the local arts scene, so I am always open to new experiences.Drop me an email at karina.soetama(a)yahoo.com for commissions and freelance work. Feel free to contact me for high-res viewing of my work as this site greatly compresses the images you see!
VISUAL ART
photography
Product + event photography
casual photography
Filmmaking
A Dying Art (2023)
Water is Life (2022)
A DYING ART (2023)
Writer, director
"Two art students trapped instide the art studio, with nothing but the living ego-dead standing in between them and the world outside."My biggest project to date, a 12 minute short film that is a homage to the anxieties of high school students about the uncertainties of the future.The script went through many revisions as it was very important to me to be able to intentionally work with a limited set and cast in order to fully exploit each scene's visual potential.Directing a crew of a dozen people was stressful, but the most fulfilling experience I have to date. On set, it was critical to get have trust in everyone's ability, and I was so fortunate to have a team that I could communicate the creative vision so well with.
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Credits
| Writer/Director | Karina Soetama |
| Dir. of photography | Keanen Ang |
| Art Director/Lead makeup | Scanika Vivekanand |
| Lead editor | Zaccaeus Lim |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| CAST | |
| Teenager | Tang Lanyun |
| “Garfy” | Garfunkel (as self) |
| Egodead | Garage (as self) |
| Mia | Tessa Lim |
| Lola | Zahra Fahrudin |
| Clown 1 | Zaccaeus Lim |
| Clown 2 | Advaith Sadak |
| Michael | Jin Sheng |
| Mia stand-in | Chloe Lau |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| CREW | |
| Camera operator | Advaith Sadak |
| Gaffer/Boom operator | Cecilia Zhou |
| Gaffers | Chandrasekaran Shreya |
| . | Kang Ming Kee |
| . | Cao Yuhan |
| Props/Makeup effects | Dorian Oon |
| Teacher supervisors | Mr Tay Li-Cheng |
| . | Mrs Dawn Ng |
Early Concepts
Early themes were a bit chaotic
Early practical makeup
Storyboards for act 2
The story was written around the small set
Water is Life (2022)
Writer, DP
"Water is Life" is one of the first narrative projects I did with two other friends. We found a really cool bathroom in the campus and liked the potential of the architecture.I knew shooting monochrome would be good for us to be able to focus on the composition and the values; it really highlights the space and atmosphere. Because this choice was made early in the process, we made the black/white a part of the plot with the spreading muck.
