NO END LANE
LONDON, JULY 2024
PRODUCTION AND COSTUME DESIGN
WRITTEN BY MIKKIE-DENE LE ROUX
PRODUCED BY ALESSIA HATCH
DIRECTED BY MIKKIE-DENE LE ROUX
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY SALLY LOW
PRODUCTION AND COSTUME DESIGN BY GULFEM OZDOGAN
PERFORMED BY LINDA ADEY, ALESSIA HATCH, MIKKIE-DENE LE ROUX, EERO LUI
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HAITING ZHOU
NO END LANE FOLLOWS MICHAELA, THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF A CAR ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF HER CLOSEST FRIENDS. HOW DOES ONE COPE WITH SUCH LOSS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE IS LEFT TO CONFRONT BOTH THE PAST AND PRESENT ALONE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR HER TO BE BACK IN A CAR AND DRIVE AGAIN? THE FILM EXPLORES HER PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNEY AS SHE EMBARKS ON A NEW ROAD TRIP, HAUNTED BY MEMORIES OF THE ACCIDENT AND VISIONS OF HER FRIENDS, PORTRAYING MICHAELA’S GRADUAL TRANSFORMATION.
HOW CAN THE CONTRAST BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT BE VISUALLY PORTRAYED FOR FIVE CHARACTERS WITH A LIMITED BUDGET? FOCUSING ON CREATING DISTINCT AESTHETICS WITHOUT CHANGING ENTIRE COSTUMES, ACCESSORIES BECAME KEY IN DIFFERENTIATING MICHAELA’S VIBRANT PAST FROM HER SOMBRE PRESENT AND HER FRIENDS' LOOKS. THE PAST IS DEPICTED WITH VIBRANT, MAXIMALIST DESIGN, WHILE THE PRESENT IS A MINIMALIST, MUTED REFLECTION OF MICHAELA’S INTERNAL STATE.
