Please tell us about the projects you worked on before making ‘Treadmill’. How did you start, and how did you learn to make films?
During my bachelor degree in Advertising, I become fascinated by videography and the use of storytelling to communicate ideas and messages. Joining the London Film School MA Filmmaking was the chance to put this passion into practice in a professional environment, with tools and people from the cinema industry. It was a great gym to experiment, fail and learn from both teachers and colleagues. I believe learning to make films is a never ending process, the most important thing is to begin!
Tell us about ‘Treadmill’. How do you describe it?
Treadmill is a short film drama about abusing work environment and power dynamics in the workplace, and how this can deeply affect our inner selves. It is inspired by a personal experience but wants to be a introspective of how these patterns are so deeply normalised in our society.
Please tell us about your favorite filmmakers.
I am a huge fan of the works of Yorgos Lathimos, I love how he can manage to create these worlds with a very unique tone and atmosphere and how he manages to get some astonishing and very particular performances from his actors. His use of wide lenses is also very fascinating.
If you were given a good budget, what would be your ideal project?
I would love to shoot a feature film in my home city, Naples. I have a very complex relationship with my city, I love and I hate it.
I love it because it is picturesque and full of energy, plenty of amazing scenarios and delicious food, but at the same time I hate it because it can be frustrating, dangerously chaotic and challenging.
Describe how you would ensure that production is on schedule. What steps would you take?
Working on several production and in different roles, I understood that the pre production fase of any project is utterly important. Taking the time to think things through really make the difference! So, no rush and plan, plan and plan. This doesn’t mean that if something changes you can’t modify that plan. In fact, especially in filmmaking, you need to be able to find a solution to something that did not go the way you were expecting. There might be an actor that delivers a line a bit differently but eventually it turns out that it works better then the way you plan it. So yeah, plan but be ready to adopt and evolve. You might just be amazed of how things turns out!
What was the hardest part of making ‘Treadmill’.
The hardest part of making Treadmill was finding the location, for sure. We spent a lot of time and effort to look for the best location for the script but unfortunately we had to deal also with budget restrictions so we couldn’t afford to rent a real shop and we settle on building a shop like set in a studio.
If possible, tell us about your next work. What plans do you have for your future work?
I am actually writing a proof of concept for the feature film I want to shoot in Naples. I will select a section of that timeline and then shoot a short film version of it to seek investors to transform it into a feature film.
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