White Lady (2022)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W780kgT0KB4

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A Story about unrequited love and revenge. It follows a young man haunted by the ghost of his ex-fiance in their place of employment. In this very first episode of Flavor of the Month we interview members of the creative team behind the film: Marc (Director), Carlo (Actor) and Paolo (Writer). We talk about the filmmaking process for making a film from script to completion in only 48-hours, the challenges they face, and also all the fun stories of collaboration between the team.

00:00 Introductions

03:36 Inspirations of the film

08:00 The writing process for “White Lady”

13:40 The original cut vs the director’s cut 

17:07 The filmmaking process for “White Lady”

25:19 Carlo’s experience as an actor on the set of “White Lady”

32:00 What made this project so special

38:13 Pulling off a horror comedy

39:49 Creating Lissa Neptuno’s White Lady character

43:12 The universal appeal of “White Lady”

45:33 The festival success of the film

50:42 Current and future projects

57:06 How to connect with the “White Lady” team

57:50 Conclusion and credits

For tickets to the 2023 Shits N Giggles Film Competition, visit: https://www.rngfest.com/sng

Films Referenced in the Interview

Grandma’s 80th Surprise (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erC7MYpAFno

Reverse (2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksSdiWd6yq4

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club (2023) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23902534/

Woomates (2023) https://www.youtube.com/@WOOMATES/videos

Director: Marc Yungco

Writer: Paolo Valdes

Producer: Joere Estremadura, Marc Yungco

Director of Photography: Peter Planta

Starring:

Lissa Neptuno as White Lady/Lisa

Carlo Fortin as Carlo

Gabrielle Jacinto as Abbey

Philip Planta as Phillers

Jason Asuncion as Det. Jason

Moheb Jindran as Det. Mo’

Props/Set Decoration: Rikki Facette

Costume Designer: Cassandra Guevara- Clark

Hair/Make-up: Jessica Kim Lu

Gaffer: Austin Kwok

Assistant Camera: Aaron Wang

Key Grip/Dolly Grip: Jared Cheer

Grip/LX Swing: Bianca Gueco

Costume Assistant: Jared Lim

Make-up Assistant: Chris Carvajal

BTS: Shaun Liew, Nathan Yan

Editor: Ian Tan, Marc Yungco

Composer/Sound Mixer: Harley Maranan

Post Sound/Colorist: Marc Yungco

Special thanks to

Run N Gun Film Competition

Shits N Giggles Film Competition

Polygon Wire Management Inc

Rare Spirit Clothing Company