November 11th – Short Film (Opening Teaser)

Production Company: Kumo London 
Featured Talent: Public participants, Armistice Day attendees and peace marchers
Filming Location: Central London, UK - Whitehall, Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park
Equipment: Sony FX3, DJI Ronin RS4 with Nanomorph Blue 1.5x anamorphic prime set
Format: HD Apple ProRes 4:2:2, panoramic aspect ratio

DIRECTORS STATEMENT

November 11th began as an experiment in empathy a small act of witnessing on a day suspended between silence and noise. The camera moves between remembrance and resistance: from the formal rituals of Armistice Day to the collective heartbeat of a peace march. These moments never meet to clash; they echo each other, two reflections of the same plea.

This opening teaser is part of a longer film currently in development, exploring how memory and protest coexist within modern Britain. It’s an observation of how we hold history and urgency in the same breath.

Filmed on Armistice Day, November 11th, it unfolded beside a global call for peace. Shot in panoramic black and white, the film listens to the rhythm of footsteps, the shared pulse of people asking for understanding. It searches not for sides but for stillness, for a moment where empathy feels louder than division.

The Ronin RS4 allowed movement to hold meaning; structure emerged through instinct. The interest was never to define, but to pause, to reveal how we are more connected than apart.

TECHNICAL NOTES

Camera & Gimbal : Sony FX3, DJI Ronin RS4 with Nanomorph Blue 1.5x anamorphic prime set.  
Lenses: Public participants, Armistice Day attendees and peace marchers
Capture: Central London, UK - Whitehall, Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park
Aspect Ratio: 2:35:1
Colour: HD Apple ProRes 4:2:2, panoramic aspect ratio                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

IN DEVELOPMENT

November 11th forms the opening movement of an upcoming short film currently in post-development. The full work will expand on themes of remembrance, empathy, and coexistence  exploring how moments of silence can transform into acts of understanding.

CREDITS

Directed by: Yohan Forbes 
Produced by: Kumo London 
Edited by: Yohan Forbes
With thanks to: Sebastian Senior & Ola Intu 
                                                                                      

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