Life is Now - Short Film — Vanessa Vandy

Life is Now, is a film about living to the fullest and taking time to appreciate life. Life is happening today - take a moment to enjoy it. This film features video footage from New Zealand, San Francisco and Finland. Filming, editing, color, sound: Vanessa Vandy Titles: Michelle Vandy Music: Tony Anderson, "All is Not Lost", Courtesy of The Music Bed Special thanks to: Simon Vandy Michelle Vandy Timothy Dick Brigette Fulton Vivien Vu Sam Clark Flor Menehem Lachlan Clark Lukas Walton-Keim Ian Lane Marriott Hayley Fulton Susan Schultz Anna Jane Thompson Andrew Luxmoore Lucy Tucker Luke Barnes Romain Bernard Maximilian Helmke Robert Nemlander Tom Fraser Christina Ramirez Antoine Jaubert Arthur Jaubert Sobini Mohanaraj Gumith Lithmal Oisin and Malachy Jen and Chris Vandy Omada Health Some of this footage will be available for license through Filmsupply.com by mid 2016. Equipment used: Sony a7s II Metabones IV Pilotfly H1 (most footage handheld though) Canon 50mm 1,4 Canon 85mm 1,8 Sigma 35mm 1,4 (art) vanessavandy.com

Life is Now was a personal project Vanessa created in 2016 to emphasise feeling of living in the moment. Filming mostly took place in New Zealand, but a few shots were also from Helsinki in Finland and the US (San Francisco). The video has gathered close to 200k organic views on Youtube and over 20k organic views on Vimeo.

CREDITS:

Producer / director / cinematographer: Vanessa Vandy
Titles: Michelle Vandy
Music: Tony Anderson, "All is Not Lost", Courtesy of The Music Bed

Special thanks to:
Simon Vandy
Michelle Vandy
Timothy Dick
Brigette Fulton
Vivien Vu
Sam Clark
Flor Menehem
Lachlan Clark
Omada Health
Lukas Walton-Keim
Ian Lane Marriott
Hayley Fulton

Susan Schultz
Anna Jane Thompson
Andrew Luxmoore
Lucy Tucker
Luke Barnes
Romain Bernard
Maximilian Helmke
Robert Nemlander
Tom Fraser
Christina Ramirez
Antoine Jaubert
Arthur Jaubert
Sobini Mohanaraj
Gumith Lithmal
Oisin and Malachy
Jen and Chris Vandy