Natasha Kohli
Natasha Kohli
When you are making a profile of your collaborator, it can feel like a tightrope act. The last person you want to let down is someone who you run a business with – or in the case of Prashant and Natasha – your life partner.
Natasha has never been talkative. She’s introspective, contemplative, and when she chooses to speak, very direct. So how do you capture introspection on camera? How do you showcase her talent without undermining the story?
That required some extensive first-fifth preproduction. We studied storytelling models across media and landed on an unconventional approach. We prepared a list of over 80 questions, organized across milestones in Natasha’s life (uncovered during our BOND call).
We scheduled a recording session—Natasha in front of a microphone with Steve. No one else. Natasha was invited to answer the questions as in-depth as she wanted.
Each question was an invitation to openness. Natasha spoke—and spoke and spoke. For someone who isn’t talkative, over 180 minutes of reflection, observation, and contemplation were recorded.
Relaxed. Self-assured. Methodical. A perfect reflection of Natasha Kohli, visual artist.
To arrive at the short film presented here, we edited that 180+ minute audio recording down. Reducing it to 36 minutes. Then 30. Then 22. Then 15. And the rest became an exacting study – sculpting the fine details in the block of marble.
Every cut informed by getting the viewer as close to natasha as possible through film.
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Rob Mckay
love and creation
