2 Moons by Jonathan Fernandez

your ancestors in case you sound like a ‘hotep n*gga’, attend Notting Hill Carnival (yes, even if you’re an introvert) and celebrate all the stereotypes, even if you know that you don’t fit into that ‘Cool Blackness’. Try to. Because if you stand out too much, if you’re too different, Black People might start looking at you funny. And White people might even be confused as to what to call you because you’re not a ‘typical blackie’.

are producing? And are we being honest in our representations or do we strive to be identifiable enough to get the funding that we need to celebrate Blackness.

Who gets the funding for Black events? And why do THEY get the funding? Sometimes I believe that they’ve simply learned to be interesting and ‘cool’ enough to play the game of identity politics, in such a way that is aesthetically appealing for the white gaze, whilst also capitalising off of struggling ethnic-minority communities - but you know, making it fashion.

Maybe I’m too harsh but I do often wonder who are the tastemakers for the things we

‘2 MOONS’.

JONATHAN CALI FERNANDEZ, FILM & TELEVISION PRODUCTION,

CTK (2009-2012).

Diversity in Art Direction

Diversity plays a role in art direction, as it is an Art form, which everyone should have an equal chance of demonstrating their vision in. Art direction has endless creative possibilities, and being black myself it is sometimes very hard to get the opportunity to be an Art director, hench why I had to make a film on my own, budgeted by myself. However the reality is I still probably don’t fit this criteria in some odd way, and even after creating a film from start to finish, still I am not noticed in the creative art director job sector. Such is f**king life.

Background Info: This is a film that I made entirely by myself, and is part of a sequel called ‘2 Moons 2’ which I am currently making. As china has made plans to build a faux moon by 2020, some day we probably will see 2 Moons in the sky – Cali

LINK: www.directedbycali.com/film

FILM: ‘2 MOONS’ – 90 second short Film – Written & Directed by Cali

Blurb: 2 Moons is a film about a girl who is out with her friends. She sees how beautiful the moon looks, she takes a picture on her phone of the moon but when reviewing the picture she notices there is 2 moons. She is shocked and looks up to check the sky and sees 2 moons. She tries to tell her friends who are occupied at the time and miss the spectacle, who as you can imagine doubt her story although she has photo evidence. The story ends with the girl being admitted to a mental hospital, after trying to gain attention from posting the picture on instagram.