Sunday Girls Production Design

Sunday Girls is a magical realism folk thriller short film. The story is set in the Autumn of 1984 in the fictional town of Cavender, MA. As the writer and director of this piece I had conceptualized the world in great detail before the script was finished. The story is heavily influenced by Irish folktales about the fae which played a great role in the undertone of the production design. From the shooting locations to the character design down to the detail of the trickster “Puck” wearing an Celtic Sisters Knot ring on is finger. On top of these magical tones is the 80s. Each costume was curated by myself with items from Summer 1984 and prior. The clothing is all from the period and period accurate. The girls listen to Blondie and their slang is New Romantic (just a hint of Valley in there!) so their outfits reflect New Romantic and preppy new wave styles. It being the early 80s also means that the environment is still very 70s (not everything was modern! especially in a college town) so the set is wood & very 70s with 80s decor to fill the space. Beyond the visual details I took the design to the ear. With an original synth score by my father, Matthew Keogh and music by Katherine Cordova & Ivan De Luce. Katherine sings an acoustic & haunting rendition of Season of The Witch that takes us back to the traditional folk influences and late 70s folk music. Ivan De Luce made an original song “Pavlov’s Curse” that pulled from notable 80s music trends and places us in 1984 as the song plays from a fictional radio broadcast. To finalize this authentic 80s & magical environment is the production being shot on 16mm film. The set was lit with 1960s tungsten lights and shot on 250D/500T Kodak stock.