Today we’d like to introduce you to Cheriana Resky.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I’m coming from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia and I’m glad that I grew up in a way that keeps asking me to challenge myself to become a better person. I’ve been moving out of my comfort zone since junior high school. In order to get a better education, I moved to Surabaya, East Java Indonesia when I was pretty much young age. From there, I learned that even though my friends and I have the same nationality, we still have different cultures, familiarity, and perspectives which have pushed me to be able to interact with a lot of personalities. I got my bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design at Petra Christian University because I love still photography and art. I can communicate with everyone without arranging some words and just show my art piece. For me, the pictures that I took can explain my feeling more than my words. From my bachelor’s, I have had the opportunity to learn the history of art and got inspired by a lot of talented artists.
A few of my favorite artists that inspired me through my projects are Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo, and Van Gogh. They all create a unique perspective and concept. Especially the way Gustav Klimth feels about the importance of gold, combined with some faded color and vivid color through his art. It gives a different experience through texture and feels. I continued my education and got my Master’s degree in Cinematography through NYFA (New York Film Academy) in the USA. Until now I’ve become a cinematographer that cares about every detail, texture, Interest, dynamic color in a frame and many more aspects that could engage with the story. I am very analytical about something that I want to create, for instance, the creation of motivational lighting, the aesthetic of depth of field, and camera movement. Principally, the ethic of being professional on set.
Being on set as the cinematographer is not only connecting the relationship between director and DP but also the interaction between everyone else on the set that puts that much effort into one frame and infuses my Indonesian culture throughout the process. We called it “gotong rayong” which means helping each other and getting our team together.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
As a woman, cinematographer is not a smooth road. We have to build a lot of networking as a filmmaker and especially since I’m coming far away from Indonesia alone. We need to prove more than other people to show that we can make things happen. It’s kind of different and hard to say that we are all the same.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I have made my recent horror short movie called Incessant which is spreading awareness of female gender equality and exhibiting Asian traditional parenting back in the 60s. Peaching more about some Indonesian culture called ” Wayang” thought-out the production design, wardrobes such as batik, gamelan sound design, and cinematography. We tried to make a relationship between modern and traditional for a horror movie that is inspired by the stylistic director such as Wongker Wai, Arri Aster, and Rob Marshall for Memoir of Geisha.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.cherianaresky.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cherianaresky/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOYgvcJQI1m7eGLIXxZGqRg
- Other: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm13592611?ref_=hm_prof_name#
