A camera on a tripod facing a bed in a dark room

Ambra Sileo

A bedroom turned into a film set, lit through the blinds.

A no-budget short made in one room with one lamp and the light through the blinds, graded to keep the olive shadows and the warm stripes of sun.

Teun made this one in his own bedroom with the blinds half shut and a single lamp, and asked me to grade it so nobody would guess.

Two colours to protect

The stripes

Sun through the blinds lands as warm bars across the wall and the bed. I kept them a little hotter than the camera did.

The shadows

Between the bars the room goes olive. Most grades would clean that out; here it’s the whole mood.

Grading without a budget

We did most of it on a laptop, then booked one evening at Harbour Grade to check it on a proper screen. The bedroom has never looked better.

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Client

Okafor Films

Client

Okafor Films

Category

Short film

My role

Colour

My role

Colour

Year

2026

Year

2026

Running time

0:15

Running time

0:15

Credits

Director

Teun Bakker

Director

Teun Bakker

Production

Northbound Pictures

Production

Northbound Pictures

Producer

Jonas Wilde

Producer

Jonas Wilde

Cinematography

Iver Brandt

Cinematography

Iver Brandt

Editor

Sami Kader

Editor

Sami Kader

Colour

Noel Aydin

Colour

Noel Aydin

Sound design

Kiln Audio

Sound design

Kiln Audio

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

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