Red Night
The Team
We worked with an incredible team on a seven day straight shoot, on set over 14 hours a day to make this film a reality. We are forever indebted to the dedication and effort they all put into to make our filming nightmares come true!
The monsters, performers, crew and artists are our chosen family.
Beck+Col
Directors
Beck+Col are a Los Angeles artist duo.
They create alternate universes that are populated by monsters, spawning a counter mythology and queering of existing norms.
Their work questions individualism, highlighting the effects of atomization and in contrast, the power of community.
They work primarily in the horror genre. The act of watching Horror cinema is a communal experience, with everyone collectively reacting to the spectacle of violence. The representation of violence provokes an embodied response in the viewer, prompting a shared experience of becoming monster themselves.
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Beck+Col wrote, directed and starred in the film. Red Night is their film debut.
They leaned heavily on the guidance and expertise of their creative producer and assistant director Mel.
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Mel Sangyi Zhao
Creative Producer
Mel Sangyi Zhao is a Chinese director/producer based in LA. Born and raised in China, she traveled through Europe before pursuing an MFA in Film Directing at the California Institute of the Arts. She likes to think of herself as a world citizen.
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She is passionate about telling the story of sexuality and societal isolation from a female perspective. In 2021, the script of her short film, Return to Youth, made it to the semi-final in the Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival’s short screenplay competition. Her alternative horror, Last Days in North Hollywood, was selected for the CalArts Film School showcase. In 2022, she was invited to contribute a video art piece to High As Sky art show, funded by the city of West Hollywood.
Marco Yizhou Zhang
Director of Photography
Cast
The “final monster”.
Goes off on a journey of self discovery only to come to home to find themselves caught in a murderous rampage.
They’re clever and intuitive with a survivalist background. Would do anything to help their friends.
Has an older sibling like relationship to the group, supportive and encouraging, never runs out of patience.
Has a chronic back injury. They’re often stretching to relieve tension.
Curious and attentive, nothing gets by them.
A little stiff compared to the others, last to get on the dance floor.
Don’t sneak up on them! They’re a little jumpy! They admire and are deeply close with Ash.
A somewhat aloof but graceful monster who enjoys a nice boogie.
A good friend but seems to hear and dance to music no one else perceives.
The youngest of the bunch, they have a lot to learn but make up for it in effort.
That doesn’t stop their rambunctious nature from coming out from time to time! Kind of a klutz! Always bumps into the table in the dining room and is slipping.
An alien outsider hell bent on viciously murdering any monster that separates from the rest.
He is seemingly indestructible though not invincible. He is stronger against an individual than a group.
Credits
A film by
Beck+Col
Creative Producer
Mel Sangyi Zhao
Director of Photography
Marco Yizhou Zhang
Dance Choreography
Tetiana Sklyarova
Costume by Beck+Col
Music by Beck+Col
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Cast
Jess Tetiana Sklyarova
Elle Adrienne Lauren
Sid Kayla Aguila
Sal Shelley Bloom
Ash Beck Stafford
The Smile Collin Stafford
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Crew
Directors Beck+Col
Assistant Director Mel Sangyi Zhou
Assistant Camera Siyan Qin
“B” Camera operator Siyan Qin
Zoe J Lee
Anthony D’eredita
Boom Operator Siyuan Liu
Gaffer Zoe J Lee
Anthony D’eredita
Grip Sam Tan
Special Effects Supervisor Beck+Col
Special Effects Operator Tetiana Sklyarova
Assistant costume sewer Shelley Bloom
Dallas Havoc
Lucinda Trask
Set design Beck+Col
Dance Choreography Tetiana Sklyarova
Fight Choreography Collin Stafford
Editor Beck+Col
Sound Designer Chengqing Zhu
Re-recording mixer Aidan Reynolds
Colorist Jack Tashdjian
End credit song “Everybody’s Birthday”
Written by Hana Vu
Performed by Hana Vu
Courtesy of Ghostly International
Thank you
Special Thanks
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Los Angeles Performance Practice
Lauren Powell
Trulee Hall
Tiffany Naiman
Thaine Morris
Sydney Mills
David Whaley Foundation
Alfonso’s Breakaway Glass
P&R Stunt Designs
Red Night was made possible with the support of
Meldia Yesayan
Olivia Mole
Karina Gazizova
Jeannie Hua
Patricia Garza
Brendan
Jacci Den Hartog
E.S.Reyes
Carrie Ohm
Aut
Dave and Mary Coyne
Madeline Falcone
Eric Ackermann
Michael Ned Holte
Aurora Tang
Karlis Bergs
Sue Yank
Lucy Kerr
Vardui Sharapkhanyan
Morgan Ogilvie
Marnie Weber
Juan Silverio
Alexandra Kory
Shannon Rice
Silvi Naci
Daniela Lieja Quintanar
Natalie Bledsoe
Lucy Bledsoe
Sierra Pollock
Josh Claros
Audrey Densmore
Bryan Konietzko
Carmina Escobar
Gabriella Padilla
Andrew Siedenberg
Adam Grace
Amy Jackson
Drew Pittock
Doug Boney
Shirley Tse
Ellen Schafer
Kira Doutt
Nik O’Hara
Woohee Cho
Michael Slenske
Sean Mereditch
Asuka Hisa
Luke Harnden
Coffee Kang
Evyan Sloane
Jinseok Choi
Dominic Quagliozzi
Josh Cloud
Edgar Miramontes
Liz Ford
Elizabeth Dietz
Josh Casey
Christopher Hughes
Jamie Kim
Gregory Ross
Alice Könitz
Alicia Piller
Pau Pescador
Vanessa Holyoak
Dana Eitches
Shimon Klinger
Todd Dejong
Kelly Wall
Dominga Opazo
John Jeremy
Yvonne La
Henry OuYang
Patrick Vigeant
Wendy Kveck
Karin Lanzoni
Diego Barrientos
Christopher Mariño
Rich Middlen
Lisa Wedgeworth
Mason Rothschild
LA Art Documents
Hunter Burgan
Lindsey Dole
Heeyon Chang
Matthew Walton
Benjamin Gray
stephanie mei huang
Asher Hartman
Thomas Lawson
Casey Baden
Ian Byers-Gamber
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