Director's statement

This short film originated as one of my tutor's assignments. This required me to shoot on the theme "one day a man finds out a secret of his wife or girlfriend". I then conceived of the story Alikis. The style was determined by actual conditions. The original idea was to make a more realist short film, using a common performance style. However, I couldn't find suitable actors. I could only find friends who had no acting experience. I thought about it and decided to try this kind of “performance without performance”. However, with this deadpan performance style I thought long lines weren’t suitable, and so I changed the original lines to make every sentence very concise. In addition, the leading actor had only two days free at that time. In order to save time, I decided to shoot each scene in only one take.

Before shooting, I rehearsed some parts of the film in the evening, and then spent two days shooting the actors. After that, I spent one day shooting street views and scenery, completing the whole shoot in three days, at the total cost of about 6000 yuan.

However, in the end, I was satisfied with the final appearance of the short film.