Temurun

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2024

Feature Film | Production Designer

Netflix | Sinemaku Pictures

Temurun is an Indonesian supernatural horror film. A directorial debut of Inarah Syarafina, from a screenplay by Vontian Suwandi. The story follows siblings Dewi and Sena who, after their mother's death, are taken in by their estranged father to inherit the family's meat production company, only to uncover a dark inherited ritual at the heart of the household. As production designer, I built the visual world of the movie — shaping tension between domestic normalcy and inherited curse with different materiality the siblings experienced throughout.

Alongside art director Andy Daze, we spent countless hours brainstorming — drawing on our own experiences with horror and exploring different ways to communicate the film's belief system through objects and symbolism that complements the spoken narrative. Close conversations with Inarah also revealed how she envisioned a different direction of horror: not the typical jolt of a jump scare, but rather a slower suffocating dread of surrendering.

Sketches from my drawing pad

From brainstorming and countless iterations, I developed a worldbuilding playbook to guide the entire art department's process. Leading a team of 30+ crew members — a mix of young talent and industry veterans — this was by far the biggest and most challenging art team I've managed. Yet it was an incredibly rewarding process, watching sketches come to life in the real world, together as a cross-gen team.

3D Render of the Set

3D Render of the Set

This set didn’t make the cut but we had so much fun building this warung (a typical Indonesian micro-bodega located in the middle of neighbourhood) from scratch. We created individual packaging designs of the item sold in typical warung including different brands of fake cigarette and Indonesian warung staples — rows and rows of instant powdered drinks.

The art crew

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