This is beautiful

One Night in LA

...I officially have a crush on Christopher Dinh now.

WATCH ME

.... I made it. The tree took so long to animate.

Hybridity: In the Mix |Asian Pacific Culture Night 2009|

Just came back from doing nearly four hours of shooting Asian Pacific Culture Night. Whoahowoo..... regardless of my fatigue, it was a fantastic event featuring a medley of great acts from The Imaginary Zebra clothing company, Mga Kapatid, and one of my personal faves, rapper/comedian, Claude Quebec. I loved how the planners decided to have an "evolution" take place on stage, with folk/traditional dancing perform in the beginning, and ending with modern dancing and musical performances. It created a movement through the APIA identity, with tradiation being the beginning of the APIA expression in the various arts. The big headliner (which the APCW committee paid thousands for) was Fanny Pack of America's Best Dance Crew fame. Amazing performers, but I wish they performed longer...but then again, another 10 minutes would've probably cost another few thousands of dollars....gotta love suddenly famous people. Bless 'em.

Intertwining Perspectives

Just 13 days left until AAA Film Festival begins and it's crunch time. When I came back from SoCal yesterday after an amazing tour and interview with Chapman, I was already flooded with work for this behemoth of a film festival. It makes me appreciate how the directors of previous years worked their asses off. Regardless of all the stress, I am excited for this year's film festival. We have a medley of great films and we also have actor/producer/writer Jimmy Tsai coming up! So if you're in Davis, Sacramento, or even Bay Area, do come check us out!

...yes I am advertising my own event on my blog (I have no shame).

Life of a UC Davis ex-patriot...and James Jean

You'd think that after graduating I'd have a lot of time on my hands... ERRRRK!! Wrong! Sure, I'm not taking classes anymore, but that just frees out an additional 5 hours for me to do more errands and work. Film school, Film Festival, Filmmakers' Ambitions, filmmaking. It's a film-filled life. Hectic, but lovin' it.

And I simply can never overstress how much I love James Jean. Makes you think twice about comics being "just for kids".

Oh Korean dramas.... but with a twist.

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This is good...cat shit?

Cat Shit One (or Apocalypse Meow in its US release)

Julie, Julie

Julie, Julie ... A wonderful short film I had the privilege to work on as a production assistant last year. The film centers on Julie and Charles, a couple who work together at the same architectural firm, and whose marriage is on the rocks. After being hit by a car, Julie has amnesia and is strangely only able to speak French even though she has never been to France, nor has ever learned the language. This puts the concept of men and women "speaking different languages" to a whole new level.

Despite only being a PA for two days on set, it was a hefty two days. The shooting schedule was relegated to two weekends, so we had a limited time filming. I experienced 14+ hour work days when I PA'd and I must say those were the best experiences I ever had working on a movie. At first I was daunted because it was my first professional set, but everyone from the cast and crew were welcoming and willing to give advice to me and the other PAs. It was the similar family-like atmosphere I feel when I work on student films. It's the same atmosphere I hope to bring when I shoot films professionally.

I'm in love...

...with Scott Pilgrim! I've been planning to blog about this comic of ultimateness but with Spring Break and life, I've been postponing my blogging. Scott Pilgrim, italicized not the person, is a graphic novel series by Brian Lee O'Malley. He's Canadian, nuff said. To be honest, I'm happy it's set in Canada. Once you read the series, you'll understand why this is so appropriate. The basic premise of the series is that 23-year-old unemployed Scott Pilgrim gets with New Yorker, Ramona Flowers. But in order to remain Ramona's boyfriend Scott must defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. Indie Canadian rock bands and video game references are bountiful. While still unknown to some, lots of buzz will stir (primarily with pseudo-hipster teens) as a result of the upcoming movie adaptation with who else but Michael Cera playing Scott. Cera's a bit too young in my opinion, but he has the Scott Pilgrim dorkiness to make up for it, plus he's from Ontario! Oh, the irony...

Best quote everrr....

Scott Pilgrim contains life, but the magical realism elements take life to a whole new level. I can completely identify with the characters' situations. It's all human, yet with a +20 exp and super sword thrown in. As a video gamer, especially of the RPG genre, I appreciate O'Malley's playful fusion of reality and video game reality. Don't we all wish we could hit a block and get a magic mushroom to get stronger? I do.