BUNNY (2021)
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2021. WRITER/DIRECTOR. CURRENTLY IN POST-PRODUCTION.
After a traumatic event on campus, Lucy begins seeing the ghost of her grandmother, Esmeralda, on campus, who teaches her that healing is not always linear. Senior thesis film for Narrative Directing. |
PITY PARTY (2021)
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2021. WRITER/DIRECTOR. PITY PARTY tells the story of Boo, who in tough times, throws themselves a birthday party.
One of the many downsides of the pandemic was trying to figure out how to tell stories without physically collaborating with other people. That was my task for this assignment – what story can I tell with a single actor (my roommate) and location (my apartment)? Spring 2021 for 185 Undergraduate Television and Video Production |
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2020. DIRECTOR. Created using 3D Space in Adobe After Effects + Adobe Photoshop.
Fall 2020 for FTV155: Introduction to Digital Media and Tools. |
4 Morant (2020)
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2020. DIRECTOR. Created using 3D Space in Adobe After Effects + Adobe Photoshop.
Fall 2020 for FTV155: Introduction to Digital Media and Tools. |
Unplugged (2017)
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2017. WRITER/DIRECTOR. During my stay in New York, I took a personal narrative course at NYU. I learned so much more than I ever thought I would about how to get completely open and candid in my work. It was difficult to completely put my thoughts out there, but it was also so rewarding and I've never been this proud of something that I made.
Composed of a mix of archival footage and my own clips. Personal Narrative Course – NYU Tisch, Summer '17. |
Community (2017)
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2017. WRITER/DIRECTOR. During a course that I took at NYU over the summer, I was instructed to make a film about my community. We had been told beforehand to get different clips and videos that were important to us before going to New York, so I had come prepared with different clips that I had recorded back home. Once there, though, we were told that we were allowed to use archival footage. I took advantage of this knowledge and put together a sort of juxtaposing video, what others see my community as versus how I see it.
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Echoices Magnet Promo (2017)
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2017. FIRST UNIT DIRECTOR. The peers and I were selected by LAUSD to shoot a promo for their eChoices magnet program. Throughout the weeks, we'd go out in small groups of 2-3 to shoot b-roll and interview people from different schools throughout LAUSD. The screenshots above are from video that I shot. I even got to lead a few of the trips as a unit director! I was able to get my first IMDB credit from this experience, since it was screened across California!
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Unforgettable (2017)
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2017. DIRECTOR. As an assignment in my film course, we were instructed to take a script written by someone else and then break it down and make it into a short film. My team and I took a twenty five page script and cut it down into a six minute short film, which was impressive, but also extremely tough. It was also a learning experience, I learned how to condense long scenes into more concise scenes that left the same impact. I doubled up as a director and lead cinematographer for this assignment.
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The Toby and the Erika (2017)
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2017. WRITER/DIRECTOR. The Toby and the Erika is a short, satirical piece written by me which was chosen to go into production. I then cast, crewed up, and directed the film with different students at my school as the actors. I learned a lot about how key time management is on set.
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Infatuation (2016)
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2016. WRITER/DIRECTOR.
Alex develops a dangerous obsession with a customer at the coffee shop she works at. Our first assignment at Ghetto Film School was to write, shoot, and direct a six minute long non-dialogue short film. Although it was a challenging process for me, Infatuation is the outcome. I used Celtx to write the script and AVID to edit. I got to receive notes from professionals in the industry. Since then, I'd like to think that I've grown as a filmmaker. |
Mentor & Musician: Mr. Choi (2016)
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2016. DIRECTOR. My first venture in filmmaking was in my documentary class sophomore year. We were asked to pitch and shoot videos for the LA Times High School Insider. My idea was to shoot a short video showcasing the impact that a teacher named Mr. Choi had on campus, since I knew that a lot of students enjoyed his class. Although it felt like a lot of pressure (since Mr. Choi is someone that I look up to and he was excited about the project) it was also a good learning experience for how to conduct an interview and how to shoot something on a real person instead of a work of fiction.
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