Additional Portfolio Work
Also known as— more things I have made :D
What would you do if you could choose it all? As your dead clone guides you through a series of decisions, UNI is a choose your own POV experiment that tests your ability to stay alive, uncover information and discover what powers are attempting to take you down. Make the right decision or face the consequences.
New Media Experiment, 35 minutes Director/Editor/Actor
UNI. (2023)
FUN FACT:
This project is formatted entirely on the app TikTok as choices are built into comment replies.
Finding Innocence (2021)
A man, sitting in jail, wakes up from a nightmare discovering he doesn’t know what he’s done or why he’s there, but will soon discover the larger conspiracy of people trying to take him down.
Action Trailer, 2 minutes Creator
Golden Lion Award at Golden Lion Student Film Festival | First Prize Trailer at MMEA Fest.
AWARD WINNING:
Bitter Melon Episode 3 (2024)
Bitter Melon tells the story of a Chinese-American girl navigating young adulthood, generational pressure, relationships and finding her sense of self. Episode 3 is her return home for Chinese New Year, only she’s come without her expected boyfriend.
Comedy Web-Series, 11 minutes Editor/Sound Designer/Mixer
Bitter Melon was created by the Asian Pacific Cinema Association based out of USC.
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"Ranked" is a novel that depicts a dystopian, cut-throat high school where academic success determines a student's worth and shows how students struggle with their role in the culture of performance, all doing whatever it takes to climb the academic leaderboards.
Musical Feature, 122 minutes Director/Editor
Ranked, A Musical (2021)
FUN FACT:
Ranked was created in association with HBO Documentary, My So Called High School Rank.
Disgusting Kick Him to the Curb (2023)
Disgusting is a student-run music video by an aspiring musical artist that chronicles the antics of a cheating boyfriend and the hype ways she plans to get over him. Production designing involved the creation of sets for dancers and actors, costume, prop work and set dressing.
Music Video, 4 minutes Head Production Designer
A distorted recollection of a broken relationship manifests itself through the cool beats of Orange Crush, by local artist Adam Atrix. What is real and what is fake all blends together in this surreal, musical, visual world of drama.
Orange Crush (2021)
Grafitti’d bathroom was created with sheets of butcher paper, spray paint and markers.
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Music Video, 4 minutes Creator
Finalist in Music Video Category at Golden Lion Awards.
AWARD WINNING:
What Happened to the Warehouse? (2022)
A club. A group. A secret. Two investigators seek to find the truth behind the shady happenings of a alleyway/local club. Yet, finding the truth will threaten both the status quo and their lives. Who knew the mob started back page raves?
Mockumentary Preview, 6 minutes Creator
Not only based on a true story, the project features archival footage from my own club days.
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i’m sorry i love u, even if i can’t tell u with the words coming out of my own mouth (2022)
Alternative Short, 5 minutes Creator
A woman struggles to let go of her past and ultimately her best friend as a tale of two sisters is told through representational visual poetry.
FUN FACT:
This film is curated partially with archival footage from old Super8 films.
Blackifier (2022)
Comedy Short, 10 minutes Art Department Production Assistant
After watching an odd TV infomercial advertising a magical spray called BLACKIFIER, Karen journeys into an alternative TV universe where she experiences a taste of what it's like to be Black in America.
Hiding away in a bathroom at a party, a young soul finds his memories of his childhood and loss of self come rushing to him in the viewing of pictures on a wall. Yet, his dreams and reality all crash and collide in the moment- creating a broken, haunting experience.
reprieve doesn’t exist (2022)
AWARD WINNING:
Winner of the 2022 DGA Student Film Awards.
Experimental Short, 2 minutes Creator
This project’s prompt was physically limited to the usage of one room, in this case, a bathroom.
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