During Summer I was approached by my good friend, Producer/Actor Grace Chin to direct and produce the behind the scenes clip for the Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon, a one-week filmmaking competition done before the Asian Film Festival every year.
That went well (I even used one of the songs from my old punk rock band LyMe as a soundtrack!), so she called me again a month ago to direct and produce the behind the scenes DVD for the 14th Vancouver Asian Film Festival! :D
Now that the Festival is officially over, I can look back and say what a great opportunity that was. I called my buddies Kyle Hollett (Producer/SDLR shooter, who produced the Hot Hot Heat music video "YVR" I had the chance to production design a while back) and Andres Santana (Sound Designer/Producer, who I met during the filming of the indie feature "Neutral Territory", where I was 1st AD for a few days) to be my tight film ninja team and help me capture the highlights of the festival. For a day I needed extra help which I fortunately found in my old film pals Emily Chan (writer/director/producer) and Stephanie Shim (writer/producer) who both helped me in the past with my short films "Scars" and "Henchin".
During the shoot we managed to get interviews from filmmakers, staff and volunteers, got really cool shots of audiences watching films and mingling at galas, and even got into the Tinseltown Theaters projection room to capture the closing night film, my friend Jeff Chiba's feature doc "One Big Hapa Family" which played in front of a packed room. (people sitting in the aisles!).
The festival also gave me and my team the chance to network with other filmmakers and industry professionals, including catching up with a friend I hadn't seen since we worked together on the disaster film 2012 a few years ago, exec producer Rick Tae from http://www.diverseentertainment.com Check him out, his company has grown heaps since I last saw him. All in all I brought home a stack of new connections, interested in working with my company False Creek Films in making stereoscopic 3D content for TV and Cinemas everywhere!
Now its editing time! I'm collecting my materials to dedicate the next month to put together two versions of the event - a short + swanky one to promote the festival and find funding for next year and a longer version, with interviews and a slower pace for general consumption.
Awesome, cutting room here I come.
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