Using Adobe Premiere Pro, I was able to mix and recombine various forms of media to create a new, transformative work that conveys a critique and/or commentary on an issue of today's society. Since this is a huge yet overlooked issue, I decided to base my project on the growth of violence and racism towards the Asian American community during the COVID-19 outbreak.
This 1 minute and 45 second video was made in the Spring of 2021 for an assignment in my CINE 476: Experimental Filmmaking.
This project showcases my skills as a storyteller and video editor.
As an attempt at an applied cut auto-détournement; I decided to hijack their "apology" and redirect the narrative to something that seems more true from their repetitive actions.
I don't often watch YouTubers but frequently come across their meaningless apologies for the same harmful comments and mistakes they make. I decided to take clips from several apology videos and rework them into a visual that makes more sense.
This 3 minute and 30 second video was made in the Spring of 2020 for an assignment in my CINE 549: Critical Practices.
This project showcases my skills as a storyteller and video editor.
Trigger Warning: Abuse
Silenced is an independent experimental short film that I created during my senior year of high school. After interning at San Leandro Education Foundation and working on several projects surrounding the topic of women's safety, I decided to create a film that portray what survivors have experienced.
After submitting this video to the San Leandro Academy of Multimedia's award show (the Slammy's), I was awarded as a winner for the experimental category.
This project showcases my skills as a storyteller, director of photography, and editor.
Pay the Phone, Pay the Price is a short film that was created in response to an assignment that required to be within the film noir genre.
After submitting this video to the San Leandro Academy of Multimedia's award show (the Slammy's), we were nominated as one of the choices for the narrative category.
This project showcases my skills as a storyteller, director of photography, and editor.