Moving Within The Movie World

I’ve been so caught up in the film world and have done less photography projects in the past few months. My writing work has also been keeping me a bit more private these days. Time to share again!

“nightdreamblues” (yes, writer West Liang insists that it’s spelled lower case!) is the first feature film project that I recently directed and wrapped. What a fun time.

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Name dropping time! The wonderful cast includes West Liang, Eddie Mui, Brian Yang (for all you “Hawaii 5-0″ fans, he’s none other than the awesome Charlie Fong!), Rex Lee (“Entourage”, “Suburgatory”), Kara Crane and Emily Chang and some great cameo appearances by the great Tzi Ma (“24″, “Rush Hour 3″) and Diana Lee Inosanto (“The Sensei”, and of course the Goddaughter of legendary Bruce Lee).

People have been asking what I believe the biggest difference to be between directing short films vs features. Well, given that even though this was a feature, I was still working with an extremely low budget and had to come up with just as many creative solutions to make a five figure budget look like a six figure one, it almost felt the same. There are just as many restrictions to work with, red tape to bypass, and people to guide and motivate (and sometimes elbow). It feels strangely satisfying and at the same time horrifying to be responsible for other people’s money, but alas… I feel confident that this little gem will make audiences laugh and cry, or at least make them scratch their heads and think.

Here are some production shots:

We are now currently in post production and are looking for bands to supplement our vision. Here’s the CALL FOR BANDS

Our first public appearance as a team happened at this year’s CAPE 20th Celebration Gala, where cast members Emily Chang and Brian Yang and I got to plug our little project for the world to look out for in the near future.

And here’s a link to an interview by ASIANS ON FILM

Does anyone remember the time, when I was on the other side of the carpet, holding the microphone up to people? Aye. Times change.