website redesign! and a new project!

In celebration of my graduation from Emily Carr University, the new version of my website is up!

Also new: the pre-production blog for my upcoming short film, Between Stars. This film is currently in the early stages of pre-production, and I'm aiming for a July shoot date and a November completion date. Between Stars will be my first short film outside of studenthood. I'm excited about it. The blog will follow its ongoing development and realization.

MAKE ME STRONGER: archives

I'm remodeling my website and getting rid of the blog on the main page. So, in the interest of capturing the process of my grad film, what follows are the posts related to the film from the old blog. (oh the memories!)

October 30, 2009

I took this in 2006 on a trail about five minutes out of Prince Rupert.

My grad film at Emily Carr is inspired heavily by this environment - the sense of entering into the uncanny that permeates rural BC. The film, a retelling of a girl’s repressed memories of a traumatic event, takes place in a rural BC forest similar to this one - a beautiful yet dangerous environment.

While finding locations in Vancouver that capture this feeling has proven to be difficult, I’ve found my forest, and I’m now prepping for the shoot next weekend. This means: rehearsals! Shot lists! Etcetera! Tomorrow, I’m off to the location with my super 8 camera to run some tests and plan some shots.

December 12, 2009

I’m out of production and into editing of my grad film, Make Me Stronger. The first cut is nearly finished - and this means the first batch of stills from are on flickr. More to come in the upcoming days and weeks. The semester is almost over, but there’s still much to be done before the completion date in April.

(Also see the black and white stills taken by my friend Jerry Tai.)

MAKE ME STRONGER: the poster

After eight months of long work, my grad film is finally done.

MAKE ME STRONGER will be screening at Emily Carr University's grad show from May 2 to 16.