Video: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM2NTc0NzUy.html

That’s the Premiere of “社区民警故事” (Community Police Story) which I was invited to last week (January 10^th)…

It was really great to meet with the crew again and I’m glad to see that everyone seemed to enjoy the film… I originally didn’t expect that much from the movie but I was very surprised, pleased and moved by it… It was a great moment!

Hope you guys will enjoy it as much as I did!

Here’s a film I directed with some of my students. This project was originally supposed to be a theatre play but as we were also studying about cinema at the time, we decided to turn the play into a short film.

We started by watching a short cartoon so the kids would understand the story and learn the dialogues (I know, they are really easy and cheesy but it’s for 4-year-old kids!). Then, we organized a casting and rehearsed for about 2 days… After that, we only had about 10 days (and only 45 minutes per day) to shoot all the scenes. I did the editing within 3 days (which explains part of the poor quality) and here’s the result:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjIxMDIwMDM2.html

I know, it’s not much but we had a lot of fun during the making… What is great though, is that we organized a “premiere” at our school for all students and parents and then sold them the DVDs: all the profits went to the victims of Yushu’s earthquake. It feels great to help people while doing the thing you love… I’ll never forget this experience!

Here’s a bonus… The Bloopers:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjIxMDI4MjA0.html

Enjoy!

A couple of days ago a director called me for a future project and asked for my demo reel… I just did not have one… It sucks, I know… Anyways, I took the time I had (which was only two days) to make a short video and here’s the result.

I know, it’s far from being good (actually I don’t like it at all) but once again, I only had a couple of hours to shoot the moves and the rest of the time to edit the video. I’m glad it’s done but next time I’ll be prepared: I’ll shoot a real Demo Reel and I’ll take my time to do the editing. I’ll start training again too because I hate seeing myself in such a bad shape… :(