Ninja vs Penguin

Penguin April 30th, 2008

Interview with an INS Agent [short film] from NinjaVsPenguin.

A true story about a guy pursuing the one he loves. But then the government tries to keep them apart.

Written & Directed by: Wey Wang

Director of Photography: Nancy Chan

CAST
Gene: Bo Wang
Rosita: Vivian Lin
INS Agent: Abel Zhu
vending machine: Sean Pham
girlfriend 1: Betsy Chao
girlfriend 2: Joanne Horng
guy friend 1: Sean Pham
guy friend 2: Ray Wong
guy friend 3: Wey Wang
priest: Jimmy Lu

Editing: Jimmy Lu and Wey Wang
Additional camera: Wey Wang

Music:
“Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley
“Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper
“Against All Odds” Phil Collins
“Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins
“Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor
“Our Song” by Taylor Swift

Production Assistants: Jesse Zhu, Preston Chang, Joanne Horng, Betsy Chao

Storyboards: Stephanie Jou

Sound effects: Joanne Horng

Props: Betsy Chao, Abel Zhu, Joanne Horng, Sean Pham

Color correction: Wey Wang

Thanks to: Quentin Chan, Nancy Chan, Emily Wong
Special Thanks to: God

Shot on Canon HV20
Edited on Adobe Premiere CS3
Titles and rendering on Adobe After Effects CS3

Premiered at Boba Nite.

-Penguin

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Penguin March 27th, 2008

Tron is a great movie and the filmmakers did an excellent job of sweding the light cycle scene. If I remember correctly, it’s shot for shot the same as the original.

Hat tip to Ray

-Penguin

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Penguin March 11th, 2008

Michel Gondry’s film Be Kind Rewind might have done more for indie filmmaking than anything else. It gave us permission to go low budget.

This is a great example of a sweded movie because of the following elements:

• Short - The concept doesn’t overstay it’s welcome by sticking to the strict narrative.
• Familiarity - It builds off the audience’s familiarity of the film, allowing you to get away with doing a lot less.
• Memorable Scenes - It focuses on those iconic and memorable scenes that everyone loves.

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