Filmmaking

While writing is my primary creative output, I also have done some work in independent filmmaking. I have worked as a cameraman before, but in 2011-2012 I got a chance to do some work I’d not done before, as part of a project with my partner, referred to on this blog as Miss Jiwaku.

For one thing, we filmed a script I wrote was filmed; for another, I worked as the sound engineer and (drawing on my experience as a composer) I created/composed the soundtrack. I also did the foley work and consulted in the post-production stage on general editing.

Since we have more projects planned, I figure now is as good a time as any to add a section to this site, so that I can track the various projects I’ve been involved in, and in what capacity.

So far, here’s the experience I’ve racked up:

• You Must Adapt To Survive This World (2011). Short satirical film about Korean working life and social norms. I was the primary cameraman as well as the music director. It is the director’s first film, so it’s a bit rough around the edges but also very smart. Coming soon with English subtitles.
• The Music of Jo Hyeja (2011). Short horror film, adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Music of Erich Zann” to a Korean slum. Same director, second film. My roles were Screenwriter, Production Sound Mixer/Boom Operator, Music Director, Composer, and Foley Artist. (Which sounds like a lot, but we had a crew of three regular people, plus a few rotating volunteers.) This film is currently in post-production, and should be finished by the end of February 2012.

For future projects, I’m likely going to work sound on a few more of Miss Jiwaku’s projects; I am also putting together ideas for a feature-length dark SF script to be filmed in Fall 2012, to be completed by the end of February 2013.