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The Scorpion and the Frog

Short Film – Length: 8 min

(Drama/Comedy) Sarah's boyfriend is full of excuses. When he bails out on one of their romantic nights out to be with his friends, they get a chance to see what the future will bring.

*Official selection of the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival (2009)

3,2,1 Breakin' Out – Morning Musume

Music Video – Length: 4 min

Morning Musume is the biggest pop group in Japan, and “3, 2, 1 Breakin Out” was their American debut single. They held a competition for the best music video, and released the song and some green screen footage of the girls. All the animations and backdrops were created by Daniel.

Lullaby for Mama – Lani Montreal

Music Video – Length: 4 min

Chicago musician Lani Montreal sings this heartfelt lullaby about a child who loses her mother due to political turmoil in the Philippines.

We translated the idea of loss into missing puzzle pieces from the girl's favorite memories. She searches throughout the house to replace them, unable to find a home for the last piece. She falls asleep, and we discover that the last piece belongs to her mother, who visits the child in her dreams.

One Night Stan

Short Film – Length: 5 min

(Comedy) Stan has a problem “performing” when it comes to one night stands. Can he recover the mood, or is he doomed to be “One Night Stan”?

*Script published in New American Scurvy 3 (March 2004)

The Loss of Light

Short Film – Length: 15 min

(Suspense/Horror) A photographer discovers unnatural defects in his pictures after photographing a mysterious woman. When he invites her to a photo shoot the photos capture more than just a pretty picture.

*Awarded the Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) grant in 2000

Another Day at the Office

Short Film – Length: 15 min

(Comedy) Cutthroat? Backstabbing? Deception? All in a day's work for these individuals who maneuver the world of corporate politics. A vacancy is left when upper management fires a VP and the knives come out when they need someone to fill the space.

Bodong

Live Event – Length: 4 hr

Pintig Cultural Group threw a fundraiser, inviting local artists including Brown Odds, Elephant's Best Friend, Lani Montreal, and Narciso Lobo, to help promote the organization.

Hosted at Subterranean, what followed was a wonderful night of live music, great food, and all night dancing.

Elephant's Best Friend

Electronic Press Kit – Length: 8 min

A Chicago band with a great alternative/pop sound. This project was originally created for New Native Productions, a Chicago based, Asian American TV magazine. The footage was then repurposed as an electronic press kit for the band, adding better interview and more concert footage.

Although EBF has since broken up and gone their separate ways, this is a great sample of the kind of music they made and a nice intro to what the band was about.

Bataan Death March

Documentary – Length: 15 min

Arcadio Calabas retells his WWII experience of being captured by the Japanese and set on a 60-mile march with 76,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war, called the Bataan Death March.

The concept was to have teenagers interview the remaining Filipino World War II vets about their experiences and learn about their history in the process. The core issue of this series is about how the US government has denied Filipino veterans their rights to benefits, arguing that the Filipinos weren't really soldiers.

This is a sample used to raise funds from grant foundations, to be developed into a bigger project.