This is a short film being produced by House of Leo Productions. It is a young woman's journey of discovery of her sexuality, and promises to be sexy and funny. It will be submitted to several niche film festivals, with the focus bring the LGBT-oritented festivals.
Screenplay by Mauri Bernstein
Directed by Lauren Holmes
Produced by Stephen Sawchuk
Cinematography by James Choi
Portion of the profits will be donted to Vancouver-based LGBT Charity! Click the link to find out how you can contribute to this project.
http://www.indiegogo.com/Lisas-Night-Out
Home of jChoi Photography. The Last Photographer shows real professional projects and the techniques used to complete them.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Vancouver Stanley Cup Hockey Playoffs 2011 Riot
Everything was on fire. Mobs looting stores and setting them on fire. Few individuals tried to stop them, the rest cheered at the destruction.
The stores are smashed open, and are quickly looted. There is large lineups trying to get in to loot the stores. The pillagers flaunt their spoils. Handful of people step in to stop the crowd. The mob is displeased that the show is interrupted. These select individuals take it upon themselves to discourage the rioters. The rest cavort about in reckless abandon.
Police took back the streets step by step, behind shields and backed up by loud speakers. The crowd has numbers, and brave few throws garbage as the officers. The cops sit there and take it. One member of the mob steps forward to show off to his audience. The officer takes a single step forward, and The crowd turns in to a sea of cowards running past me in fear of retribution. There is no strength in this gathering, no unity. It is a amorphous conglomeration of chaos.
Another fire, more glass breaks, a man stand upon a bench, plunder in hand. The crowd cheers in encouragement, and more breaks in to loot. They are united in purpose of destruction and lawlessness. There is too few willing to step in to stop this madness. At this point almost everyone has taken sides as active participants: those very few who will stand against it, and the vast majority who cheer and yell in the exultation of mayhem. They are outnumbered at least one to a hundred. Rest watch in silence.
*I don't know anything about hockey, and I'm not a fan in any way. I would never have entered the streets but I was forced out by a fire set to my building. All of this is within the block of where I live.
The stores are smashed open, and are quickly looted. There is large lineups trying to get in to loot the stores. The pillagers flaunt their spoils. Handful of people step in to stop the crowd. The mob is displeased that the show is interrupted. These select individuals take it upon themselves to discourage the rioters. The rest cavort about in reckless abandon.
Police took back the streets step by step, behind shields and backed up by loud speakers. The crowd has numbers, and brave few throws garbage as the officers. The cops sit there and take it. One member of the mob steps forward to show off to his audience. The officer takes a single step forward, and The crowd turns in to a sea of cowards running past me in fear of retribution. There is no strength in this gathering, no unity. It is a amorphous conglomeration of chaos.
Cars are smashed, flipped, and set ablaze. It took a few to start, but many join in, and those who don't are quick to cheer and give shouts of encouragement. Riot tourists step in to pose for photos beside the burning wreckage. This incites the rioters to further acts of destruction, they are eager to please the crowd.
Another fire, more glass breaks, a man stand upon a bench, plunder in hand. The crowd cheers in encouragement, and more breaks in to loot. They are united in purpose of destruction and lawlessness. There is too few willing to step in to stop this madness. At this point almost everyone has taken sides as active participants: those very few who will stand against it, and the vast majority who cheer and yell in the exultation of mayhem. They are outnumbered at least one to a hundred. Rest watch in silence.
*I don't know anything about hockey, and I'm not a fan in any way. I would never have entered the streets but I was forced out by a fire set to my building. All of this is within the block of where I live.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
New Projects coming up
Just a status update letting you know I'm working on a few projects at the moments. Expect to see some green screen lighting guides soon.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Goblin Market. And New Webpage.
I'm in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada right now making this update. I'm the cinematographer for the film "The Goblin Market"
A young woman's journey to the under belly, to confront those who claimed her sister's innocence, risks her own seduction.
Sounds sexy. I will be providing the cinematography and editing for this film. And some equipment. I will list my equipment soon.
And check out my new webpage at:
http://jchoi.ca
A young woman's journey to the under belly, to confront those who claimed her sister's innocence, risks her own seduction.
Sounds sexy. I will be providing the cinematography and editing for this film. And some equipment. I will list my equipment soon.
And check out my new webpage at:
http://jchoi.ca
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Nightclub Photography
Between a two day long lingerie shoot and filming the last day of Vancouver's Top Gay Model, I've been quite busy with work. And wasting time with some street photography, most money I made from that these days was finding a $5 bill on the ground. But I'll finally do an update about some more nightclub gear and techniques.
Go here to see the photos from the VFW after party from Aubar, Republic and Fortune.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
After Party and Conclusion
What I was doing there:
I was commissioned by Stephen Sawchuk from House of Leo Productions to film(video) the fashion shows. You can contact House of Leo here! They are the official video production company for Vancouver Fashion Week.
You can find some of the videos I took at VFW 2010 for Blackout Productions last year here (again with Stephen Sawchuk, the modelesque Producer of House of Leo Productions).
Photos from the opening party are in this flickr page.
Miscellaneous photos not runway are found here. (i.e. group photos, press room stuff, interviews, Elysia Rotaru, etc)
Notes on Photos from the Fashion Shows:
Look in my flickr collection for photos from the shows I wasn't filming.
Something Awkward? You'll notice most of my photos are closeups of the face. It's for the makeup artists. All the official photographers down the center can get a million body shots of each, showing off the dress.
*I try not to talk to the models. The makeup artists will beat me up because I always make them laugh and ruin their makeup. I'm going to guess it's my haircut or accent or something.
*I try not to talk to the models. The makeup artists will beat me up because I always make them laugh and ruin their makeup. I'm going to guess it's my haircut or accent or something.
Notes on the After Party Photos:
After party photos are here.
Nightclub photos. It's what I do. Well, when I'm not off filming in the jungles somewhere. Your chance of getting good photos increases when you come to the after party and hang out. Well, with me anyways.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Vancouver Fashion Week 2011 April Night 6
Fashion by Helen Lee
As usual, I only have photos for designers who didn't want video. I just happened to get photos of Pauline's style because she lined them up down the runway at the end. You can find the set for Helen Lee and Pauline Van Dongen on my FLICKR.
Fashion by Pauline Van Dongen
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