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Versatility is a strength no matter what your profession. Chief Lighting Technician Junbai Zhou has found that her skills have allowed her to vacillate between feature films like If She Screams, television series (Amazon Prime’s Breakfast with Granny), and photo shoots for iconic publications like Harper’s Bazaar, but she professes a great affinity for music videos and the versatility this canvas offers. Describing what she finds so appealing about this medium, Junbai relates, “Sometimes it can be really hard to find people have the same passion as I do; to want to break the limits and bring new possibilities with lighting to these productions. I enjoy working on films and TV but one of the best parts of being involved in the music video production community is that I get the opportunity to work with different directors from different countries from day to day. It’s a very interesting journey and a priceless experience.”                 ...

Despite having parents that both were filmmakers, Max McLachlan was not interested in the industry growing up. Instead, living on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia, he spent his time surfing. When he was a teenager, he and his brother began taking videos of each other surfing on a small handy-cam, and McLachlan discovered he had an innate talent looking through the lens of a camera. He began to make more movies in his spare time, making stop-motion animation with toys, meticulously moving each figurine frame-by-frame to achieve a linear story. By the time he was 18, he knew that this wasn’t a hobby anymore, but a passion he could not shake. Now, McLachlan is far from that boy filming his toys in his room and is an in-demand cinematographer and Steadicam operator in Australia and abroad. He has worked alongside some of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars from the celebrity coaches on The Voice Australia to Murray Cook, part of the iconic children’s phenomenon ...

Growing up in Nanjing, China, Xinyue Yu found a passion for music at an early age. She always had a good ear, but the more she immersed herself in the artform, the more she found she didn’t like performing as much as being behind-the-scenes. She always had a love for the movies and realized quickly that she could fuse these two passions, working in the sound department of film production. Now, Yu is an industry leading sound editor in her home country and abroad, putting her touch on many acclaimed productions, from the hit Netflix anime show Ingress: The Animation to the new star-studded action flick Rogue Warfare . No matter the project, Yu shows audiences that she is an extraordinary talent, capable of transporting viewers to different places and time with her work. Last year, Yu was approached by Director Grey Gowder to take part in his newest project, Songs From the Deep . Gowder had known of Yu’s skillful sound work and knew she would be the ideal sound editor to...

Composing the score of a film, for Hong Kong’s Samuel Lam, is like painting a picture. First, he has to choose a color palette by picking a combination of instruments. Then he has to create the composition structures by choosing the form, key signature, meter and harmony. Lastly, he has to execute his idea by finding the right sound and right musicians. Lam is extremely passionate about the process of composing, and with every note of music he writes, he falls in love all over again. Lam is an in-demand composer and orchestrator all over the world, known in China for his remarkable work on movie blockbusters like Crazy Little Thing and Crazy Alien , and in the United States on award-winning films such as Who Lives My Life? and My Ex-Girlfriend is a Shovel . He is extremely versatile, knowing how to capture the story of any genre of film through his music. One of Lam’s most recent projects is the documentary Delay of Game . It is the telling true story that begins in the w...

Establishing a loyal audience is a requirement for success regardless of what business you are in. When it comes to the film industry, it’s a factor which contributes longevity to the artists involved. A familiar viewer is an engaged viewer. The Wrong Cheerleader is a part of a connected film series that includes: The Wrong Boy Next Door, The Wrong Mommy, The Wrong Stepmother , and The Wrong Tutor . These intertwined stories star such recognizable talents as Vivica A. Fox of Quentin Tarantino’s Golden Globe Nominated Kill Bill , Christine Prosperi of the quadruple Primetime Emmy Award nominated Degrassi: The Next Generation , Andreas Norberg (of Nightingale ), and David Meza (of HBO’s hit series Euphoria ). Director David DeCoteau along with writers Jeffrey Schenck and Peter Sullivan have crafted this series to present different perspectives; a very timely approach in this era of social media and differing news interpretations. Norberg in particular stands out as Brian in The Wrong ...

An “edge of your seat” suspenseful drama doesn’t need to contain CGI or practical effects to focus your attention like a tractor beam. The requirements are a great script and a cinematographer like Mufeng Han who understands how to create the emotional space to transport a viewer into the environment that the director desires. Damaged is the type or nerve wracking tale that is one-hundred percent believable but it’s the manner in which Mufeng places you inside the emotional core of the film’s characters which produces such a strong reaction in audiences. Known for the same effect in award-winning films like Patrick (with wins from the New York Film Awards, the Los Angeles Film Awards, etc.) and Son of Wanderer (London Independent Film Awards, Los Angeles Film Awards, Mindfield Film Festival, International Independent Film Awards, Rome Independent Prisma Awards, etc.), Han has become acclaimed in the modern film industry for his vision and insight through the camera lens. In a medium...

Jing Han was only five years old when her parents bought a DVD player. It was then when she fell in love with movies, devouring film after film from her home in China. She was fascinated by the images that moved on the screen in front of her. The moment she began a new movie, she felt an adrenaline rush, and quickly, it became her favorite past time. As she grew, film became more than a hobby; it was an art form; it was her passion. She knew, even from five-years-of-age, that she was meant to one day make movies. Now, an industry leading Chinese editor, Han is living that childhood dream. She has worked on countless award-winning projects, from films like Drawn Curtains and First Time Since to the music video Dreaming . Her vast understanding of her craft is evident in all her work, as is her passion. “The reason why we are so fascinated about film is that it connects people. As an editor, knowing that the final product you deliver is going to connect you and hopefully a...