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Andrea comes home to find something mysterious lurking around her house; she desperately searches for help but all help disappears. She tries to run from the unfamiliar figure but realizes the figure is all too familiar.

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Jordan Tse is a director, producer and editor. He is a Gallatin student studying film and business with a concentration in “Selling the Narrative.” When he isn’t playing Fifa, you will find him sleeping for long long hours, more so than any other human could sleep. Either way, he is a homebody with a tight knit group of friends and a small 6-month-old puppy named Bolt (yes, like the movie).

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The woman in the film is living a monotonous life and gets frustrated with the chaotic nature of New York City. In response to the constant ambulance sirens, cabs honking and trucking engines roaring, the woman breaks and needs to make a change in her life. She decides to get out of the city to catch her breath and pause to enjoy the beautiful natural world around her.

Lina Gamerman, the creator and director, does enjoy both the mayhem and excitement of New York City. She routinely practices yoga and mediation and her favorite thing to do is to travel around the world and experience new cultures and cuisines.

The inspiration for this film came from a trip upstate to go hiking. Personally, the lack of nature in city can get to me, so I often get out of the city to recharge and get away from the pandemonium of the city. While on the mountain, I really felt the juxtaposition between the silence of nature and the intensity and noisiness of New York City. Therefore, I wanted to create a character that has experience with exaggerated circumstances.

Filmed on an iPhone 7 and edited on iMovie. Music by Matthew Wang and Portugal The Man.

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True Match is an amateur documentary that focusses on black American women’s experience with Western beauty standards. Giving a voice to this marginalized group, the film serves as a platform for women to share their truth as they speak candidly about identity erasure and forced assimilation. The images within the documentary both capture and complement the narrative of the young women voicing the film.

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This film was shot on the iPhone 7 Plus and edited using iMovie

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Christiana Miller is a junior in Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Performance Studies. She considers herself a writer and a storyteller. Christiana is interested in using film and writing to tell stories about the captivating underbelly of society. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s eating food–sushi has her heart. Christiana also enjoys exploring the city and going to music concerts with friends.

 

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Phobia is my first directed short film. The story that depicts someone with intense phobia but demands human intimacy is inspired by a quote of David Foster Wallace, “We’re all lonely for something we don’t know we’re lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we’ve never even met?”

Tech details of the film: I used Iphone 7 for the filming, with extended lens called KOZIRO. I used Premiere Pro for editing, Gliche for special effects and After Effects for text effects. I also used Iphone 7 for recording with an extended microphone, and post de-noise touch.

Wenkai Wang is currently a Gallatin sophomore, whose concentration is philosophy, animation, filmmaking and graphic novel. Wenkai grew up in Shanghai, China. Having come to America for high school education, Wenkai met artist Karl Connolly, and through four years of rigorous fine arts training he learned multiple aspects of artistic creation.  Some influences on his art: Masaaki Yuasa, Takehiko Inoue, Jan Švankmajer, Peter Booth, Robert Bresson… In his work, the paradoxical duality, such as monochrome and color, harmony and dissonance interest him the most. However, most of the time he has no idea what he is doing.

 

The film follows the story of a heartbroken young man. His girlfriend confessed that she cheated on him, He looks support in his friends, but in the process, he finds out that his best friend is the guy who had stolen his girlfriend’s heart.

Valentina Rodriguez is a Sophmore majoring in Cinema Studies. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Valentina- like every other ambitious artist- decided to study in New York because this city inspires her. An aspiring photographer and filmmaker, she is starting a journey, hoping that one day she will find a story that is ready to be told from her perspective.

Camera used: Iphone X
Editing Software: Final Cut Pro

Edy likes to run, from her family and from her problems. The road she’s been running has led her to New York, a city that never stops. As Edy’s world keeps spinning out of her control, she’s trying to find her place in it. And sometimes, that place ends up being somewhere entirely unexpected. Edy follows that story, the story of a girl feeling lost and out of place, the story of a girl figuring out where she belongs in the world.

Shot on iPhone 7 Plus, with XENVO wide angle lens attachment, edited with iMovie. Inspired by & Made in Collaboration with Brenna Gause.

Porshia Blankenship, senior at NYU Tisch, majoring in Dramatic Writing & History. Writer, director, Parks & Rec binger, and Sriracha enthusiast. Enjoys ordering friends around from behind a camera, crafting truthful stories, and representing the queer and mentally ill communities in media where they’re often ignored. Dislikes when the microwave beeps again to remind you of the food you completely forgot about, starting assignments in a timely manner to prevent stress at a later date, and making a decision on which pronouns to use in a bio.

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Midnight Journey is a film about a tired, disgruntled man who discovers a portal to a strange new world. It’s a simple sci-fi short that puts a cynical twist on the classic hero’s journey.

The film was written, directed, and edited by Chaz Chester, a senior Film & TV student in the Tisch School of the Arts. His concentration is in post-production work, specifically editing and visual effects, and this film served as an opportunity to show off some of his abilities. He’s always been interested in highly stylized film and science fiction, so it makes sense that he went this route.

This film was shot on an iPhone 6s with no additional hardware or software. It was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, and the VFX work was done in Adobe After Effects.

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Dateless is the story of two hopeless, awkward guys trying to find their place in college. Their plan to fit in and be a part of college fraternity is shaken up when they realize that they don’t have dates for the upcoming formal. They struggle to overcome their reputations and go to any lengths they can to find love before the big dance. 

Joe O’Keefe is a senior at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study pursuing a concentration in business and entertainment. Joe is a 5’11” Scorpio who enjoys long walks in the park, and short walks to the fridge. He primarily focuses his study of entertainment on writing and acting, but decided to try his hand at directing and cinematography this semester. In his free time, Joe enjoys many other hobbies in addition to his love of film, such as gaming, singing, playing guitar, and almost never sleeping enough. As a writer, Joe specifically likes to work in the genre of comedy, and believes that a good laugh is the best way to connect with others. 

 

Camera used: Google Pixel

Editing Software: DaVinci Resolve

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“The Student” is a short film that explores the heightened stress and anxiety surrounding the college workload. For many students in the audience as well as the actress herself, the concept of this film is all too relatable. Although most NYU students care about their academics, sometimes it turns into extreme stress, panic attacks, or hopelessness. This film depicts all of the above, but also plays with the idea that there is an escape. The quick jump to the meditation scene suggests that there is more to life than just studying and schoolwork; self care and relaxation is imperative.

To create this film, she used an iPhone 6s and edited it using iMovie software.

Originally from Los Angeles, California, Director Brennan Hart is in her second year at New York University. She is currently studying Human Rights & Journalism in the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies. This is her first experience directing and working in film production, although she has previously studied the packaging of social justice issues through documentary film.

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Cell Phone Cinema Final Projects • Fall 2017
Dean’s Conference Room • 12th floor • 721 Broadway
6:30 – 9:00 pm • Wednesday, December 13, 2017

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David Abaev	Porshia Blankenship	Chaz Chester	N’Ya Clarke
Shane Droogan	Lina Gamerman	Carson Gartner	Daniel Harris
Brennan Hart	Pramodh Janjanam	Ben Kalish	Bori Kereszturi
Aditi Luthra	Ellie Mercer	Christiana Miller	Joseph O’Keefe
Jun Park	Thomas Price	Valentina Rodriguez	Vaughn Tajirian
Jordan Tse	Wenkai Wang	Willie Williamson	He Ziyu