STORY

Up and coming filmmaker Vincent Lin is hired to direct his first big-budget feature film, a lack luster romance story with a terrible script. The over eager director takes this as an opportunity to turn the mundane film into his own movie, a post-apocalyptic zombie thriller starring himself. Problems arise when studio executives notice their film isn't the one being made. However the determined director will go to any means to ensure production on his film, no matter what it takes.

 

 

 

DIRECTOR'S TREATMENT

6/25/09

Last year I released a short film titled 364 Cranes, and was fortunate to work with the talented Aaron Yoo. The film screened several festivals from New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, to Philadelphia. I was humbly overwhelmed with the positive reception and eager to make another film.

As I started writing, I ran into a major dilemma. My production minded attitude struggled to balance creativity with feasibility. I find this is often a problem independent filmmakers face. As much as I applaud writers to write freely, ultimately we want to be able to make our films. So for an independent filmmaker, with limited resources, to want to make a big-budget epic zombie piece with explosions, special FX, and a cast of thousands, for example, is simply unrealistic. This self-reflecting concept soon became the inception of this project. I continued to explore the filmmaker's process, from idea to screen, how independent filmmakers make do with what they have.

And then it happened. At 3:00am on a Tuesday.

I somehow wrote myself in the script. "What are you thinking?" I asked myself. "You've definitely lost it if your screenplay delves on self meta-concepts. Am I going crazy?" ...And then I realized. Yes, I must be crazy. After all, I'm actually talking to myself. But the thing is, there is truth in madness. And for me, there is something compelling amidst the absurdity. It was relative. It was personal.

Vincent Lin is a comedy about the journey of a character haply named Vincent Lin, who is making a film starring himself. On face value, the ridiculous premise leads to a satirical look at filmmaking, but on a deeper level explores the direct and indirect results that come from unwavering passion.

I am amassing a team of hardworking colleagues and friends who have offered their assistance for only a few good laughs and high fives. And preferably lunch, if possible. I am thankful for their graciousness and in pure irony, the story in this short film we are planning to shoot is reflective of our real life efforts to make the movie. Sounds crazy to me.

 

VINCENT LIN