I have created 2 short films during a month’s stay at New York Film Academy during the summer of 2017. These are my two short films, “Keith and Nicole” (romance comedy short) and “Parasite” (horror sci-fi short).

Keith and Nicole synopsis: Keith struggles to gain confidence to talk to his crush, Nicole, sitting across him in the park.

My first short film, Keith and Nicole, was loosely inspired by a fun, youtube comment I saw on a short film, where a girl talked about the first time she noticed a boy who had a crush on her. The boy was startled when the girl noticed him in the library, he accidentally ripped a page out of the book he was reading. Through this concept, I adapted it into a screenplay over the course of 2 days, and planned preproduction details in a short amount of time. I filmed the entire thing during a morning with my classmates from the academy (Lina Lee and Max Zinman, who are both the stars of the film as well.) I operated the camera (a Canon 5D Mk II), shoulder rig, tripod, edited, and directed as well. I edited the film with Premiere Pro, and the credit was done with a quick template made in Photoshop.

Cast:
Keith – Max Zinman
Nicole – Lina Lee

Crew:
Executive Producer: William Yeh, Evan Rubinstein, Lina Lee
Producer: Jose Venutolo, Daniel Hernandez
Written by: William Yeh
Directed by: William Yeh
Director of Photography: William Yeh
1st Assistant Camera: Lina Lee
Script Supervisor: Evan Ruinstein, Jose Venutolo
Edited by: William Yeh
Equipment provided by New York Film Academy
Executive Producers: Evan Rubinstein, Lina Lee
Music “I Get Overwhelmed”, by Dark Room
Special Thanks: Eric Yeh, Daniel Hernandez, Damien Chazelle

Equipment:
Canon 5D Mark II
iKan Follow Focus & Rig Grip
Shoulder Rig
Manfrotto Tripod