Collide

Directing 2017 2018

As a Design junior of the School of Visual Arts, I took part in an undergraduate honor course for short-film directing. The course was taught by Bob Giraldi, an award-winning commercial and music video director, and chair of the MPS Directing program.

Through this course, I was able to work both independently and collaboratively with other film students and professional filmmakers. Together, we developed, directed, and produced a 10-minute short film with an original narrative in 2 semesters.

^Role

Director

^Fact

60% of Collide budget was crowdfunded on Indiegogo.

Collide on IMDb.com

Collide is the story of

Mai Tran, who struggles with isolation and anxiety as she adapts to life in NYC. Through a chance encounter with Alexandre, Mai discovers an alternate path in life, one previously unimagined to her. Will she accept a foreshadowed destiny of love and tragedy or will she steer herself away towards a more certain future?

^{based upon a concept by}
DAN PHAN

^{written by}
NATASHA SOTO-ALBORS

^{directed by}
DAN PHAN

^{produced by}
JANA DEHART

^{director of photography}
JASON CHAU

^{edited by}
SHAYA MULCAHY
WILLIAM VAULTZ

^starring
CARRIE VU
AARON MCDANIEL

Reviews

Premiere

Collide was shot in February 2018 and premiered at the School of Visual Arts MPS Directing Year-end Film Festival 2018.

The School of Visual Arts MPS Directing Year-end Film Festival 2018

Production

Throughout the pre-production, production and post-production process, I have grown tremendously—both personally and on a professional level, as a visual thinker and director, in art directing, leadership, collaboration skills and visual storytelling.