Narrative, Experimental and Critical Studies Video Essays

Experimental Media (CINE 322) 

Professors: Kent Hayward

Songs of the Day

A student ventures the wonders of his mind while listening to music after being bored in class. He meets his friend who is listening to the same band and they discover the music together.

  • Director: Lupita Zamora
  • Producer: Preston Ozaeta
  • Screenwriter: Lupita Zamora
  • Cinematographer: Nathan Rowley
  • Editor: Isabella Mojica
Crash Out

A boy reminisces about his ex girlfriend and then crashes out.

  • Director: Destiny Belonio
  • Producer: Ariana Diaz
  • Screenwriters: Destiny Belonio and Ruby Alcala
  • Cinematographer: Brandon Lachance
  • Editor: Elizabeth Francisco and Destiny Belonio
Forgetting Moustache Man

The life of a thought before it is forgotten.

  • Director: Manav Sheth
  • Producer: Manav Sheth
  • Screenwriter: Manav Sheth
  • Cinematographer: Manav Sheth, Michael Alvarez
  • Editor: Manav Sheth
  • Production Designer: Manav Sheth
Double Exposed

A young girl finds her late elder sister's Polaroid camera whilst cleaning out her room for a yard sale. Torn between grief and curiosity, she takes it out for one last shoot.

  • Director: Bea Tan
  • Producer: Gabriel Harris
  • Screenwriter: Bea Tan
  • Cinematographer: Dane Thomas
  • Editor: Bea Tan and Riley Peters
  • Production Designer: Ava Contreras-Oxenham

Video Essays

Professors: Katherine Guerra, Seung-hoon Jeong, José Miguel Palacios, Rowena Santos Aquino

Video Game Logic - Yamil Cervantes

A Martyr of Justice - Alena Sakowicz

Desires of the Past: An Analysis of “Old Boy” - Ethan Tapley

Why Analog Horror is Scarier than Modern Horror Movies - Zizi Li and Christian Sanson

Undeniably Capitalist - Laxxcy Ly

CINE 417 Editing III + BIOL Conservation Biology Collaboration

Professor: Susan Bloom

Marine Mammal Care Center

A collaborative film presenting the preservation of marine animals through veterinary care and bio science.

  • Director: Ramithu Sumithraarachchi
  • Producer: Ramithu Sumithraarachchi
  • Cinematographer: Esteban Carpio
  • Editor: Ramithu Sumithraarachchi
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
  • Director: Alexandre Steffen
  • Cinematographer: Alexandre Steffen
  • Editor: Sean Wilk

Junior Narrative (CINE 305)

Professors: Bradley Barnes, Kevin O'Brien, Tyler Stratton, Larin Sullivan, Kate Trumbull-LaValle and Quinn Winchell

Delerium

A girl finds herself trapped inside an eerie classroom that is constantly changing, as she fights to find her way out.

  • Director: Desarae Eusbio, Minh Nguyen
  • Producer: Patrick P. Boone
  • Screenwriter: Patrick P. Boone
  • Cinematographer: Minh Nguyen
  • Editor: Minh Nguyen
  • Production Designer: Alondra Patino Yanez
20-Sided Problems

While on her way to class, a girl stumbles on a peculiar dice that seems to shift reality around her leading to unintended consequences.

  • Director: Patrick P. Boone
  • Producer: Desarae Eusbio, Patrick P. Boone
  • Screenwriter: Patrick P. Boone
  • Cinematographer: Minh Nguyen
  • Editor: Minh Nguyen
  • Production Designer: Tara Hotty
Pyramids

A homesick Egyptian student in America is swept into nostalgia by a mysterious blue pyramid until a cultural clash pulls him back into reality.

  • Director: Yousef Khafaja
  • Producer: Destiny Lee
  • Screenwriter: Yousef Khafaja
  • Cinematographer: Jeremy Fernandez
  • Editor: Jeremy Fernandez
Swept Away

When a treasured photo of her best friend and secret crush blows away across campus, a shy college student chases it through chaos and crowds- only to find that fate might be nudging her toward the love she's been too afraid to face.

  • Director: Catherine Del Castillo
  • Producer: Alana Morris
  • Screenwriter: Catherine Del Castillo
  • Cinematographer: Nicole Chen
  • Editor: Azeez Gabsi
  • Production Designer: Catherine Del Castillo
Shot Through the Heart

A photographer is suddenly struck with inspiration when a cute girly sits next to him.

  • Director: Alana Morris
  • Producer: Nicole Chen
  • Cinematographer: Catherine Del Castillo
By Any Means Necessary

A student brings a cheat sheet for a exam he didn't prepare for a class, although he thinks everything will work out as planned he somehow loses the cheat sheet in the middle of the exam.

  • Director: Ramithu Sumithraarachchi
  • Producer: Luz Gonzalez
  • Cinematographer: Julia Williams
  • Editor: Ramithu Sumithraarachchi
  • Production Designer: Ramithu Sumithraarachchi
Misplaced

A student loses her necklace which triggers her anxiety.

  • Director: Diego Hernandez
  • Producer: Haruto Hayashi
  • Cinematographer: Jared Rivas
  • Editor: Armando Soto
Facade
  • Director: Kayla Dior Bell
Locked
  • Director: Valentina Bejarano
Detention
  • Director: Kellen Andrunas
Satisfactory
  • Director: Isaiah Ensimo
A Spies End
  • Director: Giancarlo Garcia