CORN
Logline
A 14-year-old boy babysitting for a single mom, struggles to hide his growing infatuation.
Synopsis
A 14-year-old boy struggles to hide his infatuation for a single mom for whom he babysits, but after witnessing the unfortunate circumstances of her situation, under the control of her club owner's boyfriend, he takes it upon himself to become the responsible man he thinks she needs...
Director’s Statement
“Corn”, is a film that tells the story of an innocent boy’s first encounter dealing with his emotions and handling the complexity of relationships. At that time I was a 14-year-old child, she was a 27-year-old waitress at an internet cafe and I had the biggest crush on her. However, when I got closer to her, I found out she was having an affair with her boss. Out of nowhere one day, she quit her job and disappeared from my life. The reality of what had happened shocked me and it changed my perspective on life drastically. Thus, when I was looking for a story, her image was the first thing that came to mind, I believe she was a very important transitional point of my life. It’s what I wanted to capture through this story, a very short but unforgettable phase of my life.
-- Chin-Wei Chang
PRESS KIT
Production Specifications
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Film Type: Short
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Genres: Drama, Romance
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Runtime:15 minutes
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Country of Origin: United States
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Country of Filming: United States
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Film Language: English
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Shooting Format: RED
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Aspect Ratio: 4:3
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Film Color: Black & White
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FILMMAKERS
Chin-Wei Chang
Director/Writer
Chin-Wei Chang was born in 1990 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, but was raised in Taipei. 2012 Chin-Wei Co-founder Bicycle Studio with Lan-Chi Chien, he was an animation director and animator, produced many animation commercial and professional creation. Best known for “White Tunnel” 2016 animation short film, won several world festival awards. Until 2017 he came to the United States to learn live-Action movies. “Corn” is his first Live-Action short film.
Lan-Chi Chien
Co-Director/Co-Writer
Lan-Chi Chien was born in 1990 in Taipei, Taiwan. 2012 Lan-Chi found Bicycle Studio, she was an animation director and art director of the character and scene design, produced many animation commercial and professional creation. Best known for “White Tunnel” 2016 animation short film, won several world festival awards. Until 2017 she came to the United States to learn live-Action movies as a higher goal. “Dolly” is her first Live-Action short film.
Shuntian Jiang
Director of Photography
Shuntian Jiang is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, California. specializing in poetic long take, naturalistic lighting style and intimate handheld camera operating. Shuntian started working as a grip and electric in 2015 and slowly move up to director of the photographer around 2017. The rich experience as a crew member makes him a skillful technician and fast problem solver when working on set.
MingZhu Ye
Producer
Mingzhu (Rachel) Ye, born in Beijing, China, is a talented producer, director, and singer. She has worked on numerous productions to date and one of the productions, a comedy short film “Table For Four”, which produced and directed by her, was an official selection in the 2019 LA Shorts International Film Festival. Rachel lives by the motto of 'more for less’ which is represented in her films, as she uses the least cost to produce the best productions.
Sam Fan
Sound Desinger
Wenrui Fan (Sam) was born and raised in Beijing, China. Sam has studied film sound since 2009 in Beijing Film Academy and Chapman University for 7 years. After graduated from Chapman University for his master degree, he continued his professional sound career in Los Angles with different studios and facilities. He has worked with major studio like Sony, Netflix, Warner Brother, etc. He has awarded by different association like MPSE, CAS and festival within the years. Sam also has rich experiences with China film industry and has been worked on different shows and commercial projects in China.
CREW MEMBERS
1st Assistant Director Ruijia Wang
Story Supervisor Lan-Chi Chien
Production Design Tian Jin
Sound Mixer/ Boom Operator Yen-Yu Chen
1st Assistant Camera JiaQi Ding
Gaffer Haining Gu
Key Grip Bu Lu
Color Artist ShunTian Jiang
Storyboard Artist Chin-Wei Chang
Editor Chin-Wei Chang
Sound Effect/Sound Design Chia-Wei Chang
Casting Director MingZhu Ye
Casting Assistant ShiYu Liu
Location Goldstar Inn
CAST
Kai Johnson
Played Derek
Kai Johnson is an American SAG actor. He joined a talent agency when he was 11 after being influenced by his younger sister, Rina. Kai's first job was as a member of a game show cast. After 6 months he booked a SAG music video with Walk The Moon as a principle. This enabled Kai to become a SAG member. Kai has also worked for Usher, Odeya Rush, Dreamworks, and Disney. He was able to gain moderate fame as a host of a Disney TV show "Mack Chat" for 24 episodes. Kai was then offered to be an influencer for social media site TikTok and now has over 542,000 followers. In 2018, after officially becoming a SAG-AFTRA actor, Kai was featured in an Uber Eats commercial, Sweet Sixteen. He is now a 15 year old sophomore in high school. He plays soccer, is a varsity pole vaulter and loves playing guitar and singing. Kai just finished an audition with Sylvester Stallone and is definitely ready for the next step.
Nerida Bronwen
Played Jane
Nerida Bronwen is an Australian Stage and Screen Actress best known for her work on Deadly Women, Lowering Awareness, Wingman, and the new Australian series '600 Bottles of Wine', which is currently available in Australia New Zealand and the UK. Nerida has also had a successful commercial career, having been in many Australian national commercials and online advertising in Australia and the US for clients such as: McDonalds, VW, Westpac, Telstra, Mountain Dew and more.
Highly trained, she holds a Bachelor of Creative arts in Performance Drama from Wesley Institute in Sydney, and has further trained with renowned coaches Larry Moss, Anthony Brandon Wong, Margie Haber, Suzie Steen, Chris Holder, The Second City in Hollywood, Rob Hahn and the late Elizabeth Kemp and Rowena Balos. Nerida relocated to Los Angeles to further pursue her career in July 2017, and has been working consistently since! She is also an avid runner, singer and holds a black belt in Karate!
Patrick Hambrick
Played Carl
Patrick Hambrick, a versatile voiceover artist with over fifteen years of work in the U.S. entertainment industry as a performance artist and producer. Collaborative, with a get it done mentality, I’ve seen a wide range of artistic endeavors through from the ground up and understand the concept of a high quality production, being on time, and under budget.
Giselle Cantero
Played Andrew
Giselle Alessandra Cantero was born November 10, 2018 in Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. She is an actress known for Mother Of Chernobyl (2019) and Corn (2019).
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