Videography
Video is a medium that I’ve been exploring as of recently. I view it as an expansion of my photography work, using similar processes in post-production.
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Just like my photography work, a mix of my Sony a6000 and iPhone!
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Adobe Premiere Pro is my go-to, especially for long video productions!
As I Think of You (2024)
Featured at the Undergraduate Juried Art and Design Exhibition and Nursing Center for Family Health at Purdue University (2025)
An origami swan on its journey to bring a kusudama flower to its mate, this stop-motion short film tells a story about the monogamous swan birds and their loyalty to their mates for life. Inspiration comes from Suzanne Buchan’s essay called “Ghosts in the Machine - Experiencing Animation”, where she notes how collage animations use fragments to tell stories, whether it's through a variation of photographs, artworks, or more. The swan’s journey guides the audience through different places within the historic cities of Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan. A change of pace occurs as a sudden gust of wind takes the flower, with the swan chasing after it, eventually towards its mate, where the two reunite in harmony. As the work immerses in the audience, the importance of the journey, rather than the destination, becomes a resonating theme.
Ren & Rose (2024)
This stop-motion short film tells the story of Ren and Rose, two origami foxes who meet and fall in love. Viewers are immersed into the progression of their journey through minimalist, handmade props, where the reminiscence of innocent love is prevalent and something that we might only experience once in a lifetime. This was the culminating project for my “Digital Video Production and Aesthetics” course at Purdue University, where I had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with three other students and gain extensive experience on directing a short film.
All That Blooms Eventually Wilts (2024)
Using found videos from the Prelinger Archives, this work tells the story about the progression of a couple’s marriage. The concept of how a devoted connection with someone can quickly turn sour is expressed through the lifespan of flowers that is juxtaposed with sequences of the couple’s relationship. The flowers are a metaphor for the progression of the marriage going from something blooming and sacred to something decayed. All of this is evidently seen through the experimental clips of the flowers blooming in the first half of the video, where we see the happy memories, to the second half in which we see the destructive memories and the flowers wilting. It’s crucial for the audience to understand that what we consider to be so perfect in our lives can suddenly become fractured at the blink of an eye.
We Still Haven’t Found What We’re Looking For (2024)
This work explores the idea of seeking the unattainable. Each scene explores the camera zooming in on a certain object or key detail, with the following scenes showcasing how they are incorporated into a process. That process being: the continuous search to seek something that cannot always be found. It’s crucial for the audience to understand that we, as people, tend to set standards for ourselves that are not always realistic. Therefore, we seek things that are unattainable and when we are not satisfied at first, we find ourselves stuck in a continuous cycle of wanting to find whatever that might be. In conclusion, we still haven’t found what we’re looking for.