A year ago I was on a journey with Grace Chikui. Little Tokyo, a neighborhood I frequent often, became something new. I learned how to navigate Little Tokyo through Grace's shoes. I'm so excited to share this work with everyone. You can all walk with Grace through the video below.
Shot and produced in March 2016, WALKING WITH GRACE is a short 360º video documentary that highlights Little Tokyo places and streets through the perspective of Grace Chikui, a blind woman and long-time resident.
To enrich the 360º experience, the project team recorded the environment with a Soundfield ambisonic microphone and mixed the spatial audio with TwoBigEars' workflow (now Facebook 360's Spatial Workstation). WALKING WITH GRACE had its world premiere at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival in April 2016; as part of the program, INTERACTIVE LITTLE TOKYO! WALKING WITH GRACE is a production presented by FORM follows FUNCTION and Visual Communications, with VR Direction and Spatial Audio App/Design by Vicki Huang. The WALKING WITH GRACE team would like to thank everyone that helped this project; especially our Crowdrise donors: Amreen Karmali Angelica Tonatzin Borlasa Family Cecille Cervancia CES Dodge & Ging Ed Moy Eliza Escano glenn togawa Jackie Liao Jeanell Allenegui Kathie Foley-Meyer KawaiiSKI Lindy Melanie Espinueva+Aure Nancy Yap Nicole Miyahara Pebbles Robert Shoji t-kay san juan Tito Boboy & Tita Myrna and our donors who preferred to be listed as Anonymous =)
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Walking With Grace can be viewed today at CGV CINEMAS in Koreatown! If you are watching GRASS, A COPY OF MY MIND, TEN YEARS, REACH FOR THE SKY, or BAD RAP then you can check out Walking With Grace!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27: 5:30pm - 6:30pm, 8:30pm - 9:30pm CGV THEATER 621 S. Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005 THURSDAY, APRIL 28: 6pm - 7pm, 9pm - 11pm DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA (DGA) 7920 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles 90046 
#LAAPFF2016 is in full swing. This weekend was a whirlwind of hosting film screenings, leading q&as, and overall being inspired by the art being created and shared. I can't express how happy we are with the response to WALKING WITH GRACE. Folks have been so receptive to the film. Even Channel 11 talked about it on their newscast! Walk through Little Tokyo in this virtual reality documentary
Folks can still check out Walking With Grace this week! Here is where we will be hosting the film:
MONDAY, APRIL 25: 6pm - 9pm CGV THEATER 621 S. Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005 TUESDAY, APRIL 26: 7pm - 10pm JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 100 N Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27: 5:30pm - 6:30pm, 8:30pm - 9:30pm DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT 251 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 THURSDAY, APRIL 28: 6pm - 7pm, 9pm - 11pm DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA (DGA) 7920 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles 90046
Follow me on instagram for more #laapff2016 updates and gems like this last one of me and Mike being silly in photo booths.
This year's LAAPFF is quite special for me since I not only was a features programmer, but I was also an assistant producer on Form follows Function Interactive Little Tokyo: Walking With Grace (VR documentary) and 312 Azusa St (video map projection). These exhibitions are FREE TO THE PUBLIC! Joel Quizon, Walking With Grace co-director, beautifully explains Form follows Function Interactive Little Tokyo in the piece: Learning To Walk: First Steps In Multiplatform Storytelling Both exhibitions will be presented in April 2016 at the 32nd Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; it will be a first-time VR presentation for the film festival, and will be the launch of a new VR doc series for FfF focusing on women’s perspectives of places. EXHIBITION RECEPTION: FRIDAY, April 22nd, 7-10 PM Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Noguchi Plaza 244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles Beer & Sake cash bar by JACCC Music by dublab DJ Rani de Leon Dinner Specials at Snociety Urban Eatery Photobooth by Go Little Tokyo FREE, All Ages EXHIBITION ON VIEW: April 22 and April 23, 7-10pm Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Noguchi Plaza 244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles FREE, All Ages Follow @fffmedia on instagram and use #fffinteractivelittletokyo when you check out Walking With Grace and 312 Azusa St. For some quick how to guides click on these links below. LAAPFF: HOW TO FEST LAAPFF: BUY TICKETS HERE Here are my recommendations for this year's festival! FEATURES
SHORTS Throwing some love to my shorts programmers. Numbers wise they watch more films than I did as a features programmer. They have created these programs for you all.
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Share your LAAPFF moments with #LAAPFF2016. Tag the official festival instagram account @vconline And in great words of Prince (RIP), Let's Go Crazy 
Photo by Lindy Leong
It's that time of year! Visual Communications is accepting submissions for the 32nd annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The early submission deadline is Friday, October 30th, 2015 at 5pm. The early submission fee is $25. The final submission deadline is Friday, November 27th at 5pm. The fee for the final submission deadline is $35. Don't wait! Get your films in early!
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2016 Open Call Questions about the festival? Here is a list of handy FAQ's! I'm excited to be volunteering with the festival again this year. Can't wait to screen and post my festival recommendations! The festival says it best:
 It's here! The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival starts today with the opening night film EVERYTHING BEFORE US. The film is the feature film debut from Wong Fu Productions. Here are my festival tips for folks thinking about checking out the festival. Get TicketsI honestly can't remember the last time I walked up to a movie theater and bought a ticket for a show. The perpetual planner in me has me buying my tickets ahead of time. Getting tickets ahead of time will make your festival experience so much easier. You won't have to worry if the screening you want to go to is sold out because you'll already have your tickets in hand via email! Check out the LAAPFF Box Office for more ticket info! Arrive EarlyThe festival is held in multiple locations in Little Tokyo, Downtown LA, and Koreatown. Arriving early to avoid parking mishaps is a must!  The festival has provided this info about all the venues and parking. A fellow committee member also recommended ParkMe.Com for more parking info! Ask Questions!Many films may have a short Q&A session after the screening. Curious about why an director/writer/actor made a specific choice? Ask them! Become A Member Memberships start at $40 and you get discount to all screenings and events! Your membership supports Visual Communications and you join a community of filmmakers and film lovers who support Asian American voices in film and media. #LAAPFF2015The festival social media game is pretty sweet. You can follow the festival on facebook, twitter, instagram, tumblr, youtube, and flickr. Oblivious Nerd Girl at LAAPFFI'll be hosting several screenings and leading a few Q&A's at the festival. If you are so inclined to check out a film and hang out at the festival, here's where I'll be infusing my obliviousness.
Fri, April 24th - Kung Fu Killer Mon, April 27th - Love Arcadia Tues, April 28th - Crane-Kick Commentary: Karate Kid Part II Weds, April 29th - Where I Am King Weds, April 29th - Ktown Cowboys (Encore Screening) Enjoy LAAPFF folks. It's going to be awesome! For fun, if you spot me, say "hello hello!" I will gladly say "hello hello!" back at ya. Stay Oblivious
Where I Am King (Hari Ng Tondo)
Wednesday, April 29th, 6:45pm, CGV1 Imagine you’ve made it in life. You worked your way out of poverty and into millionaire status. You have it made right? WRONG. Because of some shoddy investments you now lose all your assets because you need to sell them off to pay off your debts. Yes this is the main character Ricardo’s back story in HARI NG TONDO. A rich dude loses his money, but retains his former home, an apartment building in Tondo. Ricardo returns to his former home and brings with him his grandchildren in an effort for them to learn how to not be millennial ass millennials. Of course Ricardo’s grandchildren are not the only one who learn lessons in this film. Ricardo must deal with his own issues with Tondo. The place he once knew has moved on without him. It does not need to be saved by him, however Tondo finds a way of saving him and his family. Click on the picture for ticket info! 
 Crane-Kick Commentary: The Karate Kid, Part II
Tuesday, April 28th, 7pm, JANM When I think of Karate Kid, Part II, my mind goes to the drum that Mr. Miyagi shows Daniel. I’m not going to lie, every time I see a drum like that in a store I pick it up and imagine myself in that scene. Crane-Kick Commentary’s screening of Karate Kid 2 allows you to go back to that scene in a Mystery Science Theater 3000-esque screening with Phil Yu (Angry Asian Man) and friends. Crane-Kick Commentary is a special edition of “Big Trouble in Little Tokyo,” a film series that features specially-selected films by and about Asian Americans followed by a discussion with the cast and crew. “Big Trouble in Little Tokyo” is presented by JANM in partnership with Angry Asian Man, First Pond Entertainment, and Visual Communications. Click on the picture for ticket info!
Nuoc 2030
Monday, April 27th, 7pm, CGV 2 http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/2030_2015 Vietnamese post-apocalyptic waterworld-esque film? Yes I’m in. NUOC 2030 is all these things. There are several things happening in this absorbing Vietnamese film. It’s a post-apocalyptic movie, but it doesn’t star teens attempting to save the world. Instead Sao, a mother who works on a floating farm, looks for answers into her husband’s murder. Does the chief scientist, who so happens to be Sao’s ex-lover, aboard a floating factory ship have anything to do with it? What whirlpool must she go through to find the truth? Click on the picture for ticket info! 
 Miss India America
Sunday, April 26th, 6pm, Downtown Independent Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. Girl plans out their entire future together only to be crushed when plans change because they are only in high school. Sounds simple right? You would think the girl would move on, look back on their relationship as a high school fling. In MISS INDIA AMERICA, Lily Prasad bucks that trend and attempts to win her former boyfriend back and get them back on her future plans by entering the Miss India America beauty pageant. Of course things don’t turn out as she plans, but how else will she learn that you don’t always get what you want, but you get what you need. (Yes I quoted a Rolling Stone song.) Click on the picture for ticket info! |
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