A stranded international college student navigates a socially distanced community amidst an ongoing pandemic, while pushing to complete his thesis film.
What Happens Tomorrow began as a collection of short stories; a personal love letter to the odds and ends that I have seen, and picked up on as a learning filmmaker in Baltimore. Principal photography for the narratives started in the Fall of 2019, but came to a stop upon the Coronavirus pandemic in the Spring of 2020. Oliver, a key protagonist to the narrative series, comes to life as his socially distanced traits now mirror my own. I turn the camera onto myself as I navigate a society where a seemingly airborne virus keeps family and strangers equally apart. Stepping out of the front door for anything from a quick shopping trip, to a breath of fresh fair becomes a dance with death as the virus leaves a trail of bodies in its wake.
The What Happens Tomorrow documentary is set to complete over the Summer of 2020.
A stranded international college student navigates a socially distanced community amidst an ongoing pandemic, while pushing to complete his thesis film.
What Happens Tomorrow began as a collection of short stories; a personal love letter to the odds and ends that I have seen, and picked up on as a learning filmmaker in Baltimore. Principal photography for the narratives started in the Fall of 2019, but came to a stop upon the Coronavirus pandemic in the Spring of 2020. Oliver, a key protagonist to the narrative series, comes to life as his socially distanced traits now mirror my own. I turn the camera onto myself as I navigate a society where a seemingly airborne virus keeps family and strangers equally apart. Stepping out of the front door for anything from a quick shopping trip, to a breath of fresh fair becomes a dance with death as the virus leaves a trail of bodies in its wake.
The What Happens Tomorrow documentary is set to complete over the Summer of 2020.
A stranded international college student navigates a socially distanced community amidst an ongoing pandemic, while pushing to complete his thesis film.
What Happens Tomorrow began as a collection of short stories; a personal love letter to the odds and ends that I have seen, and picked up on as a learning filmmaker in Baltimore. Principal photography for the narratives started in the Fall of 2019, but came to a stop upon the Coronavirus pandemic in the Spring of 2020. Oliver, a key protagonist to the narrative series, comes to life as his socially distanced traits now mirror my own. I turn the camera onto myself as I navigate a society where a seemingly airborne virus keeps family and strangers equally apart. Stepping out of the front door for anything from a quick shopping trip, to a breath of fresh fair becomes a dance with death as the virus leaves a trail of bodies in its wake.
The What Happens Tomorrow documentary is set to complete over the Summer of 2020.
A stranded international college student navigates a socially distanced community amidst an ongoing pandemic, while pushing to complete his thesis film.
What Happens Tomorrow began as a collection of short stories; a personal love letter to the odds and ends that I have seen, and picked up on as a learning filmmaker in Baltimore. Principal photography for the narratives started in the Fall of 2019, but came to a stop upon the Coronavirus pandemic in the Spring of 2020. Oliver, a key protagonist to the narrative series, comes to life as his socially distanced traits now mirror my own. I turn the camera onto myself as I navigate a society where a seemingly airborne virus keeps family and strangers equally apart. Stepping out of the front door for anything from a quick shopping trip, to a breath of fresh fair becomes a dance with death as the virus leaves a trail of bodies in its wake.
The What Happens Tomorrow documentary is set to complete over the Summer of 2020.
A stranded international college student navigates a socially distanced community amidst an ongoing pandemic, while pushing to complete his thesis film.
What Happens Tomorrow began as a collection of short stories; a personal love letter to the odds and ends that I have seen, and picked up on as a learning filmmaker in Baltimore. Principal photography for the narratives started in the Fall of 2019, but came to a stop upon the Coronavirus pandemic in the Spring of 2020. Oliver, a key protagonist to the narrative series, comes to life as his socially distanced traits now mirror my own. I turn the camera onto myself as I navigate a society where a seemingly airborne virus keeps family and strangers equally apart. Stepping out of the front door for anything from a quick shopping trip, to a breath of fresh fair becomes a dance with death as the virus leaves a trail of bodies in its wake.
The What Happens Tomorrow documentary is set to complete over the Summer of 2020.
A stranded international college student navigates a socially distanced community amidst an ongoing pandemic, while pushing to complete his thesis film.
What Happens Tomorrow began as a collection of short stories; a personal love letter to the odds and ends that I have seen, and picked up on as a learning filmmaker in Baltimore. Principal photography for the narratives started in the Fall of 2019, but came to a stop upon the Coronavirus pandemic in the Spring of 2020. Oliver, a key protagonist to the narrative series, comes to life as his socially distanced traits now mirror my own. I turn the camera onto myself as I navigate a society where a seemingly airborne virus keeps family and strangers equally apart. Stepping out of the front door for anything from a quick shopping trip, to a breath of fresh fair becomes a dance with death as the virus leaves a trail of bodies in its wake.
The What Happens Tomorrow documentary is set to complete over the Summer of 2020.
A single mother and her 11-year-old daughter wait at a bus stop for a seemingly never coming bus. To pass the time they play a game of three wishes, if they could wish for anything in the world, what would they wish for? The wishes play out in fantastical ways to achieve their most self-fulfilling dreams.
Directed/Written/Edited by Caroline Xia
Director of Photography Shawn Chia
Assistant Camera Ali Usuloglu
Gaffer Freyja Golbach
Sound Carter Mason
Production Assistants Eunbi C Kim, Leila Kassiri, Darian Murray
Music Composer Jolene Shao
2020
A single mother and her 11-year-old daughter wait at a bus stop for a seemingly never coming bus. To pass the time they play a game of three wishes, if they could wish for anything in the world, what would they wish for? The wishes play out in fantastical ways to achieve their most self-fulfilling dreams.
Writer-Director-Editor, Caroline Xia
Director of Photography, Shawn Chia
Assistant Camera, Ali Usuloglu
Gaffer, Freyja Golbach
Sound, Carter Mason
Production Assistants, Eunbi C Kim, Leila Kassiri, Darian Murray
Music Composer, Jolene Shao
2020
A young girl is under examination as she claims to be the Next Virgin Mary. A series of interviews with her inner circle provides more clarity to who she is and adds insight to her self proclaimed calling from the heavens.
A trailer for Eleni Marinos’ The Next Virgin Mary — a project shot by Shawn Chia.
A young girl is under examination as she claims to be the Next Virgin Mary. A series of interviews with her inner circle provides more clarity to who she is and adds insight to her self proclaimed calling from the heavens.
A trailer for Eleni Marinos’ The Next Virgin Mary — a project shot by Shawn Chia.
An infinitely looping scene of a pedestrian jaywalking across the North Avenue.
An infinitely looping scene of a pedestrian and several cars, crossing the West Mount Royal Avenue train tracks.
An infinitely looping scene of a cyclist riding along Maryland Avenue.
An Excerpts on Waiting is a compilation of several moments of waiting on the New York Subway.
The excerpts were presented as part of a 3 channel video installation piece.
Each 28 second segment is slowed down to last about 5 times longer than actually perceived. In this manner, the surreal vignettes force the audience to match its slow pace and pick apart at the subtleties and nuances we typically miss on our hasty commutes.
An Excerpt on Waiting is 28 seconds of waiting on the New York Subway.
This excerpt is part of a 3 channel video installation piece.
Each 28 second segment is slowed down to last about 5 times longer than actually perceived. In this manner, the surreal vignettes force the audience to match its slow pace and pick apart at the subtleties and nuances we typically miss on our hasty commutes.
An Excerpts on Waiting is a compilation of several moments of waiting on the New York Subway.
The excerpts were presented as part of a 3 channel video installation piece.
Each 28 second segment is slowed down to last about 5 times longer than actually perceived. In this manner, the surreal vignettes force the audience to match its slow pace and pick apart at the subtleties and nuances we typically miss on our hasty commutes.
A hungry couple struggle to put together enough money for breakfast. As their hunger builds, so does the tension in their waning relationship.
Shot in Baltimore where issues such as homelessness and class disparity are rampant, Ghost Story takes a look into the day to day of a couple motivated by hunger and circumstance to serve as a conversation starter for discussing said topics.
Featuring the very talented Clare Lefebure, Jesse Marciniak, and Xavier Plater.
A hungry couple struggle to put together enough money for breakfast. As their hunger builds, so does the tension in their waning relationship.
Shot in Baltimore where issues such as homelessness and class disparity are rampant, Ghost Story takes a look into the day to day of a couple motivated by hunger and circumstance to serve as a conversation starter for discussing said topics.
Featuring the very talented Clare Lefebure, Jesse Marciniak, and Xavier Plater.
A hungry couple struggle to put together enough money for breakfast. As their hunger builds, so does the tension in their waning relationship.
Shot in Baltimore where issues such as homelessness and class disparity are rampant, Ghost Story takes a look into the day to day of a couple motivated by hunger and circumstance to serve as a conversation starter for discussing said topics.
Featuring the very talented Clare Lefebure, Jesse Marciniak, and Xavier Plater.
A b-movie director comes to terms with his career after a disastrous appearance on a live-streamed talk show.
Starring;
Brian H. Reynolds as Phil Dobbs
Taz Achey as Art Blanko
Carver Bain as Terry
Sarah Jacklin as Mary
Jacob Zabawa as Jimmy/Werewolf Jimmy
Benairen Kane as Tommy
Melanie Crespo as Dana
Tyler Barnes as Bartender
Andy Kotch as Dana's Boyfriend
By;
Writer-Director-Producer, Matt Fitzwater
Director of Photography, Shawn Chia
Associate Producer, Cristina Gonçalves
Executive Producers, Jane Cottis and Nadia Hironaka
Sound Recording, Paul Warner
Editing and Sound Design, Matt Fitzwater
Script Supervisor, Lilly Sparks
Production Assistants, Martia Mariano and Autumn Shackleford
Production Photographer, Martia Mariano
A b-movie director comes to terms with his career after a disastrous appearance on a live-streamed talk show.
Starring;
Brian H. Reynolds as Phil Dobbs
Taz Achey as Art Blanko
Carver Bain as Terry
Sarah Jacklin as Mary
Jacob Zabawa as Jimmy/Werewolf Jimmy
Benairen Kane as Tommy
Melanie Crespo as Dana
Tyler Barnes as Bartender
Andy Kotch as Dana's Boyfriend
By;
Writer-Director-Producer, Matt Fitzwater
Director of Photography, Shawn Chia
Associate Producer, Cristina Gonçalves
Executive Producers, Jane Cottis and Nadia Hironaka
Sound Recording, Paul Warner
Editing and Sound Design, Matt Fitzwater
Script Supervisor, Lilly Sparks
Production Assistants, Martia Mariano and Autumn Shackleford
Production Photographer, Martia Mariano
A tree falls in a forest and no one is around to mourn for it. This experimental short-form offers a perceptive look into the repercussions of hiking trails excavated into a once serene forest.
A tree falls in a forest and no one is around to mourn for it. This experimental short-form offers a perceptive look into the repercussions of hiking trails excavated into a once serene forest.
A tree falls in a forest and no one is around to mourn for it. This experimental short-form offers a perceptive look into the repercussions of hiking trails excavated into a once serene forest.
A tree falls in a forest and no one is around to mourn for it. This experimental short-form offers a perceptive look into the repercussions of hiking trails excavated into a once serene forest.
A brief confrontation takes place between an alcoholic with a conscience, and a smoker looking for a light.
Smoking is Bad is a case study into the deep focus technique and the hypocrisy of morals and vices.
Featuring the very capable Isolina Minjeong Alva, and Jake Tan.
A brief confrontation takes place between an alcoholic with a conscience, and a smoker looking for a light.
Smoking is Bad is a case study into the deep focus technique and the hypocrisy of morals and vices.
Featuring the very capable Isolina Minjeong Alva, and Jake Tan.
A silent short I made (one of the firsts rather) during my time at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The piece was put together after much arm twisting, many ‘please’s’ and ‘thank you’s’ with the help of the very lovely Jerome Tieh and Lim Quan Zhao.
A silent short I made (one of the firsts rather) during my time at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The piece was put together after much arm twisting, many ‘please’s’ and ‘thank you’s’ with the help of the very lovely Jerome Tieh and Lim Quan Zhao.
A silent short I made (one of the firsts rather) during my time at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The piece was put together after much arm twisting, many ‘please’s’ and ‘thank you’s’ with the help of the very lovely Jerome Tieh and Lim Quan Zhao.
A traffic light, a gas station sign, and a set of tail lamps flicker amidst blue hour in an otherwise empty urbanscape. Hess is an experiment with cinemagraph design — a play on an empty scene isolated in an infinitely looping GIF.
A student film by Shawn Chia, Carin Leong, and Giulia Pulvirenti. 2015.
An elderly man spends his days revisiting his past as he recedes into his illusory world of nostalgia. The magical innocence is quickly dispelled when his daughter returns home from work and he is thrown out of his world of comforting memories to face the hard truths which she presents. Magic (变(幻)) questions the moral dilemmas of pragmatism, amnesia and family in a rapidly-modernising world.
他花上了時間來回顧自己年輕時的過去。當女兒放工回家時，一切的回顧魔法似乎突然就消失得無影無蹤。(变(幻)) 帶出了失智症與現實生活中的矛盾衝突。
A student film by Shawn Chia, Carin Leong, and Giulia Pulvirenti. 2015.
An elderly man spends his days revisiting his past as he recedes into his illusory world of nostalgia. The magical innocence is quickly dispelled when his daughter returns home from work and he is thrown out of his world of comforting memories to face the hard truths which she presents. Magic (变(幻)) questions the moral dilemmas of pragmatism, amnesia and family in a rapidly-modernising world.
他花上了時間來回顧自己年輕時的過去。當女兒放工回家時，一切的回顧魔法似乎突然就消失得無影無蹤。(变(幻)) 帶出了失智症與現實生活中的矛盾衝突。
A student film by Shawn Chia, Carin Leong, and Giulia Pulvirenti. 2015.
An elderly man spends his days revisiting his past as he recedes into his illusory world of nostalgia. The magical innocence is quickly dispelled when his daughter returns home from work and he is thrown out of his world of comforting memories to face the hard truths which she presents. Magic (变(幻)) questions the moral dilemmas of pragmatism, amnesia and family in a rapidly-modernising world.
他花上了時間來回顧自己年輕時的過去。當女兒放工回家時，一切的回顧魔法似乎突然就消失得無影無蹤。(变(幻)) 帶出了失智症與現實生活中的矛盾衝突。