Thanks to our now returning client Discovery Channel Canada, we got a chance to film some great innovations in KAIST Daejeon last week. A professor and his team are developing a drone that is aimed at helping fire firefighters in difficult situations. Between resistance to high temperature and ability to crawl between tight space, these drones are a innovation that gave us a chance to step into the future for a day.
Filming in heavy smoky conditionsFilming the team at work on the drone
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You can now rent the feature film Haebangchon, partly produced by AJP Productions in Seoul, South Korea. Haebangchon has received many awards.
2015 Film Festivals:
Urban Action Showcase – Won “Best Feature Film”, Kahlid Elijah Tapia won “Best Action Actor”, Won “Best Hand 2 Hand Combat”, Won “Best Fight Choreography”
GI Film Fest – Writer/Director James Williams III won “Best Veteran Filmmaker Award”
Charlotte Black Film Fest – Nominated for “Best Feature Film”, Kahlid Elijah Tapia Nominated for “Best Actor”
Korea Expat Film Festival – Official Selection
Orlando Urban Film Festival – Official Selection
Veterans, Soldiers and Sailors Cinema Festival – Official Selection
Haebangchon – Chapter 1 is a crime drama with an ensemble cast set a midst a mafia takeover of a small foreigner town in Seoul, South Korea. Each character seeks his or her own personal need for freedom. Q (Kahlid Tapia) is extorted by the mafia to sell a large amount of marijuana; he has no choice in matter if he wants to leave with his life, the problem is, he’s not a very good drug dealer. Ji (Jennifer Yun) has pledged her life to the mafia in exchange for saving her father, she wants nothing more than to pay off her debt and return to being a full time mother, but she can’t do that if Q fails. Mr. Yu, the clan leader, wants to take Haebangchon as a new means of income to sustain his family so that he can retire from the violent lifestyle.
AJP Productions provides high quality production services in South Korea and around Asia, don’t hesitate to contact us for any filming requests.
Now three years into production, Sedae is making clear progress in editing. The reality of documentary production is that most things don’t go the way we want. We recently tried to take pick-up shots for the perfect opening as the Director wanted it. Unfortunately, due to the wrong alignment of planets, we couldn’t get it done. Although it is a great disappointment to all of us, we have a lot of fantastic footage that will be used to replace this opening.
This is what independent filmmaking is like sometimes, compromises.
Luckily, there are also great moments during post-production. Here is a short of the Director rendering edited parts of the documentary:
Chilling while rendering large chuncks of edited footage
Sedae is a documentary about Korea’s quick growth which resulted in much contrast between the old and young, and rural and urban. This documentary visually shows the different aspects of Korean life, and is narrated over by Koreans of all ages and backgrounds that are a part of it. Their narration examines their thoughts of the Korea around them, of the different generations, and of all of the changes they have seen and experienced throughout their lives. All of this is blended together to show the diverse aspects of one country that has tremendously transformed in such a short time.
AJP Productions provides high quality production services in South Korea and around Asia, don’t hesitate to contact us for any filming requests.
After the Los Angeles Festival success, Call has now brings no less than ten awards home from the Global Independent Film Awards. Here is the list of awards:
Best Short Film, 2nd Place,
Best Director, Chang Daeryun, 3rd Place,
Best Actor Lead Role, Min Jung Gi, 1st Place,
Best Actress Supporting Role. Choe Seo Yeon, 1st Place,
Best Actor Supporting Role, Kim Tae Sung, 2nd Place,
Best Actor Supporting Role, Lee Sung Jun, 3rd Place,
Best Ensemble Cast, 2nd Place,
Best Cinematography, Daniel Smukalla, 1st Place,
Best Sound, Jouni Elo, 1st Place,
Best Production Design, Evonne Beardworth, 3rd Place.
CONGRATULATIONS AJP TEAM!
Call Coho is a short about a proxy driver who gets paid to drive other people’s cars so that they can freely go drinking. His clients only think they see a man who is all out of luck but what mysterious past is he actually hiding?
AJP Productions offered productions services in Seoul to make the vision of Director Chang a reality. You can see more details about Call Coho on our portfolio page here.
Call Coho, the proxy driver you need, not the one you want.
AJP Productions provides high quality production services in South Korea and around Asia, don’t hesitate to contact us for any filming.
Another day, another great shoot at AJP Productions, this time for a cool cosmetic brand. We haven’t had a chance to do much advertising so far so this project is especially exciting for the team. We wrapped everything in a single day and now taking care of the editing.
I’ll keep you updated when the video’s completed and added to our portfolio!
Model reviewing her scriptModel being interviewed
AJP Productions provides high quality production services in South Korea and around Asia, don’t hesitate to contact us for any filming and fixing requests.
Great News! Call Coho, a short film directed by Daeryun Chang and produced by AJP Productions wins BEST Foreign Short Award for the December session of Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards.
Call Coho is a short about a proxy driver who gets paid to drive other people’s cars so that they can freely go drinking. His clients only think they see a man who is all out of luck but what mysterious past is he actually hiding?
AJP Productions offered productions services in Seoul to make the vision of Director Chang a reality. You can see more details about Call Coho on our portfolio page here.
Director Daeryun Chang receives the best Foreign Short AwardDirector Daeryun Chang gets interviewed at the festival