Carlos Dinkins, who some have deemed my “muse”, asked me to help him make a video for MBA Revue. I of course agreed because he has dedicated so much of his time to be in my films. After watching a professor’s YouTube videos, we could not help but make this infomercial parodying Operations Management and the famous workout, P90X. I had the opportunity to use video transitions and horrible graphics in order to make this video come to life. Carlos killed it. –CC
Do you want to change the way you eat? You should try out Urban Dish.
This was a project commissioned by MBA 2011 student, Aaron Lyons. Aaron Lyons is planning on launching a restaurant in the near future and wanted something that would generate buzz about his company. The special nature of this project was that everyone in the commercial were MBA students (1st and 2nd years). We shot everything in a matter of 4 hours. We wanted to portray that Urban Dish is a lifestyle – hip and healthy. The first concept “How You Like me Now” stemmed from a collaborative brainstorming effort between the different producers. The second idea “Don’t Eat Trash” was…
I am starting to build my film equipment collection and I believe this is the first film that really portrays the level of productive value I am able to achieve these days. I didn’t have a long time to film so I decided to cut together the “best” of first semester business school. Enjoy everyone. –CC
Back in March 2011, Hassan F. Johnson of ThaTrunk partnered up with director, Christine Chen, to create a mini-documentary series to kick off the launch of ThaTrunk.com. ThaTrunk.com is a digital music marketplace for driven Independent Hip Hop Artists that sells services normally offered by record labels. They are pretty awesome. Make sure to check them out. The project was a success and ThaTrunk.com kicked off their website with Drastik, a short documentary about a local hip-hop artist in Austin, Texas. The documentary was filmed during a span of a week and follows Drastik and his band “The Circle of…
Spec Commercial for Homeaway. Release Date: February 21, 2011.
The kitchen can be a scary place. Release Date: January 10, 2010
In 1994, National Geographic filmed the compelling documentary “Beyond the Clouds” about Lijiang, China. In 1995, Lijiang was struck by a devastating earthquake that registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, disrupting the lives of many in this beautiful and quaint city. This documentary seeks to show how the area nicknamed “Shangri-La” has changed and rebuilt itself in the recent years. Filmed in 2006, Christine Chen and Jo Ling Kent take a month long journey exploring Lijiang for Rice University. This is pretty much Christine Chen’s first official film.
UT MBA Class 2012 is Hot The University of Texas McCombs Business School class of 2012 is the best class. You cannot handle their hotness. Trailer #2 for “Gettin’ My MBA” Spoof. Release Date: November 14, 2010