Just amazing the legs on "A Thousand Words!"
This is in Glendale, California. I used to live in Glendale too, so it brings back memories…
September 2, 2010
July 17, 2010
Vimeo Awards
Nominate A Thousand Words for the Vimeo Awards!
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www.vimeo.com/2884813
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Thanks!
July 9, 2010
Yet Another Chinese Remake
It appears that it's a Central Academy of Fine Arts student film. Looks like they have the same shots, but a different ending…and a very interesting bike indeed. My thoughts. I think it's great that people really like A Thousand Words. I appreciate that the short has moved people to remake it. I just don't appreciate how they rip off our work and use almost the same identical shots with no mention of the original work they just copied. If you watch it, you'll also notice they use the same background sounds in the first half, but then add in their own track in the second half. Their sound/music is also really loud (maybe to cover up for Chanda's score?). They had opportunities to really make this their own, but I don't think they took that opportunity. Maybe it was the goal of the project? Take something and just create a different ending.
Here it is:
What do you think?
June 25, 2010
Another Chinese “A Thousand Words” remake
Here’s another one…except it has a female as the one doing the searching:
China
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTgzOTQ4OTQw.html (no longer there)
6/29/10 UPDATE:
Looks like it was taken down by the people that made it! I sent them an email asking how theirs came about and how the director and I appreciated that they liked our short enough to make a remake…a couple days later, their short was taken off of Youku’s site. BUT…I did find it on another site 
June 24, 2010
“A Thousand Words” Remakes / Sequels
Wow…just amazing how much this short has touched people! There are a number of remakes and/or sequels out there! They’re coming from all over the world too! From the Ukraine to the US to Canada and even China. Here’re the ones that I know of:
Ukraine – “Please Forward”
San Jose – “Things We Do”
Whistler, British Columbia -”First Sight”
China
China
If anyone knows of any others, please let me know! Shoot me an email to yow [at] yoyao [dot] com.
Also, I know I haven’t posted much. I moved to China in 2009 and been living it up here. A little acting here and there; a little flag football here and there; and of course…lots of fun!
April 4, 2009
A Thousand Words Cont…
Wow! A Thousand Words is still going strong. Ted Chung put it up on Vimeo.com a couple months ago and it’s really blown up! It’s gotten over 114,000 views as of today.
I’ve been getting a lot of emails from people about my work in it and how much they’ve enjoyed watching it. A lot of people have been touched by it and that’s what I really want to do with my work. I want to be able to affect people!
Thanks to everyone for their support!
October 22, 2008
October Update
So, it’s been about a month and a half since I’ve updated. A good amount has been going on. I’ve been going out on a lot of auditions, so that’s been great.
My episode of “House” will be airing Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at 8pm locally. It’s the 7th Episode of the 5th Season. It’s titled “The Itch.” That date is what production has said. It could change, but that is the latest date I have. So check it out! You can blink too hehe. Just don’t miss the beginning of it…unless you have tivo
I just shot a commercial for “American Family Insurance” last week! It was a great shoot. It was kinda weird though. I got the shoot location the week before we shoot and it was on the Universal Studios Lot, the same location as “House.” So I started thinking, is it possible that we shoot at the same place? The commercial required a house. After hair/make-up/wardrobe, we get driven to the set and I see them setting up the same house that I shot “House” at! But turns out that was for another shot in the commercial and we go a couple houses down to where my scene was. So it’s not the same house, but it’s the same street and that’s strange enough.
I just signed on to do a USC Grad Student’s last film in school. It should be a fun shoot. I’ve been wanting to work with him for awhile now. I saw his last short and thought it was great visually. We’ll be shooting that mid-late November.
Remember “A Thousand Words?” The short film has gotten so much great feedback…well…it’s going to be playing on a major network very soon! I met a casting executive at the network and she knew who I was because of “A Thousand Words.” I was surprised when she said I was in the short and she knew because it’ll be showing on the network soon. I don’t want to say the network though, in case lawyers somehow get to this blog hehe. She said no one’s supposed to know, so it’s all hush hush. I’ll let you all know when it’s showing though when I find out!
I also did a pilot show for Kaiser Permanente since I last wrote an entry. That was fun. I even got to wear a pregnant belly since part of it was set in the future when I stopped working out and got fat. When I put on that belly, it definitely changed the way I walked and felt. I started walking like I was pregnant! I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to handle being pregnant or really fat. It sure wasn’t comfortable.
That’s really all I can think of right now with what’s been going on. There’s no chronological order here, but it’s all stuff I’ve been doing that’s been keeping me busy.
August 29, 2008
Producing First Play
I can now add Producer to my list of hyphenates! I am now an Actor/Writer/Director/Producer.
I have been producing my first play, Tennessee Williams’”Suddenly, Last Summer” with the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble. It was directed by Chil Kong and had an amazing cast. The show ran August, 2 – 24, 2008. Here is a link to the show on Lodestone’s website:
http://www.lodestonetheatre.org/2007_Suddenly.html
Now that the show’s over, there’s still a lot of stuff to do with closing the books. We are alsoholding a Poker/Karaoke Fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. If you live in LA and want to go, we’d love to have you there! Here’s the link to the event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23521613023
With acting, I just finished a Commercial class with Stuart K. Robinson. It was a great class! Stuart has a lot of knowledge to impart due to his experience as an actor and commercial castingdirector. He’s one of the most well-known instructors and arguably the best commercial instructor.
I also just signed with Brady, Brannon & Rich Talent for Commercial Print representation! I can’t wait to start going out on go-see’s and booking some print work. It’ll be good to get some print work again. I miss seeing my mug on Cingular’s website hehe.
July 16, 2008
Busy, Busy, Busy
So much has been going on lately!
I signed with a New Commercial Agent! I am now with Laura Bowman and Wendy Morrison over at Diverse Talent Group.
I signed with a Manager! Chris Bass of S.C. Bass Management/EIM, Inc. I actually signed with him the day that I left for Atlanta for a few days to go to a friend’s wedding. I emceed the wedding as well!
I started taking classes with Amy Lyndon when I got back from Atlanta. She’s amazing!
I just finished up the Cricket Feet Showcase and my scene won “Best Scene!” So we won a bag of goodies worth well over $1000. Not too shabby.
The showcase was two days on July 9th and 10th. On the 2nd day of the showcase, one hour before the showcase started…I found out I had booked “House!” My role is of an EMT. It’s a nice role that’s throughout the teaser of the episode with a good number of lines. I’ve definitely been really blessed this last month!
June 9, 2008
A Little Hosting!
I just did a little hosting for Virtual Channel Network. I did a preview of their shows for the week on www.virtualchannelnetwork.com.
If you go to www.actorsaccess.com, you can watch my hosting talents. Scroll down a little and under the “Today’s Video” section, there’s a box for Virtual Channel Network. Play that and you’ll see me!
