Film Courage: What was the strategy you had before you made your first movie and how did this strategy change for your second film?
Jason Park, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, and Cinematographer: First movie it was just about getting it out. With the first movie you’re Oh this is going to be on Netflix. You’re so optimistic and you need that optimism to carry you through your career. The main thing about it was I had to prove to myself that I can get it done. The strategy on the first one there was no strategy. It was like Hey, let’s make this movie! So I made the movie and I kind of winged it, the whole movie was just winged. I did create a shot list and everything and realized I didn’t use anything on the shot list. Now I don’t even create shot lists. I look at the space that I have available to me and then I shoot accordingly. With the first film it was just about making it right. With the second film I knew that I went from step one if Rex Park [Curse of the Golden Buddha] was step one. I knew Four Amigos was step 20 and I knew that’s how I wanted to take it. I had to plan a little more. First my thought process, and I’ll go over through the whole thought process, let me just say this to any filmmaker out there, your film no matter if it has a million dollar budget, a zero dollar budget, or five hundred thousand dollar budget associated with it, your film will be judged against other high-level Hollywood films with massive budgets with a talented crew. It doesn’t matter, it’s always going to be judged against that because the viewer, that’s what they watch and that’s what they know and that’s what they’re used to. They’re always going to judge your film against that. With Four Amigos I knew right away I had to up my game. I had to get better and I had to do better. First I wrote the script, then I broke down the scenes, then I applied locations to scenes then I started getting the cast together about who was going to play what and then we…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Jason Park is an accomplished Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, and Cinematographer. Living in Atlanta, GA with a background in both acting and narrative filmmaking. Jason was raised on the Big Island of Hawai’i. After finishing high school, he moved to Los Angeles California, where he found his passion for videography, acting, and filmmaking. He began booking commercials and print work for companies like Apple, Samsung, McDonald’s, Subway, and the list goes on. He’s been in films with actors such as Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect), Ross Butler (Shazam) Christian Serratos (Selena), David Oyelowo (Gringo), and Evan Ross (The Hunger Games). After appearing in films, commercials, and print campaigns. The actor decided to passionately work on breaking barriers for Asian-American actors, directors, writers, and creators in American Cinema. Leading him to create films with Asian leads in non Asian stereotypical roles.
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