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Film Courage: Let’s take Tubi, you see different titles and images, movie posters. Do you watch something and say “I figured this is why this one didn’t do well” or “This one is why it’s being featured and propped up on Tubi,” because I love going to Tubi for this reason.
Jason Park, Filmmaker: Yes absolutely. I’ll go to Tubi and figure out why a movie is trending. I’ll look at the cover and then I’ll push play for a few minutes and a lot of times I’m perplexed and this is where the creative in me comes into play.
I’m like the lighting isn’t that great, the sound isn’t that good, the story is okay, but it’s trending, clearly they’re doing something right that I’m not doing right, and that’s not to say that oh I’m making the best movies in the world because I’m not, but when you look at Tubi and you see all the movies that trend you have to ask yourself as a creative and you have to almost put your ego to the side because it’s no longer about what’s the best quality. It’s what is the story that’s captivating the audience that it was intended for.
I think that was the big differentiator for someone like myself. When I…(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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