The Red House

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Jiaqi Lin Rush Hour Productions 6464 Sunset Blvd., Suite 750 Los Angeles, CA 90028 (323) 466-2772 FAX: (323) 466-2836

The Red House

Synopsis

Set in 1915 rural China, The Red House is the story of a 25 year old prostitute, Fangfang, and h er struggle to save enough of her earnings to buy back her contract and her freedom. The sudden arrival of a 6 y ear old child, Amei, being sold to The Red House by her desperate parents soon changes things. T he brothel’s madam. Mama Yan, puts Fangfang in charge of Amei’s training, including the painful ritual of binding her feet to keep them small.

Fangfang, who became a prostitute in very much the same way, soon realizes she cannot let it continue, and decides to use her saving to buy Amei’s contract and her freedom…something Fangfang now will never have.

Cast

Fangfang Felix Fang Mama Yan Leann Lei Amei Makayla Gatmaitan Mama Li Peggy Lu Amei’s Mother Mika Santoh Amei’s Father Larry Wang Parrish Linger Chen Chen Julian Hua James Gan Wong Steve Huang Mama Lin Lillian Lam Chong Shigeru Mitani Customer #1 Jack Jeong Woman #1 Angela Chung Woman #2 Christina Wang Woman #3 Amy Shu

Felix Fang “Fangfang”

Felix Fang was made in Taiwan and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii where she discovered her love of performing art. She worked front and back at the University of Hawaii theater, and committed her summers to the community's Shakespeare in the park. Now in LA to pursue film and television, The Red House is the first short film she's worked on. You can also catch her as a host on Munchies Vice.

Leann Lei “Mama Yan”

Leann Lei is an actress, director, producer and a professionally trained opera singer. Leann received her Bachelor's Degree at XingHai music college where she received professional opera singing and piano training. While working as a vocal instructor and chorus conductor at Liwan Fine Art School, she produced and directed musical plays and sang and hosted for many shows during Chinese holidays and events. She also did concert tours with a chorus in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Leann lived in Vienna, Austria for one year where she learned German and received further opera singing training. She came to the US and taught Mandarin in public schools in Kentucky and received her master's degree in Art of Education. In 2012, to fulfill her dream of becoming a professional working actress since she was a little girl, she left her tenured teaching job and moved to Los Angeles. Her TV debut was as "Tammy Hyun" in FOX TV series Bones, followed by "Serafina" in ABC TV series Castle. Leann believes that success=positive outlook+being reliable+talent+luck. At her spare time, Leann loves to cook, eat, workout, do Kung Fu, airsoft, play various sports, watch movies, hang out with friends, or just enjoy alone time at home for a minute.

Makayla Gatmaitan “Amei”

Makayla Gatmaitan, born on June 14 2008, is an actress from Altadena, California. Makayla began acting when she was 4 years old. She made her debut in the Jeep 2013 Super Bowl Commercial, "Whole Again". In 2014, Makayla got the role of Amei in a short film called "The Red House." Makayla enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends, the outdoors, laughing, playing with her dolls, making videos and the movie "Frozen".

Peggy Lu “Mama Li”

Peggy Lu w as made in Taiwan and improved in the USA; a s elf-made thousandaire who’s fluent in Mandarin Chinese and speaks conversational Spanish. After obtaining her degree in Doctor of Pharmacy, Peggy migrated to NYC and began her acting career. She has performed in productions from Off-Broadway to the big screen and everything in between. Peggy is very proud to be part of THE RED HOUSE ensemble.

Production Credits

Written & Directed By Jaiqi Lin

Produced by Larry Kaster

Executive Producer

Tengxiong Wei

Music By Charles Bernstein

Costume Designer Laura Cristina Ortiz

Edited By

Michael Bohusz

Production Designer Michael Paul Clausen

Director of Photography Donald M. Morgan, ASC

Production Credits Er-Hu Soloist Karen Han Unit Production Manager Kimberly Lamar 1st Assistant Director Graeme Finlayson 2nd Assistant Director Jacolyn Holmes Key Set Production Assistant Michael Easley Production Assistants Jameela Hice Lori Thomson Kate Zimmerman Christopher Peters Ginny Cheung Simon Drivdal Yang Jin Amei’s Stand-in Leann Bankowski Location Manager Ed Lippman Script Supervisor Aina Feng A Camera Operator Noah Pankow B Camera Operator Ricardo Gale A Camera 1st Assistant Jim Gavin B Camera 1st Assistant James Sprattley B Camera 1st Assistant Juan Pablo Gara 2nd Assistant Camera Jonathon Stromberg Still Photographer Peter Switzer Sound Mixer Stephen Halbert Boom Operators Derrick Nunn Alrick Bainton Gaffer Keith Roverud

Electricians Joseph Gonzalez Matt Turve Eric Munk Jonah Linden TJ Yoshizadi Key Grip Ricky Perez Best Boy Grip Leila Battersby Dolly Grips Juan Cuevas Rob Padilla Dave Hadsell Grips Ricky Harris Lahai Baxter Assistant Costume Designer Christopher Oroza Costumers Joyce Tom Specialty Costumer Sandra Waesche Wardrobe Assistants Yang Jin

Kimberly Clark Make-up Artist Gabriela Banda Make-up Cassie Lyons Stacy Buch Special Effects Make-up Lauren Wilde Hair Stylist Lauren Wilde Art Director Maya Bradley On-Set Dressers Melissa Pellico Fengyuan Liu Leadman Jake Torossian Set Dressers DeGuie Sanabria Patrick Johnson Construction Foreman Kenny Sanford

Property Master Shannon Fitzgerald Props Fengyuan Liu Craft Services / Caterer Carla Coleman Transportation Coordinator / Medic Jake Torossian Drivers Patrick Johnson Tommy Nierman Colorist Kevin O’Conner Re-Recording Mixer Ethan Beigel Sound Editor Cary Clark Title Designer Gavin Carlton Camera Dolly JL Fisher Security Executive Assurance Entertainment This film would not have been possible without the generous help of Panavision, Inc., Eastman Kodak, Fotokem, JL Fisher and Acey-Decy Equipment Company.

The director also wishes to thank the following:

Tengxiong Wei Nick Sivakumaran Greg Marks Igor Torgeson

Andrew Shearer Nils Taylor James Rowe David Newman

Gilbert McDonald Lydia Cedrone Xiaoyu Lin Zack Stoff Mary Rose Zhihong Lin

And a special thanks to:

Shaoyin Jiang Zhenyun Lin

c. 2014 Jiaqi Lin and Rush Hour Productions

Jiaqi Lin Writer / Director

Jiaqi Lin was born Quanzhou, China, in 1989. She studied violin as a child, became very proficient at it and thought that she might continue to study the instrument in college. However, she chose to study animation when she enrolled at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts. Jiaqi had always had a fascination and a love for films, and her studies in animation only deepened this passion. In her sophomore year she decided to get her Master’s Degree in filmmaking. She applied to the Master’s Degree Program at the New York Film Academy and was accepted. In 2012, Jiaqi moved to Los Angeles, California and began her studies at NYFA. She made two short films during her first year at the Academy, “Daffodils” and “Killing Slashers,” and put the experience of writing and directing those first two projects to good use in the following year. In 2013, Jiaqi started to develop the storyline for a short film that would ultimately become “The Red House,” pulling from her cultural experience and family history. Her energy and passion helped her to bring together an amazing team of professionals who worked hard with her to bring this wonderful film to life.

Larry Kaster

Larry Kaster is a producer and partner in Rush Hour Productions, a full-service TV and Film production company based in Los Angeles. He started his career in lighting freelancing in both television and film productions for over 30 years. Mr. Kaster’s motion picture film credits include, “Something the Lord Made,” “A Lesson Beore Dying,” “Geronimo," “Best of the Best," and many other projects. He co-founded Rush Hour Productions in 1985 and s ince has produced many productions including 5 seasons of “Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up,” “Primetime,” “Way Black When,” “Comedy All-Stars and many others. He has also produced the films “The Red House,” “Uninvited,” “Shoot It,” and others. The breadth of Mr. Kaster’s production experience with Rush Hour comprises industrial films, commercials, comedy specials, music videos and dramatic films. He is equally skilled in shooting in all forms of video, digital and traditional film mediums. In addition, Rush Hour has provided and continues to provide creative design and production services for a w ide variety of television and film projects. Mr. Kaster is a g raduate of Northern Illinois University and r esides in Los Angeles, California.

Charles Bernstein Composer

Talented, prolific and versatile film composer Charles Bernstein was born on February 28, 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He conducted his own orchestral music at age sixteen and studied composition with Vitorio Giannini and Vincent Persichetti at Juilliard. Bernstein also attended the University of California; he received an O utstanding Graduate of the College Award, a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship and a C hancellor's Doctoral Teaching Fellowship while working with American composer Roy Harris. His impressively eclectic musical style ranges from comedy to drama to action to horror. Bernstein has supplied the scores for a b unch of enjoyably down'n'dirty 70's drive-in exploitation features: he turned up the funk with "That Man Bolt," went all-out groovy for the "Invasion of the Bee Girls," and kicked out the tuneful swinging country jams on "White Lightning" (a snippet of this score was used in the "Kill Bill Vol. 1" soundtrack), "Gator," "A Small Town in Texas," and "Nightmare in Badham County." Bernstein's scores in the horror genre are especially chilling and effective: Among his finest fright film scores are "Hex," "Sweet Kill," "The Entity" (this is one of Bernstein's most inspired, inventive and underrated scores; it was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Music), "Cujo," Wes Craven's terrifying classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street," and "April Fool's Day." Moreover, Bernstein has done scores for a large number of made-for-TV movies. He won an Emmy Award for his score for the "Little Miss Perfect" episode of the "CBS Schoolbreak Special." His scores for "Enslavement" and "The Sea Wolf" were nominated for Emmy Awards while his score for "The Man Who Broke A 1,000 Chains" received a C able ACE Award nomination for Original Score. Outside of his substantial film and television work, Bernstein has also done music for Off-Broadway theater, modern dance, and the World Festival of Sacred Music, played jazz in the cellars of Paris, and danced and played folk music with the Greeks and gypsies from the Balkans. Moreover, Bernstein has written the acclaimed books "Film Music and Everything Else - Volume 1: Limitations" and "Movie Music: An Insider's View." He won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his writing on m usic. Bernstein is a m ember of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Board of Directors of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and t he Board of Directors of the ASCAP Foundation. In addition, Charles Bernstein has taught on the graduate film scoring faculty at USC and holds an annual film scoring seminar in the summer at UCLA Extension.

Donald M. Morgan, ASC Director of Photography

I never had any intention of being a cinematographer. I tried a lot of things that didn’t work out. When I was 16 years old, I was riding in professional rodeos, which was kind of odd since I was born in Hollywood, California. By the time I was in my early 20’s, I was driving race cars. I was always looking for a thrill. In between these two failed ventures, I worked in film labs and later tried my hand as an animation cameraman.

Then a friend of mine told me about a man named Nelson Tyler, who had built a camera mount for helicopter cinematography. It sounded exciting and I found out that my father, an animation cameraman, had worked with Nelson’s father. So, I arranged a meeting with Nelson and he let me hang around and learn how to use the equipment, and within six months was shooting small jobs on my own. I loved filming from a helicopter; it seemed to satisfy my need for adventure. Within a couple of years, I was considered one of the top aerial cameramen (so I’m told). I flew with a pilot / 2nd unit director by the name of Jim Gavin and we worked on many projects, everything from filming while riding a buc king horse and hand holding the camera, to standing on t he “skid-gear” filming actors inside the helicopter.

The one thing missing for a career as a director of photography was my lack of knowledge for lighting. I didn’t come up through the ranks where most people learn their craft – no film school, just the school of hard knocks. One day, a man I worked for asked if I could do a small job with a bunch of screaming kids holding different colored balloons. The footage was to show children enjoying themselves after watching cartoons on television. I told him I had no experience in lighting a set, and he suggested I get a lighting gaffer to help me. I did, and the job was fun. It became the start of a whole new addition to my career. Shortly after that experience, while wondering how I would ever learn lighting, I was watching television and an ad came on about a b ook called “100 of the World’s Most Beautiful Paintings.” I sent away for the book and was intrigued by those masters – Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Da Vinci… I thought to myself: “With lights, I could get the same look as those famous painters,” and so began my creative talents. To this day I’m so grateful for that $13.00 book as it gave me the desire to do what I do. I felt like a success when I did a film called “Panache” for television and the director told me it looked like a Rembrandt painting.

And now I’m looking forward to the next new challenge!

Michael Paul Clausen Production Designer

Michael Clausen is an active Art Director and Production Designer in Film and Television. He is an alumnus of the University of Missouri Columbia and studied Art Direction and Drawing at UCLA School of Design.

He is a l ong standing member of the Art Directors Guild Local 876 a nd the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Michael’s career has gained him broad experience in a variety of locations within the United States, including Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and Hawaii. In addition he h as worked on location in Mexico and is fluent in Spanish. Storyboarding, sketching and drafting are an integral part of his artistic abilities.

Before pursuing an education in design Michael worked as a Paramedic Firefighter in his home town of St. Louis and earned an Associates Degree in Paramedic Medicine.

In addition to film making and design endeavors, Michael enjoys racquet sports, scuba diving, free diving and, in recent years, coaching his young son in team sports. He and his wife Reka, an Assistant Professor at USC, reside in Mar Vista, CA with their son, Christopher.

Karen Han Er-Hu Soloist

Karen Hua-Qi (Hwa-Chee) Han is an internationally renowned Er-Hu virtuoso, composer and vocalist. The Er-Hu is a classical Chinese instrument with two strings having all of the tonal qualities of the violin. She has performed for foreign dignitaries, and has played in many concerts throughout the world. Her recording accomplishments include Oscar winning movies, television, radio programs, and seven albums. She ranks as one of the best players in the world and a cultural treasure.

Karen is the youngest person to ever receive a Masters Degree in Performing Arts with Honors from China's best music academy, the "Central Conservatory of Music." The academy's awards include "Top Artist" and "First Class Er-Hu Soloist."

As a child in China, Karen naturally gravitated toward her father's instrument, the Er-Hu. Under his guidance, she grew proficient in music, dance and song. She started the Er-Hu at the age of six and in 1978, over a field of thousands of other applicants, she was selected for admittance to China's renown Central Conservatory of Music.

Since graduation, Karen has frequently performed for visiting foreign dignitaries such as former President Jimmy Carter, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and world-renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti. In 1985, she was invited to join the Best Chinese Young Artists Group which toured more than 15 cities in the U.S. In 1991, Karen was invited to perform at the "Prague Spring Festival" in Czechoslovakia. Recently, she played for China's President Jiang Zemin.

Enamored with the West and encouraged by Hollywood contracts, Karen moved to Los Angeles in 1988. Since her arrival, Warner Brothers, Hollywood Pictures and HBO have all employed her talents.

In 1997, she was honored to perform at the world renown Hollywood Bowl with accompaniment by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In a concert with the New West Symphony, she performed as a soloist, the "Gates of Gold," a world premier Er-Hu and orchestra concerto.

We have all heard Karen's Er-Hu in movies like "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Last Emperor" as well as numerous television scores. "The Last Emperor" won an Oscar for Best Original Music. There, her playing of the musical score was remarkable, not only for its intricacy, but also for the emotion it conveyed. She brought forth from her diminutive instrument a song of poignancy and power.

Karen presently serves as the Music Director of the Hollywood Chinese Musicians Ensemble and despite her demanding recording and performance schedule she established the "Chinese Strings Instrument Institute" in Los Angeles. Karen currently has seven albums in circulation including four soundtrack recordings. Karen also teaches privately.

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Student Film The Red House Gets Hollywood TreatmentPublished on website: August 14, 2014Categories: VISION3 500T Color Negative Film 5219/7219 , The StoryBoard Blog

Written and directed by Jiaqi Lin, a Chinese film student at the New York Film Academy, the short film The Red House is the story of a 25-year-old prostitute, Fangfang, and her struggle to save enough of her earnings to buy back her freedom. Set in 1915 rural China, the sudden arrival of a 6-year-old child, Amei, being sold to The Red House by her desperate parents soon changes things. The brothel’s madam puts Fangfang in charge of Amei’s training, including the painful ritual of binding her feet to keep them small. Fangfang, who became a prostitute in very much the same way, soon realizes she cannot let it continue, and decides to use her savings to buy Amei’s contract and her freedom … something she now will never have.

Shot by Emmy®-winning cinematographer Donald M. Morgan, ASC, The Red House utilized Kodak film to capture the drama and angst of the story.

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Winner: Dam Short Film Festival, 2015, Best Student Film

Awards / Festivals

Winner: HollyShorts Monthly Screening, March 2015

Winner: Riverside International Film Festival, 2015, Jury Award

Finalist: USA Film Festival, 2015, Grand Jury Award

Official Selection: Palm Springs International Shortfest, 2015

Official Selection: Long Island International Film Expo, 2015

Official Selection: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2015

Official Selection: Julian Debuque Film Festival, 2015

Official Selection: Lifetree Film Festival, 2015

Official Selection: Women and Minorities in Film, 2015

Official Selection: Breckenridge Film Festival, 2015

Official Selection, Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2015

Official Selection, Charleston International Film Festival, 2015

Official Selection, Cineseptiembre 8 Muestra Internacional de Cine Independiente, 2015

Official Selection, Raindance Film Festival, 2015

Official Selection, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, 2015

Winner: Garden State Film Festival, 2016

Official Selection: Newport Beach Film Festival, 2016

Official Selection: Seattle Shorts Film Festival, 2016

Official Selection: Savannah Film Festival, 2016

Filmmaker Contact Information Writer / Director: Jiaqi Lin Telephone: (818) 294-8845 Email: jiaqimaggielin@gmail.com Production Company Rush Hour Productions 6464 Sunset Blvd., Suite 750 Los Angeles, CA 90028 (323) 466-2772 FAX: (323) 466-2836 www.rushhourproductions.com lkaster@rushhourproductions.com