Here's a chance to work with 'Star Trek Beyond' director Justin Lin

By Anderson

Reposted from YOMYOMF

BY POPULAR DEMAND, the deadline to submit a short film to Interpretations and a chance to direct a project produced by Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin has been extended to July 15, 2016.

By popular demand, the deadline to submit a short film to Interpretations and a chance to direct a project produced by Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin has been extended to July 15, 2016.

Justin Lin

We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries regarding this initiative and we also know that producing a film, even a short one, is really difficult. It takes a village, as one would say. So, we’re extending the deadline by almost a month to provide you budding filmmakers some extra time to complete your short film entries and also convince anyone else who hasn’t decided to submit to consider now and enter your film!

However, do keep in mind that if you finish your film before the new deadline, we encourage you to submit early, because it allows more time for the judges to review your entries and also allows you, the filmmaker and your team, to also promote your entry via social media as we’ll start making the entries live on the website after June 17. It’s like campaigning but without the super delegates!

If you haven’t heard of Interpretations, then head over the contest website. But in a nutshell, Interpretations is a way of encouraging aspiring filmmakers to develop their own original and unique voice. All participants will “interpret” a four line script, and can produce and shoot it any way they wish. The only caveat is that the lines are static and must be in that order and the actual film itself is no more than 3 minutes long. Therefore, everyone is shooting their films from the same material and leveling the playing field in a way that traditional filmmaking competitions cannot. Three shorts will be selected from the entries and these winning filmmakers will have an opportunity to direct a project for one of the Comcast or NBCUniversal platforms (or equivalent platform) under the mentorship of Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow, Fast and Furious, Star Trek Beyond) and other industry professionals. YOMYOMF will produce the projects.

In an interview with Salon, Justin explained why he started Interpretations:

“I made a lot of mistakes along the way, but feel incredibly lucky to be in the position I am now and to be able to play a small part in trying to support talented, aspiring young filmmakers out there through a program like ‘Interpretations’ who, like me, had the desire and passion, but no connections to the industry.”

Interpretations really stretches your creative chops. It’s like a filmmaker brain game and if you’re one of the lucky final three winners, you get an opportunity to work with Justin and other mentors on a digital project. Seriously, there are no more excuses. Take this opportunity and submit your entry to Interpretations!

Head over to the Interpretations website for all relevant info, including the rules, an FAQ, the script, and how to enter your film.

If you’re an aspiring Asian/American filmmaker, don’t miss this opportunity and regret it later. July 15 is right around the corner.

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So, you want to be a filmmaker?

By Susan Chang
Reprinted from AsAm News

Justin Lin

JUSTIN LIN, director of the upcoming Star Trek Beyond, and his colleagues at the Asian American pop culture YouTube channel You Offend Me You Offend My Family (YOMYOMF), are looking for new Asian/ American filmmakers, according to YOMYOMF’s website.

Applicants for Lin’s Interpretations Film Initiative must stretch their creative wings, and interpret the same four lines of script in the same order, in as many ways as they can in a three-minute short. Sponsored by Comcast and NBCUniversal, the Initiative will select three winners to have the opportunity to produce a project for either of the sponsors, under the mentorship of Lin and other industry professionals.

The Initiative inaugurated in 2010, and it received over 275 shorts, including submissions from Wong Fu Productions and Far East Movement.

“Interpretations 2016 is a part of the bigger picture of YOMYOMF 2.0, where we want to establish and nurture an Asian American creative community of content creators and enthusiasts where ideas and collaboration is exchanged regularly and we can see what projects we can develop with emerging talent,” says Lin in a press release. “I never had something like YOMYOMF when I first started my career. It’s an exciting time to be an emerging filmmaker.”

The Initiative is accepting submissions starting March 31 through June 17. Readers who are aspiring filmmakers, stay tuned for the four-line script, written by playwright David Henry Hwang, and application on YOMYOMF’s website here.