What if a magical 2D fox teleported into your washing machine?
LING (SHORT FILM / COMIC BOOK )
Written by MARIE IIDA & DENNIS LIU, Illustrated by MARIKO YAMASHIN
PREMISE: AN ASIAN-AMERICAN SUPERHERO!! She’s not sexy, she’s not good at math, she’s not submissive, and she skateboards. LING, a Chinese American teen with a birthmark on her face, struggles with cyberbullying and self-image in high school. One day, Kitsy, a magical three legged fox, teleports into her washing machine to tell her that she’s a "which”: she has the ability to transform to be, whichever girl she wants to be.
(Imagine a Teen ALIAS meets BUFFY, with a “S-witchery” twist. Picture SPACE JAM but with anime! Not to mention a magical fox who teleported into her washing machine!)
Ling is the second diverse superhero we will release and create.
Ling’s not a model minority and she’s not oversexualized. Ling is not a “Mary Su.” In fact, Ling constantly is getting her butt kicked. Yet she gets up. Day after day. And she fights. (With a transformable laser canon turned hover skateboard broomstick - aka the kaboomstick).
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SHORT FILM CREDITS
DIRECTED BY DENNIS LIU
WRITTEN BY MARIE IIDA & DENNIS LIU
COMIC ILLUSTRATED BY MARIKO YAMASHIN
A TRAFFIK FILMWORKS production
JUSTIN VANCHO
DANIEL CHUNG
ZACHARY KOELLER
TERESA LEE
LISA ROUMAIN
GISELLE GILBERT
and introducing ANGELINE JARA
ALSO WITH: JASON SERSTOCK, HALEY MANCINI, BRODIE REED, DANIEL RUSSELL
PRODUCED BY TERESA LEE, DENNIS LIU, MARIE IIDA
CINEMATOGRPAHY BY DAVID VOLLRATH & MAAN-NAN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RAVEN JENSEN
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OLIVER DEUTSCH
PRODUCTION DESIGNER PETER MACALUSO
ART ASSISTANT ELIJAH BEEDE
KABOOMSTICK 3D PRINT JC MOLINA
JEWELRY DESIGN EACH JEWELS
KABOOMSTICK 3D PRINT DESIGN LANDON GRAHAM
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA ERIC UGLAND, JEREMY ASUNCION
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA ALEX SPENTZOS
KEY GRIP JEREMIAH MAGAN
GRIPS ANDY CARAZO, MARYN MCGAW
GAFFER KATIE WALKER
ELECTRIC JOSH CHAN
STUNT SUPERVISOR RUSTIC BODOMOV, JUSTIN VANCHO
LING STUNT DOUBLE SELENA O’SULLIVAN
SOUND MIXER JUSTIN ARBABI
MAKEUP SUPERVISOR VICKY CHAN
MAKEUP ARTISTS IRIS ABRIL
COSTUME DESIGNER KIM NGO
LOCATIONS FRANK WELLS
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS ANDREW AHLQUIST
MUSIC BY RYAN FITCH, FRINGE CONTENDER, VINTAGE TWIN — Special Thanks to PAKK HUI
EDITED BY MINDY CHEN
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR KUAN LIN
VFX TEAM DEVON DELMONT, GRAFX, LIAM KIRTLEY, CAGAN YUKSEL, JIMMY CHEN, ASTEROID HUES,
MIKE WARREN, JON TRUEI,
2D ANIME TEAM HIROMITSU MURAKAMI,
KITSY ANIMATOR KURT CHANG
COLOR BY SEAN DUNCKLEY
SOUND DESIGN: DENNIS HU
ADR RECORDING LIME STUDIOS
SPECIAL THANKS TO: ALDOUS DAVIDSON, NICK GAUL, ERIN GAUL, OUR SCREENERS , JOSH RUDNICK, UTA,
MOSAIC, ROB REE, TIM PHILLIPS, MAX MICHAEL, TEMPLE HILL ENTERTAINMENT, AND
LENSWORK, JIMMY MILLER, & EVERYONE WHO HELPED US