Winner of the Resilient Visions 2020 film festival. Marbles to Marbles is a science fiction live action/ stop motion short film. About cloning and absurdity.

Directed by Thelma Tunyi

Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Staring Chelsea Moser

Winner of Best Film (Category: Festival Poem), Zebra Poetry Film Festival 2020

“Delirium” is a vivid and surreal rendition of the poem “Lethe” by Tjawangwa Dema created by film students at the University of Washington Bothell collaborating under extreme conditions of COVID-19 quarantine. By utilizing original collage artwork and animation techniques intertwined with live-action videography, the viewer is guided through the degrading reality of a character with a cognitive affliction. The story-book style of collage and artwork invoke feelings of nostalgia and provide visual metaphoric representations of memory, reality and loss. The class interpreted “Lethe” as a descriptive expression of the complex and intense process of making sense of memories and realities in our world. Sometimes these experiences stay rooted like the ginkgo on the bank and others erode into the current.

Our short film is the result of a pioneering class (BISMCS 472E Competitive Filmmaking) taught by filmmaker Masahiro “Sensei” Sugano to students who have never met and had to learn new animation and production skills on top of new ways to collaborate, communicate and create while under quarantine. The original “hands on” practicum course was completely overhauled as the course was forced to launch online. A couple of enrolled students dropped along the way but in the end 8 students worked diligently to create this final assemblage of “Delirium.” We are proud to submit our film to festivals to exemplify our resilience and commitment to cinematic collaboration in these difficult times when it seems the world needs art, poetry and films now more than ever.

Credits:

A class collaborative project of Competitive Filmmaking 2020

Based on the poem “Lethe” written and performed by Tjawangwa Dema

Starring: Thelma Tunyi

Producer: Chelsea Moser

Director: Thelma Tunyi & Shanley Fermin

Art Director: Brianna Hinds & Jonathan Wiedemann

Editor: Shanley Fermin

Writer: Chelsea Moser & Jonathan Wiedemann

Cinematographer: Thelma Tunyi

Animators: Yidong Lin, Ramilya Salem & Thelma Tunyi

Rotoscope Artist: Ramilya Salem

Music and Sound Design: Brianna Hinds, Yidong Lin, Krystal Wan

Sound Effect & Foley Artist: Krystal Wan

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Under the mentorship & supervision of Professor Masahiro Sugano

University of Washington Bothell, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

Copyright ©2020 / BISMCS 472E

Competitive Filmmaking / All Rights Reserved.

A collaboration with rapper/singer Dakota Camacho.

Directed by Jonathan David Wiedemann

Producer Jazmyne Salvador

Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Production Designer Wenjie Bao

Art Director Stephen Assan Cham

Set Designer Haowen Pan

Director of Photography Thelma Tunyi

Camera Operators Jia-yi Cheng, Yao Xiao, Christina Huynh

Lighting Director Yuhan “John” Zhu

Lighting Assistants Long In Fong, Haowen Pan, Chloe Wang

Sound Engineer Kiu Fung Tang

Sound Assistant Aldin Vojnikovic

Special Effects Coordinator Stephen Assan Cham

Special Effects Operator Wenjie Bao

Production Assistants Badr Alghanmi, Nicola Scordamaglia

Graphic Designers Nancy Morales, Jazmyne Salvador

Under the supervision and guidance of Professor Anida ‘MG’ Ali and Professor Masahiro ‘sensei’ Sugano

North West New Works - June 2019

On the Boards, Seattle WA

Little Brown Language is a dance-incantation con'spired by Naomi Macalalad Bragin y Milvia Pacheco Salvatierra

Producer Masahiro Sugano

Edited by Christina Huynh

Director of Photography Thelma Tunyi

Camera Operators Thelma Tunyi, Wenjie Bao, Long In Fong, Christina Huynh

On The Boards Videographer Abigail Hagen, Brian Pittala

Sound Engineer Yuhan ‘John’ Zhu

A promo from the 2019 ALIVE Festive at the University of Washington Bothell.

Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Director of Photography Thelma Tunyi

Camera Operators Thelma Tunyi, Wenjie Bao, Long In Fong, Christina Huynh

Butoh dance by Kaoru Okumura

Producer Nicola Scordamaglia

Director Badr Alghanmi

Editor Christina Huynh

Production Designer Yao Xiao

Art Director Chloe Wang

Set Designer Stephen Assan Cham

Director of Photography Thelma Kerry Tunyi

Camera Operators Christina Huynh, Wenji Bao, Badr Alghanmi, Jia-yi Cheng

Gaffer Yuhan ‘John” Zhu

Sound Engineers Long In Fong, Kiu Fung Tang,

Production Assistants Jazmyne Salvador, Aldin Vojnikovic, Nancy Morales, Jonathan David Wiedemann

A promo for a one hour series about the life and work of Dr. Kerry-Ann Mitchell. Created for the American Association of Black Physician Scientists.

Producer Jude Tunyi

Director Phillip Anjum

Editor Thelma Tunyi

Interviewer Shane Scott

Interviewee Dr. Kerry-Ann Mitchell

Director of Photography Phillip Anjum

Camera Operators Phillip Anjum, Jude Tunyi

A promo for a one hour series about the life and work of Dr. Sylvester Black. Created for the American Association of Black Physician Scientists.

Producer Jude Tunyi

Director Phillip Anjum

Editor Thelma Tunyi

Interviewer Shane Scott

Interviewee Dr. Black, MD, PHD

Director of Photography Phillip Anjum

Camera Operators Phillip Anjum, Jude Tunyi

Sound Mixer Phillip Anjum

A promo for a one hour series about the life and work of Dr. Sakima Smith. Created for the American Association of Black Physician Scientists.

Producer Jude Tunyi

Director Phillip Anjum

Editor Thelma Tunyi

Interviewer Shane Scott

Interviewee Dr. Sakima Smith, MD, MPH

Director of Photography Phillip Anjum

Camera Operators Jacob Kaufman, Sam Tony Adam, Jude Tunyi

Sound Mixer Phillip Anjum

A promo for a one hour series about the life and work of Dr. Darrion Mitchell.

Producer Jude Tunyi

Director Phillip Anjum

Editor Thelma Tunyi

Interviewer Shane Scott

Interviewee Dr. Darrion Mitchell

Director of Photography Phillip Anjum

Camera Operators Phillip Anjum, Jude Tunyi

UWB Dance as Social Technology Project

Filmed and Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Featuring Pooneh Hajian, Irene Cruz-Salas, Veronika Tang, Thelma Tunyi

Created for a contest, using After Effects and Photoshop.

Designed and Edited by Thelma Tunyi

A short film with the theme of absurdity. Featured at the ALIVE festival.

Directed by Thelma Tunyi

Produced by John Zhu

Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Starring Stephen Cham, Aldin Vojuikoic, Jonathen Wiedemann and Jia-yi Cheng

Director of Photography Yao Xiao

Art Director Stephen Cham

Gaffer Haowen Pan

In a post apocalyptic world ravaged by climate change, one last phone call could be the catalyst that saves humanity.

Video for the UW Climate Change Video Contest

Special thanks to Carolynne Macdonald

Music and sounds from Freesound.org, Symphony No. 9 in E minor by Antonin Dvořák,

Stock footage from Pexel; Videezy

Directed and Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Starring Carolynne Macdonald

A small class project, created in a day.

Producer Masahiro Sugano

Choreographer Anida Yoeu Ali

Editor Haowen Pan

Production Mananger Jia-yi Cheng

Dancer Jazmyne Salvador, Aldin Vojnikovic

Camera Operators Haowen Pan, Long In Fong, Thelma Tunyi

Lighting Kiu Fung Tang

Art Director Jonathan Wiedemann

Set Designers Badr Alghanmi, Nicola Scordamaglia, Stephen Cham

Prop Designers Chloe Wang, Christina Huynh, Jia-yi Cheng, Wenji Bao, Yao Xiao

Music: Roads by Portishead

A short highlights video of a roundtable featuring indigenous artists Dakota Camacho, Gregg Deal, RYAN! Feddersen, and Storme Webber.

Producer Nicola Scordamaglia

Editor Jia-yi Cheng

Director of Photography Thelma Tunyi

Camera Operators Thelma Tunyi, Long In Fong, Badr Alghanmi

Sound Engineer Nicola Scordamaglia

Sound Assistants Kiu Fung Tang, Stephen Assan Cham

Graphic Designer Stephen Assan Cham

Short Highlights video of a one hour talk by artist Gregg Deal at the University of Washington.

Producer Yao Xiao

Editors Long In Fong, Kiu Fung Tang

Director of Photography Thelma Tunyi

Camera Operators Badr Alghanmi, Long Fong, Chloe Wang

Sound Engineer Nicola Scordamaglia

Sound Assistants Jazmyne Salvador, Kiu Fung Tang

Graphic Designer Thelma Tunyi

A short film inspired by COVID-19 pandemic and The Fates Greek mythology.

Directed and Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Camera: Justine Ahsombom, Thelma Tunyi

Starring Thelma Tunyi

Silhouette Cut Out Stop Motion short film with the theme of fear.

Directed and Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Art Director and Sound Design by Thelma Tunyi

Cut out animation, stop motion science fiction short film. About a vacuum coming to life.

Directed by Thelma Tunyi, Yoyo, and Bekah

Edited by Thelma Tunyi

Sound Design by Thelma Tunyi, Yoyo, Bekah, Sound Bible