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An important aspect of filmmaking is developing your characters. How they can relate to anyone, whether people should like them or not, and how they interact with other characters and intertwine in the story are just some of the factors. In this episode, our guest recently had an experience incorporating all of these points. His film, The Last Christmas Party, tells the story of a group of college friends in troubled romances as they party one last time before Winter Break. As we near the end of Director’s Month, we welcome director and fellow Pinoy (slang for Filipino), Julian C. Santos.

Talking Points

-Julian’s film journey from San Francisco to NYU

-Character development and implementing them in his writing

-How he can relate to his characters

-Building a team for a film

-Directing suited to a specific genre

-Perceiving characters

-The importance of table reads/rehearsals

-Benefits of reshoots and pickups with a low budget

-Gaining constructive feedback from your circle

-Telling a great story while staying original

-Going in-depth on making his micro-budget movie, The Last Christmas Party

-How long production days were

-Dailies

-Post-production process

-Getting into film festivals

-Future projects and the hope to film Asian-centered stories

Social Media

Julian

-Facebook: City Bear Media

-IG: technicolor_julian

-IMDb: Julian C. Santos

-Link: juliancsantos.com

The Last Christmas Party

-Link: thelastchristmasparty.com