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TIM SARMIENTO
Are You Depressed, or Just A Cat?

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Writer &#38;amp; Director
2025, Drama, 37 Minutes&#38;nbsp;A situation-ship develops between a hypersomniac and an illustrator.

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TIM SARMIENTO

The Whore


Writer &#38;amp; Director
2023, Narrative Short, Digital, 25-Pages&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; The Whore explores obsession, embarrassment, and shame and how they coalesce with our desires. It’s provocative, transgressive, and darkly funny. It was conceived as a proof of concept for my ambitious feature NO GOODBYE, NO HELLO, but stands on its own with clear storytelling and strong Bressonian technique.

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inactive casting call submission links:
 actors access

backstage

casting networks-----------------
for inquiries, please email aydojac@gmail.com 


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Are You Depressed, or Just A Cat?

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Writer &#38;amp; Director
2024, Narrative Short, Digital, 25-Pages&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; We meet 34-year-old Gunter, a sometimes (read: out of work) Customer Service Manager stuck in his malaise, until one 80s Trivia Night in Brooklyn, he meets the younger optimistically off-beat Clair, an illustrator. In a will-they-or-won’t-they-masquerade the two spend the day together, eventually, landing in Clair’s grieving group therapy session where together they hop on all fours. “Are we like actually hanging out?” is the phrase for this type of frequently awkward developing situation.

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inactive casting call submission links:
 actors access

backstage

casting networks-----------------
for inquiries, please email aydojac@gmail.com 


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a seed &#38;amp; spark campaign preview&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;- LAUNCHING JULY 2024 -

Are You Depressed, or Just a Cat?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#124; FILM SHORT

Drama, Romance, Comedy


TIM SARMIENTO is an art-first filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York, with a background in film and television. Tim’s work can be dreamy, escapist, and demand a suspension of disbelief—but he keeps character at the story’s root. AYDOJAC is the first from his series: MY HEART CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.

INTRO VIDEO&#38;nbsp;


SYNOPSIS

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Left to right: Actors Jason Joo and Lizzie Nguyen were cast for the roles of Gunter and Clair in May 2024.


 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; In ARE YOU DEPRESSED, OR JUST A CAT? (acronym: AYDOJAC - pronounced: EYE-DOE-JACK) , we meet 34-year-old Gunter (JASON JOO), a sometimes (read: out of work) Customer Service Manager stuck in his malaise, until one 80s Trivia Night in Brooklyn, he meets the younger optimistically off-beat Clair (LIZZIE NGUYEN), an illustrator. In a will-they-or-won’t-they-masquerade the two spend the day together, eventually landing in Clair’s grieving group therapy session where together they hop on all fours. “Are we like actually hanging out?” is the phrase for this type of frequently awkward developing situation.


DIRECTOR'S NOTE: NORMALIZATION, MELANCHOLIA, AND BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL
	&#60;img width="2266" height="4028" width_o="2266" height_o="4028" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/043cfc054535fdab0b220138761d80ce206c4fb9596513d21cd2b95eb7c27b1e/IMG_6599.jpg" data-mid="1369996" border="0" data-scale="100"/&#62;Sarmiento directing on the set of Desus &#38;amp; Mero. Over 4 seasons, Sarmiento directed over 200 pieces for this show. By design, his work there largely circumvents any accreditation adding to a layer of invisibility.

	&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; Gunter's depression is a focal point for AYDOJAC's story and characters. One way of combatting social stigmas is by creating culturally significant works that deal with difficult themes: normalization. Asian-American stories particularly tend to center around the family as a nuclear unit (see: Everything Everwhere All at Once, Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell) but the stories I've written tend to deal with such details in the periphery. I prefer to show individuals isolated in their environments and tell stories from a character's perspective in a psychologically deepening way.&#38;nbsp;For me, the key idea for Asian-American stories is that we live psychic lives of invisibility. Authors David L. Eng and Shinhee Han discuss this in their work: "Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans" and this "invisibility" has been an unconscious element of my work for years. 
	&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; I'm hoping that by telling this story, I can expand the consciousness around what an Asian-American story looks and feels like. A24's Beef from 2023 was a monumental gateway for me in understanding that I could create my worlds from an individual feeling with this American sense of isolation. In Beef, that emotion was anger—across my work, that feeling is melancholia.&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; In launching this campaign during July's Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month we hope to bring attention to the mental health issues which plague Asian-American communities. This is a community that has historically shunned mental health care. We hope that the story and characters in AYDOJAC will spark new conversations within our community and play a lasting impact in the change for good.


AYDOJAC - 
CAMPAIGN 
PREVIEW 
QUESTIONNAIRE


DIRECTING INTENTIONS

A PROCESS GROUNDED ON ALL FOURS
AYDOJAC is a 20-page odd-couple character study designed to showcase Sarmiento’s work as a writer and director. For this process, Sarmiento has chosen four elements that he'll concentrate on developing with this work:
ORCHESTRATION - Can we scale this ambitious project up across all of production?RHYTHM - Is there a strong sense of rhythm in the work? Does it feel like there’s a guiding force guiding us forward through a mysterious tempo?PERFORMANCE - Can we develop strong performances rooted in character?FEELING - Through a synthesis of sound and vision, can we communicate a feeling through a fictional world?
CINEMATIC INFLUENCES
	&#60;img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/594c6c1f90f1721f705b6dfe12e8714ba68ed3823e49163cdb0e19000d6328e7/Something-Wild-1986-Criterion-1080p-BluRay-x265-10bit-Tigole-0050.jpg" data-mid="1370005" border="0" /&#62;Melanie Griffith (above) and Jeff Daniels (below) in Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986).&#60;img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6cf62db861af92a9441ba17b5fce7fc026acc378c6bf4422d4fe6045172a13dd/Something-Wild-1986-Criterion-1080p-BluRay-x265-10bit-Tigole-0056.jpg" data-mid="1370003" border="0" /&#62;

Tonally, ARE YOU DEPRESSED, OR JUST A CAT feels like a mix between Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD and Mike Leigh's observational HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, with a bit of Robert Altman's dreamy 3 WOMEN mixed in for good measure. It's a rhythmic light-hearted piece that will stand on the odd pairing of its two characters: GUNTER and CLAIR.

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Sally Hawkins (above) and Eddie Marsan (below) in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

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AN INSIDE LOOK WITH THE FILMMAKERS


We shot this behind-the-scenes documentary for the launch of this Seed &#38;amp; Spark fundraising campaign. JASON JOO (Actor - "Gunter"), LIZZIE NGUYEN (Actor - "Clair"), and TIM SARMIENTO (Writer &#38;amp; Director) spent an afternoon in June talking about the process and story on ARE YOU DEPRESSED, OR JUST A CAT? This is a long-form piece and an intimate look at the filmmakers who are the core of this project.


BIG PICTURE: AN OEUVRE

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Tim in January 2023 somewhere on 57th Street.ARE YOU DEPRESSED, OR JUST A CAT? is the first project from a series of three films by the WRITER &#38;amp; DIRECTOR TIM SARMIENTO called MY HEART CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH. This series of films is set in New York and focuses on the nature and pitfalls of relationships in contemporary society, oftentimes in darkly hilarious psychological ways, within the Asian-American creative diasporas. The following two films in this series, a transgressive psychosexual drama short called, THE WHORE and the contemporary New York media creative culture commentary feature film NO GOODBYE, NO HELLO, will follow ARE YOU DEPRESSED, OR JUST A CAT? and represent a steady growth for this independent filmmaker as he reflects personally on an ever-changing, technologically drenched, world.

&#60;img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e7c80b3e07412e75264a0bd4bde2cfd232622c6cb0adbc3a79a71865edfd4f04/aydojac-promo-doc_v13-copy_01_25_41_01.jpg" data-mid="1369984" border="0" data-scale="81"/&#62;Early title design for AYDOJAC.

TIMELINEThe clock is ticking fast! We are moving through Pre-Production during our Seed &#38;amp; Spark campaign as we prepare for Production in Late 2024. We have 4-days planned to shoot our 20-page script. We've brought on some key people --the heavy hitters-- to help us execute a plan in due time. The key to a successful shoot will be staying organized from top to bottom ensuring that we've communicated intentions every step of the way. 


MEET THE FILMMAKERS

	TIM SARMIENTO – 
Writer &#38;amp; Director


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TIM SARMIENTO is an art-focused filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. He’s worked in film production for 12+ years, including a 4-season stint directing and producing digital content for the illustrious Desus &#38;amp; Mero on Showtime. Sarmiento traces his production roots back to the Bay Area, where he was raised, and later where he got his start in production, on the ABS-CBN subsidiary network The Filipino Channel. Sarmiento remains highly devotional to the craft of writing and directing.
JASON JOO – "Gunter"

&#60;img src="https://seedandspark-static.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/2144345/1719515326-IMG_2329_SM.jpg" width="500" height="675" style="width: 485.76px; height: 655.776px;"&#62;JASON JOO is a New Jersey-born actor living and performing in NYC. An alum of the Stella Adler Studio, Jason always knew as a child that he wanted to be a performer, and he’s grateful for the opportunity to do what he loves with the team behind AYDOJAC. Unfortunately, however, he is allergic to cats.
IG:&#38;nbsp;@jason.joo


LIZZIE NGUYEN – "Clair"

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LIZZIE NGUYEN is a Vietnamese-American actor and writer. Born and raised in the Midwest, she graduated from Ball State University and now lives in New York City with her cat, Cinco. IG: @lizzie.nguyen
LITA ROBINSON – Producer
&#60;img src="https://seedandspark-static.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/2144345/1719686013-Lita%20headshot_SM.jpeg" width="500" height="647" style="width: 485.76px; height: 628.573px;"&#62;LITA ROBINSON studied film at Smith College and NYU Tisch, and has worked in the industry since 2011. She has experience in international sales, distribution, festivals and exhibition, having worked at Visit Films, Magnolia Pictures, and NYC's legendary Film Forum. She is currently on the Content Team at MUBI.&#38;nbsp; As a producer, Lita's goal is to clear pathways for her creative partners, allowing them the artistic space to express their visions as fully as possible. She is thrilled to help bring ARE YOU DEPRESSED, OR JUST A CAT? into being, and introduce Tim as an exciting new filmmaker to keep an eye on.


	MIRADOR – Composer
&#60;img src="https://seedandspark-static.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/2144345/1719594208-tumblr_0a84e91f9daabe8cae1980702098cff7_14ea553f_1280_SM.jpeg" width="510" height="508" style="width: 485.76px; height: 483.855px;"&#62;MIRADOR is the NYC-based composing duo of BOREY SHIN and COREN HG. Both also work in the visual arts and maintain their own recording projects. Borey makes synth ballads, ambient music, animations, chamber music, and moody songs. He works with minimal means to create delicately undulating soundscapes using pianos, synthesizers, accordions, and other keyboard instruments. Borey is also an avid performer of varied improvised musics. Coren currently records and performs with the band Story Arc. Together as MIRADOR, they create music for theater, film, dance, video games, and all manner of visual media. Their debut EP “Image Scores Vol. 1” – releasing summer 2024 – will feature short pieces that soundtrack a collection of six paintings.

LEO ZHANG – Director of Photography
&#60;img src="https://seedandspark-static.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/2144345/1719514696-IMG_0305.jpg" width="500" height="663" style="width: 485.76px; height: 644.118px;"&#62;LEO ZHANG is a cinematographer, director and music composer based in NYC. Born in Beijing, Leo has over 17 years of experience with photography and visual arts, working in both the indie film and commercial worlds. His films have been featured in numerous festivals incl. Palm Springs, Cannes, Mallorca and Slamdance. Leo is currently obtaining his MFA from NYU Tisch.
CABE THOMPSON – Casting Director
&#60;img width="2589" height="2445" width_o="2589" height_o="2445" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/544b5bf294cefca412abb5666c9c06ddfec5ee1694f1147db844e77fd8992180/Cabe-Tien-12-edited_SM.jpg" data-mid="1369988" border="0" data-scale="100"/&#62;CABE THOMPSON has always been a movie lover. His most recent acting credits include the Sofia Coppola produced Fairyland, and web series Strings Attached. Deepening his relationship with film, Cabe got into casting in 2018. His most recent credits include Oppenheimer, Earth Mama, and Freaky Tales. Working closely with actors and creators to make something come to life is a great joy. Cabe is proud to be the casting director for AYDOJAC.


DEVON LIN – Production Designer

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DEVON LIN is a Production Designer, Art Director and Set Decorator based in New York City. She primarily designs for indie films, in addition to work in the art department on various features and series for entertainment companies such as Amazon MGM Studios. Growing up in a family of artists, she trained professionally for ballet at the Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy and Kirov Ballet (now Mariinsky Ballet). She formerly danced with National Ballet of China and Pacific Northwest Ballet.


	SARAH LOCKWOOD – Costume Designer

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SARAH LOCKWOOD is a graduate from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University where she obtained her BFA in Costume Design. She started her professional career in Los Angeles where she was a Stylist for MTV’s Wild’n Out. She next moved to NYC to Design Assist for Showtime’s Desus &#38;amp; Mero, where she met and worked with Director, Timothy Sarmiento! Other credits include: Lead Stylist for Jharrel Jerome 4 part Rap Pack Short Film, Dresser for Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway, Funny Girl on Broadway, and is currently working as a Dresser for Hell’s Kitchen on Broadway. 
IG: @sarah_lockwood

COREN HG – Assistant Director&#60;img src="https://seedandspark-static.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/2144345/1719514968-chg_profile.jpeg" width="500" height="517" style="width: 485.76px; height: 502.276px;"&#62;COREN HG is a Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker and composer originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He’s written and directed several narrative films and documentaries, including two projects commissioned by Duke University and NYC’s Film Forum. As an assistant director, he’s worked on such films as the Magnolia Pictures release THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED and the forthcoming 16mm feature CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING. He is the co-founder of PEOPLES CINEMA, a film collective reimagining the production and distribution landscape, and is currently developing his first feature.

RISHI GANDHI – Colorist
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RISHI GANDHI is a first generation immigrant of Indian descent moving between the Côte D’Ivoire, the UK, and US. Rishi has spent years around the world but decided to make film his home. His skills have been honed from years of working on short film horror schlock, broadcast news, and documentaries. Rishi's main focus is in narrative film and commercials. Rishi is a colorist with a background in cinematography, editing and directing.
IG: @rishigandhicolor


BUDGET
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Our $25,000 campaign is being utilized to finance the cost of Production for a four-day shoot in NYC. For an ambitious script, this is a tall order, but we feel strongly about getting it done with this scale of production. Much of this cost is going toward paying cast, crew, and the production (food, transportation, rentals, props, costumes, art). The team we've put together has significant experience operating at this scale and feels strongly about getting it done. Beyond that, we'll be pulling every favor imaginable to shoot this summer.Stretch Goal: If the campaign surpasses 100% funding on AYDJOAC, proceeds will be allocated towards developing future projects in the MY HEART CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH series.


FESTIVALS &#38;amp; DISTRIBUTION

One step at a time. A scattering of potential festivals we'd like to premiere at:
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The festival scene is uber-competitive and gatekept. While we are laser-focused at the moment on crafting an excellent piece, we have plans to enter independent and experimental film festivals once the film is complete. We hope to share the film with an advanced private screening in NYC and to also offer a private screening link to anyone who donates $25, or more. Film distribution for short films is complicated and there are long-term plans to package AYDOJAC with Sarmiento's other works in this series.


INCENTIVES$10Updates, Special Thanks, and IG Tag

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Receive exclusive project updates, be featured in the film's end credits, and get a special Instagram story tag "thank you" from @timjjs.

Still is a note from DP Hoyte van Hoytema to Director Spike Jonze from The Untitled Rick Howard Project, a behind-the-scenes look by filmmaker Lance Bangs about the making of Spike Jonze's Her (2013).

$25Private Screening Link&#60;img width="1920" height="1032" width_o="1920" height_o="1032" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fcdeaecbc91d28d4d65c1fe5d03c57f8b27e07355a0662cffcb88b2d9f4f9fc6/Ocean.Waves.1993.JAPANESE.1080p.BluRay.H264.AAC-VXT-0024.jpg" data-mid="1370013" border="0" /&#62;Once it's finished, you'll get a copy of the project. Plus the addition to a mailing list for updates, end credit "Special Thanks", and the IG tag from @timjjs.

Still is from the underseen Ocean Waves (1993). Filmmaker Tim Sarmiento imbues his work with the Studio Ghibli notions of the Romantic sublime.
$5011x17 Poster Print&#60;img width="1920" height="1036" width_o="1920" height_o="1036" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/97a5ac894bba30feb22abd2583add92834d59b61ecdff9963adf417aa44c1e9c/cow-poalof1080-0004.jpg" data-mid="1370016" border="0" /&#62;Receive an ultra rare 11x17 Poster Print designed by friend and AYDOJAC's Art Director Guavababa. Plus the private screening link, addition to a mailing list for updates, end credit "Special Thanks", and the IG tag from @timjjs.


Still is from Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Sciamma is Sarmiento's contemporary, and like Sciamma, Sarmiento is influenced by the composition-heavy work of Robert Bresson.$75Advanced Screening Invitation&#60;img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41848712950c55d95316b61ad8dda9fd3d59126f70583e304c1733f09c110e66/Goodfellas.1990.REMASTERED.1080p.BluRay.x265-RARBG-0004.jpg" data-mid="1370017" border="0" /&#62;Get on the guest list for our exclusive private screening of the film. Plus the AYDOJAC poster print, the private screening link, addition to a mailing list for updates, end credit "Special Thanks", and the IG tag from @timjjs.

Shame on you if you don't know where this still is from.

$10011 x 17 BTS Print
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Still source: Mike Leigh being depressed as he listens to Bennet Miller at Hollywood Reporter Director's Roundtable in 2015. Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) is a huge influence on AYDOJAC.

$200
Tote Bag
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Still is from Lee Chang-dong's Poetry (2010). ﻿Chang-dong crafts complex painful stories from everyday life. In Poetry, we follow a grandmother as she suffers from Alzheimer's and learns about her irresponsible grandson's exploits.

$350
Set Visit
&#60;img width="1881" height="1163" width_o="1881" height_o="1163" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/69818491c2eb22bc45d7dfe6ce374c1bbde3f46e473d37db62cf39ba8d44699a/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-4.18.37-PM-copy.jpg" data-mid="1370025" border="0" /&#62;Get invited to set and see the magic happen first hand. Plus sexy tote bag, a custom behind the scenes photo, the screening invite, an AYDOJAC poster print, the private screening link, addition to a mailing list for updates, end credit "Special Thanks", and the IG tag from @timjjs.

For the hungry boy! This shot of Vicky Krieps making an omelette on the set of Phantom Thread (2017) is from a BTS bonus feature set to unreleased demos from Radiohead guitarist and PTA composer Jonny Greenwood.
$500
Essentials
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Still from Edward Yang's A Confucian Confusion (1994). Like Yang, Sarmiento is frequently mischievousness incorporating slapstick throughout his work.
$1000
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Still is from Staying Vertical (2016) by the French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie. Guiraudie tells crazy stories, often inventing whole transgressive worlds built on impossible structures. In Staying Vertical, a screenwriter builds an entire life with a farmer's daughter and sleeps with her father, all while he procrastinates on his screenplay in a wholly transcendent experience. 

$5000Executive Producer
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Still is from The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013). Producer Toshio Suzuki, pictured to the left of Hayao Miyazaki, has been producing films for Studio Ghibli since 1989's Kiki's Delivery Service.


HOW YOU CAN HELP

Anybody can participate in making this film a reality:

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Leo the cat in "Jason's Birthday".If you're reading this, we need your help to make this film. Someone sent this Seed &#38;amp; Spark page to you because you were connected to us in some way. That means a lot in a world of constant noise! Don't take that for granted and let this small film disappear in your day-to-day. The next 30 days of this campaign are crucial to our long-term success as filmmakers. If we cannot raise the funds to make this project. We cannot make a film. We urgently need you to take an active role in changing that future. Together, as a group, as a community, we can raise this money and we can change lives. Remember: art is an essential component to the quality of life. Take part in realizing that change for our community and take pride in your action to make a difference.

Here's what you can do right now:
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FOLLOW this page.CONTRIBUTE to the campaign. Check out our incentives. There's a little something for every level of donation!SHARE this campaign.Pick three people. Some ideas: The people who follow you on Letterbox'd? Your Asian Mom? Your friends who work in tech? Rich Uncle Phill? There'll all great people and you need something to spice up the conversation. Let it be AYDOJAC.Looking for something to post because you wanna slide? Share AYDOJAC on social media. Tag @timjjs while you're at it.Think about the groups of people you engage with: a softball league? a private Facebook group? alumni homies? Instead of sending that Tik-Tok, drop AYDOJAC in the chat.Is it something else? Have an out of the box idea? Questions? Please email: contact@sarmiento.nyc and cc: litaproducing@gmail.com (our valiant Producer!). We're always happy to hear what's on your mind.


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Are You Depressed, or Just A Cat?

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2024, Narrative Short, Digital, 25-Pages&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; We meet 34-year-old Gunter, a sometimes (read: out of work) Customer Service Manager stuck in his malaise, until one 80s Trivia Night in Brooklyn, he meets the younger optimistically off-beat Clair, an illustrator. In a will-they-or-won’t-they-masquerade the two spend the day together, eventually, landing in Clair’s grieving group therapy session where together they hop on all fours. “Are we like actually hanging out?” is the phrase for this type of frequently awkward developing situation.


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ABS-CBN

Camera Operator &#38;amp; Editor


	&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; From 2015-2018, I worked for the ABS-CBN International subsidiary The Filipino Channel out of their Daly City, Calfornia, office. I worked on a variety of shows at the network including the romantic comedy “On the Wings of Love” and the news program “Balitang America”.


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Throwing Fits

Director &#38;amp; Editor
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	 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; I worked on two videos with the fashion and lifestyle podcast hosts Lawrence Schlossman and James Harris for their brand “Throwing Fits”.


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The Warmup

Producer &#38;amp; Editor
Shot on Studio CamerasEdited in Premiere Pro


	&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; The Warmup grew into a Desus &#38;amp; Mero brand staple over the course of their Showtime run. These were the guys “unedited”, an antithesis to the design of the linear show, meant to slow down the cadence of cutting and show the guys as is in as authentic fashion as possible while they spoke off-the-cuff about their personal lives, pop culture, and current events.


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AYO: BTS at Desus &#38;amp; Mero

Producer, Director, &#38;amp; Editor
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	 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; I always seemed like an entire show could’ve been crafted with the materials collected from these videos. My access was often limited, or my time was usually spread thin while I was called to produce other content, but these were by far my favorite videos to craft while I worked for Desus &#38;amp; Mero. This was usually just me and another producer, dodging around set, trying to get to Desus &#38;amp; Mero. I always thought Desus &#38;amp; Mero were best in an unfiltered relaxed setting, and I always got lucky with these videos.


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Let’s Play

Producer, Director, &#38;amp; Editor
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 &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; I grew up a gamer, and so the opportunity to let the guys unleash their comedy in front of a controller was an opportunity that I took seriously. We knew other late night shows could do gaming and our take was to lean the other way, against the mainstream games, and towards quirky independent titles and even a classic. The guys were often priceless and honest in these situations because they two were nerds.&#38;nbsp;


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