5Q's w/Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang "RenaiDance" Directors

#1: Can you describe your movie and why somebody should see it in less than 140 characters?

“RenaiDance” is a 3D narrative emotional animation, conveying the strong family love and elder culture in a never-ending chain.

#2: What do you want the Borrego Springs Film Festival audience to know about your film that isn’t obvious from its title?

The theme invigorates cultural inheritance and the integration of dreams, courage, and culture as transformation. By artistically interpreting a motif of inheritance and family support, integrating different cultures“inheritance” through the inspiring story, this film braces strong family love and elder culture in a never-ending chain.

Further, the story relates to Asian Traditional Lion Dance and Western Modern Ballet Dance through two main characters, Bella and her dear grandfather. “RenaiDance” not only preserves the beauty of revival traditional culture but also brings cultural integration crossing age to the next level, showing how a disappearing culture and long-lasting family love to exist eternally.

For the inheritance of your belief, we invite you to take a leap of faith together.

#3: What is your movie making background? Tell us about yourself.

Han Chen Chang is a talent in project management & creative productions based in New York, hoping to affect the world positively as a secret sauce. Maintaining healthy projects and teams to produce inspiring works with thriving together with various talents. Always welcome your inner voices, to continue exploring the meaningful journeys together!

Zhike Yang, also known as Keke, is a NYC based story artist who focuses on visual storytelling and concept development. Her work aims to create positive examples of relationships in stories, digging for feelings our soul desires to tell. If growing heart-touching stories for the audience with various cultural backgrounds is the journey, the memories, supports, and morals hiding in our adventure would be the real treasures.

Wenjie Wu is a CG generalist specializing in stylized look development and lighting. He is also skilled at modeling, CFX and dynamic simulation. Wenjie worked as a CG intern at Disney Animation Studios during his studies at SVA, and has participated in several animated short films in the past few years as a CG generalist. He has a passion for CG, and started self-learning when still in high school, hoping to work in the animation/ film industry in the future.

Han Chen Chang (Verena)

The creative producer of the team, concentrating on project management. Her affecting crafts can create a powerful influence on people, even to change their own stories. By maintaining healthy projects and teams to produce inspiring works, she thrives with various talents together. 

"By enjoying diving deep and going far, we thrive in different dimensions in animation together."

Wenjie Wu (Alex)

The technical director of the team. He has participated in several animated short films as a CG generalist. He worked well as a CG intern at Disney Animation Studios in 2020. 

“I love solving complex problems during the CG pipeline. I can never be happier than when I make something work just the way I want in the software. I strongly believe that good CG work drives people’s emotions in the best way.” 

Zhike Yang (Keke)

The creative director of the team. She focuses on storytelling and visual development. Her work aims to create positive examples of family relationships, for the audience with various cultural backgrounds. 

“Catching the feeling from life, exploring worlds we want to live, drawing out stories to inspire the future.”

#4: What was the biggest lesson learned in getting your film made?

It is a huge challenge the integrate productions with all of the talents through the global world. The unique original soundtrack was presented in harmony by Hollywood composer Zak McNeil, Asian Traditional Orchestra, and Russian professional sound designer Denis Nechipurenko. Mixing well with Western Ballet style and modern electric sound effects to balance the different cultures between Asian and Western, Tradition with Modern. With vivid voice-overs perform the characters by stacking emotions, we create an emotional atmosphere at every affecting moment.

Our honor is to work with talented assistant directors, co-artists, technical assistants, composers, sound designers, and voice-over actors. We got through it together, challengingly under the budget and time limit finally during the difficult 2020.

#5: What does the future hold for your film and you?

The believes that you once insisted on, but accidentally allowed the reality to erase it? We are eager to bring our traditions to the world, telling the most touching story to you; show our uninterrupted enthusiasm and the faiths that are still clenched tightly in our hearts.

So far, we are grateful to bring the final completed film to you at this moment. We are hoping to contribute to the world through the emotional project for you. We also wish this story can even light up your own story, authentically.

With you who are willing to join us, it is always grateful to have you We appreciate the inspiring connection with each of you, experiencing the exciting journey in "RenaiDance" together.