ZHAO DAN YAO +65.98368758 / danielle.zdy@gmail.com

“Thebestartisalwaysfromthereallife”

- Zhao Dan yao

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ZHAO DAN YAO

Independent Filmmaker, Freelance Editor & Make up artist

+65.9836.8758 / danielle.zdy@gmail.com

02.07.1987

Education

Present Undergraduate for Bachelor of Fine Arts, Digital Filmmaking

School of Arts Design Media Nanyang Technological University

2007 Diploma in Multimedia

School of Digital Media and Infocomm technology Singapore Polytechnic

Filmography

2010 The Sin [06:48] Screened at Singapore Short Film Festival 2010.

2009 Away [05:37]

2008 Mint On the Move [20:24]

Interactive Short Film

1st prize winner of Asian Pacific Info-communication Technology

Award (Singapore) under Tertiary Student category.

Professional Practice

2009 Movie “Happy Go Lucky” (!"#)

Assistant Editor, HE Productions

2008 Infotainment “Simply Oversea 2” (!"#$%&'), Channel 8

Production Assistant, Assistant Editor HE Productions.

2007-2008 Kids Drama “When we get together”, (()*+,-.),

Channel 8

Production Assistant, Assistant Editor

HE Productions.

2006 National Day Parade 2006 Singapore Live feed camera man (on stage)

Awards & Accolades

2008 1st prize winner of Asian Pacific Info-communication Technology

Award (Singapore) under Tertiary Student category.

Software Skills

Microsoft Word, Powerpoint

Adobe Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4, Dreamwaver CS4

Final Cut Pro HD 7

Avid Pro-Tools

Poster for Short Film The Sin 醉 (2010)

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Title : The Sin 醉 Year : 2010 Duration : 06:48 minutes Language : Chinese with English & Chinese Subtitles

Synopsis :A sorrow love story with betray and suicidal death.

Director’s Statement : In some religions, suicide is consider as a sin that make your soul trap in the moment of death eternally. However, not everyone of us knows how to choose between love and death. Isn’t betray in love a sin?

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Title : Away Year : 2009 Duration : 05:13 minutes Language : Chinese with English & Chinese Subtitles

Synopsis : A teen girl’s understanding of the true value of life after her attempt of committing suicide.

Director’s Statement : This is my first attempt of analyzing the reason for teens commit suicide. I believe there would always be some thing in life you would not notice until you loss it, I hope our teens would understand it before they do anything silly.

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Title : Believe Year : 2009 Duration : 01:34 minutes Language : English with English Subtitles

Synopsis : : A very short film with only 6 lines of dialogue to discuss the relationship about one’s believe and the real life.

Director’s Statement : What do you believe and would it help you when you need it?

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Title : Antitled Year : 2010 Duration : 02:37 minutes Language : -

Synopsis : A abstract experimental film with kaleidoscope and an ant.

Director’s Statement : Trap in a space with your own reflection around, would you lost in it? Would you still be able to locate the true self? Or just as paranoid like the ant?

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Title : Simply Oversea season1&2 Year : 2008/2009 Client : Mediacorp Channel 8 Role : Off line editor eps 1-26 Company: HE Productions

Title : When We are Together Year : 2008 Client : Mediacorp Channel 8 Role :offline editor / Project coordinator Company: HE Productions

Title : Nyonya Kin Year : 2009 Client : Medacorp Channel 8 Role : Editor & Assistant Producer Company: HE Productions

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Title : Little Dancing Red Shoe Year : 2009 Client : Medacorp Channel 8 Role : Editor & Assistant Producer Company: HE Productions