Client: Ep+Co (Commercial, Comedy, Young Adult, Chinese-American)

Internal campaign by Ep+Co to support NYC Bodegas and help preserve bodega culture. They commissioned me to write and direct a 1.5-minute skit-type generational comedy, where a Chinese immigrant Matchmaker and a Gen Z Chinese-American girl seeking approval for her boyfriend gain a better understanding of each other and have a closer relationship by the end. It takes place in a long-standing Flushing bodega, the goal was hyperreal comedy about generational issues with a strong Chinese-American flavor, a classic vintage NY feel, all riffing on the many adventures & experiences that can happen in NY. 

With a tight budget, the production company Residency, its EP Gaetan, and I acted as a sort of mini-agency ourselves to find this film’s concept, with Ep+Co as the client.

Writer & Director: Waley Wang 

Production Company: Residency Content

Executive Producer: Gaetan Rousseau

Production Coordinator: Anastasia David

Post Production Coordinator: Dutty Vannier

Agency: EP+Co

VP, Executive Content Producer: Stoney Duckett 

Associate Producer: Quinn Tucker 

Creative Director: Will Isom 

EVP, Director of Content Production: Danny Miller 

TALENT

JENNY: Emily Ma 

MOSES: Justin Seymour-Welch

THE FENG SHUI MATCHMAKER: Red Rose 

TOMMY: Johnny Yu

Director of Photography: Vicente Roxas 

1st AC: Alkis Tzortzoglou 

Translator: Lan Zhong

Gaffer: John Valle 

HMU: Sònia Victoria Werner 

Sound Mixer: Braulio Lin 

SPECIAL THANKS

Jins Chan