Sweet Sixteen
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Story Synopsis
Haley, an adopted Chinese American girl wants to find out about her biological family in China. She made a wish to meet her biological mother on her 16th birthday, however, her only wish quickly turns into a nightmare. In search for her loved ones, she uncovers a 16-year old secret.
Story Inspiration
“The story inspiration came from documentaries about American adopted Chinese children and their disturbed childhood. I was touched by their anxiety and insecurity when they returned to their home country. I could easily feel their fear inside - identity crisis. During script writing, I tried very hard to deliver this fear and anxiety to the audience, and transformed it into a nice short thriller within my budgetary limits.
Since coming to the US, I am always looking for new movie ideas, especially how to compile a story about life here from an Asian’s point of view. One day in Dunkin Donuts, I saw a little girl, who has the same skin color as mine, calling a Caucasian couple "mom" and "dad". This scene stayed in my mind for long and eventually became my original inspiration for this project.
Some people say that horror movies are nothing but using bloody scenes and sound effects to scare the audience. My dream is to prove those ideas wrong. More than just scaring people, horror movies can portray humanity and social issues.”
——Yung-Jen Yang
Writer, Director and Editor of Sweet Sixteen
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$1 may not dramatically increase your dinner quality, but it could change the faith of future Alfred Hitchcock.....and the choice is in your hand.
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We understand everyone has lots of things in life, and most of those need money. If you happen not to have the capacity to support us financially now, there is always another way. Everybody knows lots of people, at least one thousand I would say. If you help to spread the word out, one thousand multiples one thousand people would know about our urgent need. With 1 million people knowing our project, I'm sure the kindness of human heart will help us cover $2000 easily.
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Story Synopsis
Haley, an adopted Chinese American girl wants to find out about her biological family in China. She made a wish to meet her biological mother on her 16th birthday, however, her only wish quickly turns into a nightmare. In search for her loved ones, she uncovers a 16-year old secret.
Story Inspiration
“The story inspiration came from documentaries about American adopted Chinese children and their disturbed childhood. I was touched by their anxiety and insecurity when they returned to their home country. I could easily feel their fear inside - identity crisis. During script writing, I tried very hard to deliver this fear and anxiety to the audience, and transformed it into a nice short thriller within my budgetary limits.
Since coming to the US, I am always looking for new movie ideas, especially how to compile a story about life here from an Asian’s point of view. One day in Dunkin Donuts, I saw a little girl, who has the same skin color as mine, calling a Caucasian couple "mom" and "dad". This scene stayed in my mind for long and eventually became my original inspiration for this project.
Some people say that horror movies are nothing but using bloody scenes and sound effects to scare the audience. My dream is to prove those ideas wrong. More than just scaring people, horror movies can portray humanity and social issues.”
——Yung-Jen Yang
Writer, Director and Editor of Sweet Sixteen
-----------------------------[Please help us with Indiegogo crowdfunding]----------------------------
$1 may not dramatically increase your dinner quality, but it could change the faith of future Alfred Hitchcock.....and the choice is in your hand.
#mce_temp_url#
We understand everyone has lots of things in life, and most of those need money. If you happen not to have the capacity to support us financially now, there is always another way. Everybody knows lots of people, at least one thousand I would say. If you help to spread the word out, one thousand multiples one thousand people would know about our urgent need. With 1 million people knowing our project, I'm sure the kindness of human heart will help us cover $2000 easily.
Please click on the social media sharing button to support us. Our future is at your figure tips!
