Dizzy Gillespie Vs. Cab Calloway

Here's a segment for web I edited for the Cab Calloway film that is premiering nationally on American Masters on Monday Feb. 27th at 10PM

Watch Cab Calloway vs. Dizzy Gillespie on PBS. See more from American Masters.

Ham Hits 1000

Not really a major thing, especially considering that 1000 views is not very much in a world where 56,000,000 is not uncommon, but at the same time, 1000 views of a video you created (and not pirated) is not an easy feat all the same and marks a noteworthy milestone.

So, with that said, my documentary Ham, which I did in college and then uploaded just over a year ago, has hit 1000 views! Thank you all for watching!



If you haven't seen it yet, you can view it here:

Ham from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

On September 11th 2001, towers one and two of Manhattan's World Trade Center came crashing down, taking communications for the city of New York with them. This is a story about what happened next.

or in the little play window on the right of this page.

Halloween 2011

A little video i decided to take during the Annual West Village Halloween Parade

Halloween parade 2011 - eyes from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

New York Comic Con 2011 Pt.1

Here's the New York Comic Con 2011 Piece I produced with CDBerrios with the help of Associate Producers Mikyle Yuvienco and Julianne Wilkinson and production assistants Kathleen O'Donnell and Anne Zhou.

Watch New York Comic Con 2011: Through the Artists' Eyes on PBS. See more from THIRTEEN Specials.

A YouDorks Production

Big Brother

Those of you who pay a little more attention may have noticed that my video links seemed to have changed on the side of my blog -- they have. I've linked them to the higher-res Vimeo versions instead of the youtube versions.

You may have also noticed that my film from senior year of college is finally up in it's entirety for anyone who cares to watch. You can also view it here:

Big Brother from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Teaching Channel: Education Update Pt. 5

Here's the last and final:
High School

All of them are uploaded to my Vimeo site as well, which you can go to to see all of my work, but I also made an album just for them.

Education Update: High School from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Links to all the videos on Teaching Channel

Apparently you can see it on teaching channel's youtube channel too. Look for the ones that say "Common Core State Standards"

Common Core State Standards for Math
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
Common Core State Standards for Elementary School
Common Core State Standards for Middle School
Common Core State Standards for High School

Teaching Channel: Education Update Pt. 4

Here's Middle School

The rest are actually uploaded to my Vimeo site as well, which you can go to to see all of my work, but I also made an album just for them.

I'll continue posting them up here one by one.

Education Update: Middle School from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Links to all the videos on Teaching Channel

Apparently you can see it on teaching channel's youtube channel too. Look for the ones that say "Common Core State Standards"

Common Core State Standards for Math
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
Common Core State Standards for Elementary School
Common Core State Standards for Middle School
Common Core State Standards for High School

Teaching Channel: Education Update Pt. 3

Here's Elementary School -- because who doesn't like seeing groups of cute little kids yell out answers to math problems?

The rest are actually uploaded to my Vimeo site as well, which you can go to to see all of my work, but I also made an album just for them.

I'll continue posting them up here one by one.

Education Update: Elementary School from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Links to all the videos on Teaching Channel

Common Core State Standards for Math
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
Common Core State Standards for Elementary School
Common Core State Standards for Middle School
Common Core State Standards for High School

Teaching Channel: Education Update Pt. 2

Same deal-y as before. Here's MATH!

Education Update: Math from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Links to all the videos on Teaching Channel

Common Core State Standards for Math
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
Common Core State Standards for Elementary School
Common Core State Standards for Middle School
Common Core State Standards for High School

Teaching Channel: Education Update Pt. 1

So back in mid February I started working as an associate producer/shooter/editor for a project for PBS in conjunction with Teaching Channel, a U.S. version of the now defunct teacher's tv in the UK.

The project I worked on was specifically called "Education Update" and were 5 15 minute episodes detailing the adoption of Common Core Standards here in America. The project took about 3 and 1/2 months to complete and are now finally available to be viewed by the public. Below you can watch one of the episodes -- specifically on elementary education. They are all out but I am uploading some better quality versions to my Vimeo account, especially since the teaching channel website, for whatever reason, allows you to download the videos but not embed them -- and Vimeo does. So, more later -- they're a little larger in size so I only have enough memory in my Vimeo account to upload 1 a week, but you can still view the rest on the teaching channel website (actually, that is encouraged). Links below.

Education Update: ELA and Literacy from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Common Core State Standards for Math
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
Common Core State Standards for Elementary School
Common Core State Standards for Middle School
Common Core State Standards for High School

Back on my Feet

3-D Bird Walk Cycle from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Being able to walk has never hurt this much while simultaneously feeling this good.
(that is NOT an S&M comment)

Clipped Wings

Been wishing I could hurry up and just get to this point:

Flight Pencil Test from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

(That's a little animation I did my senior year of college)

The Many Sounds of Jeff

When I was working as an assistant editor on the American Masters Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides film, I edited together this little sequence called The Many Sounds of Jeff just for fun and somehow it managed to become a little web extra. So yay for that.

Ham

The short doc I started in college and finished in Oct. 09. I finally got around to posting it online like I promised so long ago.

Ham from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

Dropped

For My Country has been dropped.

For My Country from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.

As always, feedback is encouraged.

Commercials and Walk it Out

This past weekend (meaning Friday) I worked on a commercial for Bowlmor Lanes directed by fellow recent NYU graduate Todd Wiseman, shot by also fellow recent NYU graduate Milos Silber and produced/AD'd by last fellow recent NYU graduate Richard Gionotti. Together they make Hayden 5 Media Productions, a company they put together themselves and through which they, among many other things, take on clients and do commercials. For this particular production I was PA-ing. It was a last minute spur-of-the-moment decision that was made partially in part because I was doing nothing else with my time, partially in part because it paid a little bit (which was better than nothing), but mostly because I thought it would be a good opportunity to meet and get to know these guys. Networking is always an important thing to do (especially now that our greatest social lubricant i.e. college is done and over with) and if you have the opportunity to network with people while demonstrating your competency on set, all the better.

On Friday we were shooting at previously mentioned friend and rapper Nyle Emerson's apartment in Brooklyn. There I also seized the opportunity to talk with him about the upcoming preliminary shoot for the doc on him we had talked about earlier last month as well as took the chance to show him a little of what I've been doing since I last saw him for any significant amount of time.

Among what I showed him [my two trailers and a bunch of pencil/animation tests I had done] was my 3-D walk cycle from this summer, to which he was thoroughly entertained and insisted that I put it to Unk's "Walk it Out" so I could get a million hits on Youtube. Anyway, below is the result. Perhaps I'll go back and make some changes one of these days to make it a little more interesting, but eh, at the moment I am without the means to do so.

Walk It Out from Matthew Chao on Vimeo.