Cynthia Zhong
Film Editor
About me
2018- present
Dodge College of Chapman University| Film Production with Editing Emphasis
2014- 2018
Communication University of China| Digital Media Arts
2020
- Still Rolling – Narrative | Editor
- A Call From Home – Narrative | Director, editor
2019
- America -- Music Video | Editor
- Tonight's Open Mike – Narrative | Editor
- Morning – Narrative | Editor
2018
- In Memoriam - Narrative | Editor
- Eastern Standard - Narrative | Editor
- Knock Knock - Narrative | Director, screenwriter, editor
2017
- Space Hero – Narrative | Assistant director, editor
- Test – Narrative | Director, screenwriter, editor
- One – Narrative | Cinematographer
- Tarot – Narrative | Producer, editor
- Short Ads | Cinematographer, editor
2016
- Watch the Bells – Narrative | Director, editor
- Eyepitizer Motion Graphics Sample | Animator
2015
- Guide Dog – Documentary
- Dying with Maple Leaves – Documentary
Music Video
America
A music video for Tyesha Chaunté
Position: Editor
Journey
A music video for Leafy Zhang
Position: Editor
Short Films
Still Rolling (trailer)
2020
Position: Film & trailer editor
A rookie filmmaker finds herself hard to celebrate her first wrap party as she questioning her career choice...
A Call From Home
2020
Position: Director, Screenwriter, editor
A "serious" phone call made by a Chinese girl studying in the US. A lie about quarantine.
Morning (trailer)
2019
Position: Film & trailer editor
In the morning after getting married, A Christian girl uses her own way to have a dreamy Journey to memorize her first love.
Tonight‘s Open Mike
2019
Position: Editor
Mike, an amateur comic waiting for his big break, takes a call that could make his career. There’s only one problem: the call isn’t for him.
In Memoriam
2018
Position: Editor
A girl refuses to put off a memoriam page of her friend who is still alive. A fight between her and her ex-boyfriend reveals the reason.
Eastern Standard
2018
Position: Editor
Adopted by a screenplay "Eastern Standard". A homeless woman tries to sell her story to a waitress.
Space Hero
2017
Position:
Assistant Director, Editor
An ordinary man is chosen to become an astronaut to make a live show in the space. After a crash, he finds that he is staying in studio which means the whole space journey is a trick designed for a reality show.
Test
2017
Position:
Director, screenwriter, editor
A man is sent to a mental institution and then a doctor shows up, using a test to make sure whether he has mental problem.
One
2017
Position: Cinematographer
It features a teenage girl who tries not to give a clear answer to a boy’s confessions of love. During a trip to an abandoned building, she expresses her special understanding of love and finally makes a decision.
Tarot
2017
Position: Producer, editor
A scryer foresees a bad future, but still tries to chase the girl he loves after he notices that she has the same feeling for him.
Watch the Bells
Position:
Director, Screenwriter, cinematographer, editor
A woman meets a psychopathic murderer on her way home. He makes use of the elevator to trap her and tries to kill her. I made this film for a digital video creation class.
Motion Graphics Sample
A Clockwork Orange Title Sequence
Title Sequence.
VFX class assignment.
After Effect practice.Eyepitizer MG Sample
After Effect practice.
Documentary
Trailer & Clips
Position: Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography, Editor
Dying with Maple Leaves
CLIP 1
It recorded a kind of handcraft which was selected into China’s non-material cultural heritage list. The 4th generation inheritors talked about how their family developed the skill and the difficulties in inheritance process.
Dying with Maple Leaves
CLIP 2
I made this documentary to admire one of the finest art forms of Chinese culture, propagating it to help its inheritance.
Guide Dog
TRAILER
A visually impaired woman takes her guide dog onto the subway for the first time thanks to Beijing’s new policy since May 1st 2015.
I created this documentary to raise public awareness of the disabled and reflect China’s social progress. And my supervisor helped me to broadcast it in CUC TV.
Commercial
A video for a beef hotpot restaurant
Position：
Cameraman, Editor.
I made this video when I worked in a Cultural communications cooperation.
A video for a restaurant of a hotel
Position：
Editor.
I made this video when I worked in a Cultural communications cooperation.