Ross Ching

Ross Ching
Born1985 or 1986 (age 38–39)[1]
Occupation(s)Film director, editor
Websitehttp://www.rossching.com

Ross Ching is an American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California.

Early life and education

Ching grew up in San Jose, California.[2] He started making skateboarding videos as a teenager.[3] Ching went on to study film at San Diego State University and graduated in 2008.[1][4] He was originally interested in producing but later transitioned to production after his time lapse and stop motion videos in college began winning awards.[2]

Career

Ching's edited together thousands of long-exposure photographs in QuickTime Pro for first short film Eclectic .[5] He's released at least two more sequels by March 2009.[6]

Following his graduation, he created a video inspired by Death Cab for Cutie's song, "Little Bribes" due to the lack of employment opportunities during the Great Recession. He used time-lapse photography to visually represent the song's 211 words alongside images from Los Angeles. The project took 50 hours to make and costed about $100. Prior to releasing it, he contacted different people on Twitter with large followings to preview the video, who in turn promoted it. He posted the video on his website in May 2009 under the banner, "looking for work". Stereogum later covered the video, saying "We rarely post fan-made videos, but this is too good... Hire him!" Within days, Atlantic Records contacted Ching to purchase the video and released it as the song's official music video.[4]

Ching released action short film 3 Minutes in 2011.[7]

He also re-released "Running on Empty" and added new footage to it, redubbing it for the big "Carmageddon" event in Los Angeles that threatened to shut down the freeway system.[8][9]

Producers Don Le and Peter Katz approached Ching to shoot the short film, "Already Gone". The film was shot in one day in a Los Angeles warehouse and starred Shawn Ashmore and Harry Shum, Jr. The producers hoped that the short film would generate enough interest for a feature film treatment.[10][11] The short was one of the top finalists at the first ever Shot on RED Film Festival in 2012.[12]

Ching directed a webseries for Thrash Lab called "Empty America".[13] He followed it up with "10 Epic Ways to Smash A Pumpkin".[14]

Filmography

  • 3 Minutes (2011)
  • "Running on Empty" (2011)
  • "Empty America" webseries (2012)
  • "Already Gone" short film (2012)

Music video

Year Film Artist Notes
2009 "Little Bribes" Death Cab for Cutie [4]
2009 "My Girlfriend" Uncle Kracker
2009 "Welcome All Again" Collective Soul
2009 "Electricidad" Jesse & Joy
2010 "Valentine" Kina Grannis [15][16]
2010 "Offbeat" Clara Chung [17][18]
2011 "The Camel Song" Clara Chung [19][20]
2011 "Without You" AJ Rafael [19]
2012 "Missing Piece" David Choi [19]
2012 "Without Me" Kina Grannis [20]
2012 "Fish" Clara Chung

References

  1. ^ a b Wada, Karen (June 7, 2010). "Driven by the desire to create the next viral video". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Ross Ching | SHOOT New Directors Showcase Event". nds.shootonline.com. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Jun022010 (June 2, 2010). "Ross Ching — My Permanent Record". Geofffox.com. Retrieved November 30, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b c "Viral video: The rebirth of the music video". The Independent. London. March 30, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  5. ^ Martin, Claire (October 1, 2009). "How One Filmmaker's DIY Formula Takes You Beyond YouTube". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  6. ^ "Trailer Tuesday: Eclectic 3.0". KPBS Public Media. March 17, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Silver, Curtis (January 14, 2011). "Intense Lightsaber Combat in "3 Minutes"". Wired.
  8. ^ "Los Angeles Without Cars". HuffPost. July 15, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  9. ^ "Carmageddon Approaches: Here's What It Will Look Like [VIDEO]". Mashable. July 15, 2011.
  10. ^ Silver, Curtis. "Exclusive: See 3-Minute Action Film Already Gone". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  11. ^ Erickson, Christine (May 2, 2012). "Films as Startups: How Indie Producers Build Buzz". Mashable. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  12. ^ Shot on Red Film Festival 2012 red.com
  13. ^ Short Filmsseattlefilmnews.com October 2012 Archived November 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Baldegg, Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von (October 31, 2012). "Celebrating a Halloween Tradition: 10 Ways to Smash a Pumpkin (in Slow Motion)". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  15. ^ "Kina Grannis interview". Beatweek Magazine. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  16. ^ Cinema Musica 2010 was a success peachies.net May 5, 2010
  17. ^ Ty, Kanara (December 19, 2010). "Best of 2010: Asian American Musicians". Asia Pacific Arts. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  18. ^ "Mochi Blog » Clara Chung Releases Her First Music Video for "Offbeat"". Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  19. ^ a b c APA, Kevin Hsieh-channel (February 27, 2012). "Missing Piece music video by David Choi | channelAPA.com".
  20. ^ a b Kevin Hsieh (May 30, 2012). "Without Me by Kina Grannis | channelAPA.com".