‘VIDA’ | Short Film | 2024
VIDA is a a science-fiction short which follows a servant robot who must overcome its feelings of imperfection and adapt to free will after being bestowed consciousness by its loving creators. It is a project 2 years in the making, and was brought to screen with a crew of 40+ students over six filming days, made with the support of Chapman’s Dodge College of Film & Media Arts.
VIDA is currently touring festivals. It is only available to watch through our limited blu-ray, and early access password-protected landing page linked below. Please reach out if you have any inquiries.
Cast & Crew
Nev KEVIN ANDREW GRADY
Petra EMILY JULIETTE MURPHY
VIDA (Voice) LEVI PETREE
VIDA (Suit) CHLOE LEIS
Director LOUIS SCHWARTZ
Writer GRANT CHAUNCEY
Producer MATIAS MONTEMAYOR
Director of Photography ED KO
Editor & Script Supervisor EVAN NOWACK
Production Designer MATISSE KELLNER
Sound Designer & Mixer RYAN LEW
Composer CHECO CADENA
1st Assistant Camera ALLIE LEICHTER
2nd Assistant Camera MACY FRIDAY
Gaffer ZED FRIEDMAN
Gaffer BEAU TORRES
Key Grip ALEX ATALLAH
Best Boy Grip MICHAEL ZHANG 张景纮
Best Boy Electric JACKSON BURNS
G&E Swing COLE RUSSO
G&E Swing MADDOX HENRY
G&E Swing TESS PRICE
2nd Unit Gaffer SEAN DADRES
2nd Unit Assistant Camera EVAN PAUL
2nd Unit Key Grip ETHAN HUME
Boom Operator JOESY DE PALO
Foley Artist MADISYN BRILLO
Foley Artist SERA LEW
Sound Technician JOSEPH CAMPOS
Colorist CONNOR ROUSSEAU
Assistant Editor VIVIEN TRITCH
Digital Imaging Technician YEGOR POLAKOFF
Post-Production Digital Workflow Specialist JUAN JOSÉ IDROVO MACÍAS
VFX Artist OLEKSANDR MUZYCHENKO
Special Thanks
COOPER ANDREWS
CHEALSEA BAN
FEDERICO BECERRA
INES BÁRCENA
CHUBBY CADENA
MASON CAZALET
FREDA CHRISTIE
OSCAR DE LA GARZA
VALERIA DE LA GARZA
ALBERTO FERÁNDEZ III
ALBERTO FERÁNDEZ IV
KENZA FERNÁNDEZ
DIANE DE FREITAS
ELISABETH DENISTON
BONNIE GOLDEN
LUIS HERNÁNDEZ ECHAVEZ
ANA PAOLA HERNÁNDEZ DERBEZ
LUIS JAVIER HERNÁNDEZ DERBEZ
ANDERS HOSEK
LISA LABARILE
JUNYI LEE
KEVIN LEW
MYRA LEW
DENNIS LITTLE
KAREN LOPEZ
SU LWIN
EUGENIO MARTÍNEZ
JORDAN MONTENEGRO
SAL NATALE
MICHAEL MUNGUIA
MALIA NEILL
JACK SAFIR
QUINLAN STANKUS
CHRISTINE TUMBOKON
JULIAN R. TUTTLE
MIRANDA TUTTLE
CHRISTINE TUMBOKON
JULIAN R. TUTTLE
Production Assistants
TYLER BRADLEY
VIOLA H DERBEZ
TESS PRICE
KIRA HIRSCH
CHRIS LAROVERE
1st Assistant Director SEAN YANG 杨喆宇
2nd Assistant Director EDDY QUINTEROS
Unit Production Manager JOHN PEET
Locations Manager JACOB DULBERG
Production Coordinator TESSA HOLTZMAN
Casting Director ALEXA PEREIRA
Visual Effects Supervisor CHLOE CAPES
Costume Designer JOSEPH ‘JP’ PADPAD
Art Director GENEVIEVE ZIX
Art Director ELLIE JONES
‘VIDA’ Painting by SOLEN SHEIRBON
‘VIDA’ Robot Suit by CHLOE LEIS
Animated Nightmare Sequence by ELLA LANDINO
Makeup & Hair by FAITH JORDAN
SFX Artist SANTINO FERRESE
Props Master CHASE SEABREEZE
Concept Artist BRANDON KWON
Special Thanks
THE CANALES CANTÚ FAMILY
THE CARRILLO FAMILY
THE CHAN FAMILY
THE GAMBOA LIVAS FAMILY
THE GAPO FAMILY
THE JORDAN FAMILY
THE MARTÍNEZ MONTEMAYOR FAMILY
THE MONTEMAYOR CANTÚ FAMILY
THE YOKEN FAMILY
ELOISA & TOM SCHWARTZ
NANCY & MIKE CHAUNCEY
LINDA & TOM CHAUNCEY
SUMI KIM RONALD & LEW
RENT REYES SHAR & ILAR
ALISON MATT & KALMANSON
RICARDO CANTÚ & LAURA BELINDA TREVIŃO
TOMAS GONZÁLEZ & LAURA CASAS
CLAUDIA VILLARREAL
WAWIS GONZÁLEZ
BEATRIZ JURGENSEN
CARLA AGUIRRE
VANESA BAXTER
VERONICA DE LA FUENTE
MARIA FERMOILE
PILAR MADERO
VERONICA SÁNCHEZ
FERRUCHO DODDOLI
ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ IV
JOSÉ CRISTOBAL GARZA
DAVID SADA
FRANCISCO SANTOS
RAUL RAMOS
MARIANO VERTIZ
Thank You To
SCOTT ARUNDALE
RUSSEL BOAST
ROBERT CAMPBELL
STEPHEN GALLOWAY
TODD GILBERT
MICHAEL GRADY
MARQUES GREEN
NANA GREENWALD
EDWARD LAVELLE
ZACH LOWHURST