This short film is about the game of “Mahjong” and the exhilarating experience of playing this game that combines strategy, luck, social interaction, and a touch of tradition within different communities. I wanted to create a film about Mahjong because I grew up with this game. Within every holiday celebration or family gathering, playing Mahjong would always be one of the main events. The game is not just a game, but a vessel that’s used to bond people together through either gossiping, bantering, or just talking. Not just within family, but also within contrasting communities like shown in my film: a gambling\/gangster-like setting and a friends setting. The game is being played all the same throughout the film, but when it comes to playing within these different settings\/communities, you can see the contrast in attitudes and emotions being brought out amongst the players. Through this film, I wanted to show those differences while also incorporating those feelings you receive as a player when playing the game such as: tension, anxiety, anticipation, bluffing, accomplishment, focus, but also social connection, tradition, culture and nostalgia by using dramatic sound effects, my voiceover of a self written poem, captions, audio, and color grading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18430,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18429","student-work","type-student-work","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-time"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n