An intense, lightning fast experience of Tokyo - highlighting the many contrasts of Japanese society; in the young and old, traditional and contemporary, fast and slow, east and west. Combining stop motion and live action footage into a breathtaking journey a foreigner's time in the city. From the neon lit streets to the zen gardens, cute kids to graceful elderly folk, sumo to baseball, Buddha to Gundam. Hundreds of shots were intricately cut together into this two and a half minute epic. .

Keio University

Vimeo: Tim White

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Director: David Altobelli, Jeff Desom
Producer: Sarah Park, Richard Kim
Production Co.: The Directors Bureau
Exec. Producer: Sue Yeon Ahn
Editor: Luke Lynch
DP: Larkin Seiple
PD: Jason Kisvarday
Costume Designer: Laura Francis
Makeup Artist: Cici Anderson
Colorist: Sean Coleman @ Company 3
Thanks: The Creator's Project

Chris Dean’s heart stopped when he was two. He died but he came back. When Chris was five, his father was murdered, riddled by more than 20 bullets in a gang shootout. At age 18, Chris gained national attention when he introduced President Barack Obama at his high school graduation. Chris is an observer and philosopher who has always had a few things to say about life from his vantage point in South Memphis. He and Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Alan Spearman walked the neighborhood for eight weeks observing and recording what became the script of As I Am. This film floats through this remarkable young man's landscape, revealing the lives that have shaped his world. Poetic and powerful imagery, captured by Spearman and cinematographer Mark Adams, combines with the young philosopher’s trenchant observations about life.