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Special agent Jay plans the perfect proposal to his longtime partner Alex upon completion of their mission but when she loses her temper over her new shoes, all hope is lost for a “happy ever after” ending.
Director Statement
After a few seasons directing on television shows such as “For All Mankind”, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” “Star Trek: Picard”, “NCIS: Los Angeles”, “Shadow and Bone,” and “The Walking Dead”, I was pleasantly surprised when I was approached by our lead actress and producer, the up-and-coming action star Neraida Bega, and producer Mike Chat of 87 North Productions. They had an action comedy concept that was dark with a lot of action potential, but also felt fun, light, and refreshing. As a longtime martial artist always looking to incorporate my experiences to push the boundaries of my storytelling, collaborating with this all-Asian creative team felt like an incredible opportunity to contribute to the continuing push for inclusion, diversity, and female empowerment in our film industry.
Fueled by our female star/producer and writer duo, “The Proposal” started as a simple “gun fight class assignment” from director David Leitch for his next generation stunt team in training. Just to create some choreography. From idea to execution, the 87 North Pro Stunt Class Team went to work. This was also a great opportunity for me to help educate and add value to their tool box as filmmakers. Neraida was part of this process from the very beginning. She brought in our writer Uttera Singh and developed it into a full blown kick ass, empowered, sharp shooting and funny female John Wick dark comedy action short!
What we thought would be a 3-day shoot ended up condensed to a single night due to the availability of the cast and crew, and without any script changes we were determined to get it done and show what we could do. Everyone donated their time, and in the last week of prep, our crew ballooned from 26 to 44 brilliant creatives who came together to make some movie magic! We started filming in the evening, and 16 hours later, we all left the location thanks to a third crew that came in to handle equipment rental and truck drop offs so the rest could get home safely. It was a tremendous effort that I’m extremely proud of and we are looking forward to sharing this short with everyone!
Ratings
- Year2024
- Runtime6 minutes
- NoteUTTERA SINGHWriterFANNY PACK NERAIDA BEGAProducerMARVEL'S WANDAVISION, DOG MOVIE, LITTLE UKRAINE MIKE CHATProducerBULLET TRAIN, AD ASTRA, POWER RANGERS, NERAIDA BEGAKey Cast"ALEX"MARVEL'S WANDAVISION, DOG MOVIE, LITTLE UKRAINE JOSHUA MABIEKey Cast"JAY"QUANTUM LEAP, REBEL MOON, MRS DAVID MIKE CHAT87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMBULLET TRAIN, AD ASTRA, POWER RANGERS, JOHN NEUMUELLER87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM KAISER TIN-U87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMFALL GUY, MULAN ISABELLA MILLER87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM VALENTINO SUCCAROTTE87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMWOMAN KING GAVIN TERAGAWA87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMNEW JACK FURY, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP JAKE PRESLEY87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM JEFF KARR87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMWESTWORLD, THE ROOKIE FREDDY JOHN JAMES87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMLYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE, THE ROOKIE CHRIS ERK87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM ALEXANDER KUSSOVSKI87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM NICK RAMIREZ87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM TIFFANY SAFFRONOF87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMORVILLE, STAR TREK PICARD, 9-1-1 PABLO RUFF-BERGANZA87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM GABRIEL RIOS87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMMATRIX RESSURECTIONS, SHANG-SHI, MAYANS J.R. GUERRA87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMTHE CONTINENTAL, BORDERLANDS, SECTION 8 Tim SpencerCo-Directors of PhotographyFor All Mankind, Xmen 2, Twilight Jasmine KarceyCo-Directors of PhotographyBad Samaritan Luftar Von RamaEditorMarvel's Invasion, Book of Boba Fett, Mandalorian Luke MaxcyCrewFor All Mankind, Mulan, Call of the Wild, Fast 5 Kirisa GavrinCrewMandalorian, Ahsoka, Boba Fett, The Idol Lily ZieglerCrew Kory KastCrew Stephen PazantiCameraFor All Mankind, Whiplash, West Wing Mike DegrazzioCameraFor All Mankind, Berry, True Detective Mike McEveetyCameraFor All Mankind, Lucifer, The Flight Attendant Carlos MontanoCamera Beau MoranCamera Adeshola AdigunCamera Andrea MiragliaCameraThe Goldbergs, Dream Girls Travis BuffingtonCameraStumptown, Pretty Little Liars Erique DuboiseCamera Travis PhungCamera William BrooksCamera Irwin OchoaCamera YJ GoldCamera Brittany DufriendColoristBlack Bird, The Wilds, NCIS New Orleans JAKE EBERLEPOST PRODUCTIONIndependence Day, Detective Conan Andy KingPOST PRODUCTIONWest World, Walking Dead, FBI International Mclaren RaySET/BTS PHOTOGRAPHER 87 NORTH PRODUCTIONSSPECIAL THANKSJOHN WICK, DEADPOOL 2, BULLET TRAIN, FALL GUY DAVID LEITCHSPECIAL THANKSJOHN WICK, DEADPOOL 2, BULLET TRAIN, FALL GUY KELLY MCCORMICKSPECIAL THANKSJOHN WICK, DEADPOOL 2, BULLET TRAIN, FALL GUY
- DirectorDAN LIU
Special agent Jay plans the perfect proposal to his longtime partner Alex upon completion of their mission but when she loses her temper over her new shoes, all hope is lost for a “happy ever after” ending.
Director Statement
After a few seasons directing on television shows such as “For All Mankind”, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” “Star Trek: Picard”, “NCIS: Los Angeles”, “Shadow and Bone,” and “The Walking Dead”, I was pleasantly surprised when I was approached by our lead actress and producer, the up-and-coming action star Neraida Bega, and producer Mike Chat of 87 North Productions. They had an action comedy concept that was dark with a lot of action potential, but also felt fun, light, and refreshing. As a longtime martial artist always looking to incorporate my experiences to push the boundaries of my storytelling, collaborating with this all-Asian creative team felt like an incredible opportunity to contribute to the continuing push for inclusion, diversity, and female empowerment in our film industry.
Fueled by our female star/producer and writer duo, “The Proposal” started as a simple “gun fight class assignment” from director David Leitch for his next generation stunt team in training. Just to create some choreography. From idea to execution, the 87 North Pro Stunt Class Team went to work. This was also a great opportunity for me to help educate and add value to their tool box as filmmakers. Neraida was part of this process from the very beginning. She brought in our writer Uttera Singh and developed it into a full blown kick ass, empowered, sharp shooting and funny female John Wick dark comedy action short!
What we thought would be a 3-day shoot ended up condensed to a single night due to the availability of the cast and crew, and without any script changes we were determined to get it done and show what we could do. Everyone donated their time, and in the last week of prep, our crew ballooned from 26 to 44 brilliant creatives who came together to make some movie magic! We started filming in the evening, and 16 hours later, we all left the location thanks to a third crew that came in to handle equipment rental and truck drop offs so the rest could get home safely. It was a tremendous effort that I’m extremely proud of and we are looking forward to sharing this short with everyone!
Ratings
- Year2024
- Runtime6 minutes
- NoteUTTERA SINGHWriterFANNY PACK NERAIDA BEGAProducerMARVEL'S WANDAVISION, DOG MOVIE, LITTLE UKRAINE MIKE CHATProducerBULLET TRAIN, AD ASTRA, POWER RANGERS, NERAIDA BEGAKey Cast"ALEX"MARVEL'S WANDAVISION, DOG MOVIE, LITTLE UKRAINE JOSHUA MABIEKey Cast"JAY"QUANTUM LEAP, REBEL MOON, MRS DAVID MIKE CHAT87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMBULLET TRAIN, AD ASTRA, POWER RANGERS, JOHN NEUMUELLER87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM KAISER TIN-U87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMFALL GUY, MULAN ISABELLA MILLER87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM VALENTINO SUCCAROTTE87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMWOMAN KING GAVIN TERAGAWA87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMNEW JACK FURY, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP JAKE PRESLEY87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM JEFF KARR87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMWESTWORLD, THE ROOKIE FREDDY JOHN JAMES87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMLYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE, THE ROOKIE CHRIS ERK87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM ALEXANDER KUSSOVSKI87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM NICK RAMIREZ87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM TIFFANY SAFFRONOF87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMORVILLE, STAR TREK PICARD, 9-1-1 PABLO RUFF-BERGANZA87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAM GABRIEL RIOS87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMMATRIX RESSURECTIONS, SHANG-SHI, MAYANS J.R. GUERRA87 NORTH ACTION STUNT TEAMTHE CONTINENTAL, BORDERLANDS, SECTION 8 Tim SpencerCo-Directors of PhotographyFor All Mankind, Xmen 2, Twilight Jasmine KarceyCo-Directors of PhotographyBad Samaritan Luftar Von RamaEditorMarvel's Invasion, Book of Boba Fett, Mandalorian Luke MaxcyCrewFor All Mankind, Mulan, Call of the Wild, Fast 5 Kirisa GavrinCrewMandalorian, Ahsoka, Boba Fett, The Idol Lily ZieglerCrew Kory KastCrew Stephen PazantiCameraFor All Mankind, Whiplash, West Wing Mike DegrazzioCameraFor All Mankind, Berry, True Detective Mike McEveetyCameraFor All Mankind, Lucifer, The Flight Attendant Carlos MontanoCamera Beau MoranCamera Adeshola AdigunCamera Andrea MiragliaCameraThe Goldbergs, Dream Girls Travis BuffingtonCameraStumptown, Pretty Little Liars Erique DuboiseCamera Travis PhungCamera William BrooksCamera Irwin OchoaCamera YJ GoldCamera Brittany DufriendColoristBlack Bird, The Wilds, NCIS New Orleans JAKE EBERLEPOST PRODUCTIONIndependence Day, Detective Conan Andy KingPOST PRODUCTIONWest World, Walking Dead, FBI International Mclaren RaySET/BTS PHOTOGRAPHER 87 NORTH PRODUCTIONSSPECIAL THANKSJOHN WICK, DEADPOOL 2, BULLET TRAIN, FALL GUY DAVID LEITCHSPECIAL THANKSJOHN WICK, DEADPOOL 2, BULLET TRAIN, FALL GUY KELLY MCCORMICKSPECIAL THANKSJOHN WICK, DEADPOOL 2, BULLET TRAIN, FALL GUY
- DirectorDAN LIU