Sketchbook Media

Sketchbook Media is a self contained company based on, but not limited to, film/video creations of all lengths, event coverage,and web and graphics design. This is a result of a joint collaboration between three highly skilled and creative individuals, fresh out of college. Their names are Philip Wang, Wesley Chan, and Ted Fu, who are also noted for having created a highly popular film group by the name of Wong Fu Productions.

It should be noted that Wong Fu Productions and Sketchbook Media are often referred to as the same, while Sketchbook Media is more of a business-centered corporation, and Wong Fu Production a fan based group.Clients for this group vary, but music bands and artist seem to be a majority, perhaps due to their experience with other artists in the past and their partnering-up with Far*East Movement.

Profiles

Philip Wang:Born and raised at Walnut Creek in northern California, he refers to his childhood as "a typical Asian American upbringing" and with significant bike riding, along with a healthy dose of cartoons. Hitting college, he wound up at UCSD, University of California, San Diego. Unbeknownst to him at the time, Wesley Chan and Ted Fu also were incoming freshman at the time. His major was Visual Arts. He was also the first to start Wong Fu Productions and Sketchbook Media, and started it out as a small gathering of friends. That all changed when he first met Wesley and Ted

Wesley Chan:Raised in Millbrae, California, he attended Millbrae High School in his teens. He moved onto UCSD, and took on a Visual Arts Media with his parents support. He and Ted met with Phillip through classes and gradually became part of Philip's group of friends who started Sketchbook Media. He is considered to be a skilled photographer along with his media arts skills.

Ted Fu:Unlike the rest of the three, Ted does not have a hometown due to the fact his family traveled around the world frequently. He is quoted to have said "but now lookin back I realize that being in different cultures was a unique expierence which opened my mind". He also eventually enrolled at UCSD along with his soon to be companions, majoring Visual Arts Media, focusing on computing. He is also often seen engaged in photography in video blogs, and is assumed to handle much of the group's photography, along with the help of Wesley Chan.

Feature Length Film

So far, Sketchbook Media has recently produced one feature length movie, titled "A Moment with You". Although the concept was developed during as early as their last year in college, the film itself was made from October 2005 till June 2006, a grand total of about 8 months. It is described by the three as "the most ambitious and difficult project they've undertaken to date."What followed was one of their largest tours up to date, screening their movie at over 39 locations internationally.

Music Artists

A number of music artists are listed on the Wong Fu website as having teamed up with Sketchbook Media. They are as followed:

Far*East Movement
Jason Harwell
George Shaw
Thomas' Apartment
Magnetic North
Kelly Pettit

Press

These are media articles of their group as listed on their Wong Fu site.

Film shows:

2008 Cannes International Film Festival-"At Musing's End" short film official selection to Short Film Corner-"A Peace of Home" short film official selection to Short Film Corner-Hosted beach front party in association with Century Cannes with musical performance by Far*East Movement

2008 Visual Communications Film Fesitval LA-"The Spare" official selection 2007-"Temperature" music video official selection 2007

2008 Spring TourInvited to 5 universities on East coast to speak about Wong Fu and screen select work.

2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Fesitval-"The Spare" short film official selection 2008

2008 Spencer Jr. Launch Party and Meet&GreetHosted event to release new merchandise in association with Tapioca Express

2007 Pacific Media ExpoInvited to hold a workshop and speak about company and screen select works

2007 New York Asian American International Film Festival-"Drift Away" music video oficial selection 2007.WINNER - Music Video Audience Award

2007 Visual Communications Film Fesitval LA-"A Moment with You" official selection 2007-"Drift Away" music video official selection 2007

2007 Winter and Spring "A Moment with You" Screening TourInvited to 14 universities and high schools around the US to screen "A Moment with You"

2007 DisOrient Asian Film Festival of Oregon-"Drift Away" music video oficial selection 2007

2006 East Coast & Canadian "A Moment with You" Screening TourInvited to 10 Midwest and East Coast universities, and 7 Canadian Universities to screen "A Moment with You"

2006 San Diego Asian Film Festival-"A Moment with You" official selection 2006

2004 Locus Arts "Found in Translation"Select work shown at Galeria de la Raza art show Sept. 2004

Articles/Interviews

Asia Pacific Arts - A fun article for the UCLA publication [07/2007

UT Austin - article about our stop at UTA [01/2007]

Pacific Citizen - interview with the three of us [10/2006
Edmonton Journal [12/2006]

MIT Tech a review of "A Moment with You" [11/2006]

Johns Hopkins University - article about our stop at JHU [11/2006]

UCSD Alumni Magazine - featured story about WF in UCSD alumni magazine [7/2006]

UCSD Graduation - Philip, Wes, and Ted recognized for their efforts in filmmaking while also presenting a positive image of the school. [6/2006]

San Francisco Chronicle- interviewed and featured in an article about online videos growing in popularity. [3/2006]

UCSD Guardian - the early years of Wong Fu Productions. Around the time that things were starting to get going, Wong Fu was featured in the Guardian, UC San Diego's school newspaper. [6/2004]

Television/Radio talks:
TVK24- the boys invited back to the station for an interview about their completed movie, "A Moment with You" [6/2006]

TVK24- television interview for LA Korean station [12/2005]

CKNW Radio - Philip interviewed by telephone on Vancouver, Canada radio talk show. [3/2006]

The Melody Show - San Diego Chinese magazine program. Philip interviewed about Wong Fu [5/2004]

http://www.sketchbookmedia.com/
http://wongfuproductions.com/
http://www.wongfuproductions.com/ProfileIndex.html