Louise sat down with Chia Pass Productions. A hard-working, diverse video production team based in Seattle, Washington. The full interview can be found here, but here are some highlights from the conversation.

Here are the members that we met with.

Lisa - they/she - “I film.”

Sarah - she/they/he - “I film, I like writing, directing, and AD-ing, and set and costume design, and editing.”

Dahyun - he/him - “I’m just an Asian guy that makes experimental films and I like editing.”

Jacklynn - she/they - “I specialize in VFX and post-production”

Michael - he/him - “I make stories, and I direct and act, and I make music too.”

Felipe - he/him - “I do acting and writing.”

Not included in the interview are members Lesly and Maura.

Louise: how did you get your name?

Felipe: “It was a conversation me and Jacklynn had…what if we made a production company, but what would we call it? …There was a joke… ‘Cheap a** productions’, but how would we say it so it still sounded like ‘cheap a**’… that’s how I remember it”

Jacklynn: “this clown comes up to me, and says, ‘I have a really good name for a production company, but I forgot it’. So we brainstormed and came up with Chia Pass Productions.”

Louise: how did you all meet?

Lisa: “Film school.”

Louise: what’s the value of a production team?

Sarah: “Whenever we had a project to do…we immediately had a group of people to help us out…and help each other on each other’s films.”

Louise: how do you make films without a budget?

Dahyun: “our will of power comes from… Felipe. He definitely overcomes our limit of budget through other different qualities... That definitely overpowers our expensive production value.”

Louise: what does your creative process look like?

Michael: “As a whole, it first starts with bringing up the idea with the group…and then we start getting into the planning…so it’s a lot of work, but it’s the smallest bit of work in a production.”

You can watch the zero budget full interview in the link right here.

here is a chia pass production. as promised.

featured films:

RA roomcheck - felipe silva madrigal

NOW_ - dahyun kim

DEADBOLT - felipe silva madrigal

check out the members:

@sarah.stutters

@salivaboi_63