Academic Projects

Ailina’s degree involves production courses where she directs most of her work. Here, she showcases projects through narrative, documentary, and short form.

TISCH v STERN

Director, Director of Photography, Editor

Sight & Sound Filmmaking (Winter Festival Finalist ‘21)

Instructed by Vondie Curtis Hall (Daredevil, Romeo and Juliet)

Runtime - 3:23 min

A satirical Hollywood action trailer depicting the rivalry between NYU’s top schools: Tisch and Stern. This final contains fight scenes, touches of VFX, and meme-worthy moments for the NYU community.

THE DEATH OF RICHIE

Director of Photography

Sight & Sound Filmmaking

Instructed by Vondie Curtis Hall (Daredevil, Romeo and Juliet)

Directed by Brett Morrow

Runtime - 2:00 min

One take. One murder.

SOOB UWU

Director, Director of Photography, Editor

Creative Final Project for Love Actually

Runtime - 2:45 min

In order to pass a Gen Ed class, the end of semester assignment involved any medium of choice as long as it teaches a theme about love. Dating isn’t perfect, and this satire commercial showcases that with a special reveal at the end.

GROWING UP AS

A CINEMATOGRAPHER

Director, Editor

Sight & Sound Filmmaking

Instructed by Vondie Curtis Hall (Daredevil, Romeo and Juliet)

Runtime - 5:57 min

This is a documentary depicting the personal story of Ailina’s passionate discovery for cinematography. This assignment took place in the height of COVID requiring all students to use archived footage and create a film from their homes.