Paul Chin Presents: Renaissance

Starting from Scratch.

ohyeahpaulchin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:45:11 -0400

To everyone who’s been following along in our adventures in creative culture and documentary filmmaking over the last year, I apologise for the lengthy delay in updates but I’m afraid we have some bad news. We have no footage. We lost it all in a devastating back up drive crash.

All our field trips, our interviews with people in the business, our observations, our wise words, our gigs; all gone. It’s a really unfortunate spot to be in, considering how many gems we had in there and couldn’t wait to share with you, but it is the spot we are in regardless. What makes things a little more frustrating is the fact that Paul is going to be away in Toronto all summer and won’t be back in Cayman until Christmas, at the earliest, so it’s actually really hard to tell when we’ll be able to get back to work again.

Now, on a more positive note, losing all our work doesn’t necessarily mean we’re calling it quits on the project. It’s been a little over a year since we started and we’ve learnt so much about filmmaking and our subject (the state of creative culture in the Cayman Islands) just through that alone. We’ve been blessed to have the experience in the first place and it would be a shame if we didn’t try to pick up the pieces and continue making our film. We totally plan to get back on the horse and make it just as good as it was before, or even better!

Thanks so much for all your support and we’ll keep you updated.

Thanks to everyone who came out to Natasha Kozaily’s show...

ohyeahpaulchin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:19:00 -0400

Natasha and Little Magic

Glen

Eden

Havana Club Show

Fans!

Natasha and Paul with a fan!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Natasha Kozaily’s show at Havana Club last night with Little Magic and Paul Chin! Here are some behind the scenes shots from rehearsal and from the event!

Photos by Rhian Campbell

Mañana Noche.

ohyeahpaulchin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:16:15 -0400

Tomorrow night, the lovely Natasha Kozaily shall be playing at Havana Club and we’ll be filming her for the documentary. In fact, if you’re fortunate enough to be there, legend has it you’ll be among the first to hear her duet with Paul, a reboot of her demo track Mix It In!

Paul & sculptor Avril Ward at A Day In The Life 3 at the...

ohyeahpaulchin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:39:00 -0400

Paul & sculptor Avril Ward at A Day In The Life 3 at the Cayman Islands National Gallery.

Cayman Islands National Gallery: A Day in the Life of an Artist | Cayman 27

ohyeahpaulchin — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:24:24 -0400

Cayman Islands National Gallery: A Day in the Life of an Artist | Cayman 27:

We get shouted out by Gordon Solomon at the end!

Just a little something in store. We promise it’ll be...

ohyeahpaulchin — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:34:36 -0400

Just a little something in store. We promise it’ll be super special!

The Great Haircut: A Renaissance Short The very first step...

ohyeahpaulchin — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:53:01 -0400

The Great Haircut: A Renaissance Short

The very first step toward the Caymanian Renaissance is finally here! We’ll periodically drop these little jewels to get you thinking about the real issue at hand. So enjoy this footage of Paul Chin getting the Samson treatment and read along!

Screencap from the first day of shooting.

ohyeahpaulchin — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:17:39 -0400

Screencap from the first day of shooting.

Follow Renaissance on Twitter!

ohyeahpaulchin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:52:00 -0400

Follow Renaissance on Twitter!

Renaissance

ohyeahpaulchin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:34:17 -0400

Ren•ais•sance |ˈrenəˌsäns; -ˌzäns|

• [ n. ] ( a renaissance) a revival of or renewed interest in something

— Oxford American Dictionary

Welcome to the official production blog for Paul Chin Presents: Renaissance! This summer, 2010, I plan to document an investigation on the state of creative culture in the Cayman Islands. To stay up to date on all progress, you can follow us here on Tumblr or on Twitter (or you’ll probably see us around so you can ask us there too). This will be kind of like our scrapbook/process booklet so if you’re interested in the behind the scenes stuff, you’ll love it here :)

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