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Ramen Day

A few bowls of instant ramen spend a day traveling through the lives of two people separated by socio-economic class.

  • Loren Blazek
    Director
    The Mark, Do You Believe in Magic?
  • Loren Blazek
    Writer
    The Mark, Do You Believe in Magic?
  • Loren Blazek
    Producer
    The Mark, Do You Believe in Magic?
  • Loren Blazek
    Key Cast
    "Wealthy Boy/ Poor Man"
    The Mark, Do You Believe in Magic?
  • Henry Jensen
    Key Cast
    "Poor Man"
  • Henry Jensen
    Director of Photography
  • Kai
    1st Assistant Director
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Crime, Drama, Indie Film, Slice of Life, Narrative, Short Film, Micro Film
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 26, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    50 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Santa Monica College
Director Biography - Loren Blazek

Loren Blazek is a 18 year old filmmaker originally from Santa Cruz, California, and now based in Westwood. He is currently majoring in Film Production at Santa Monica College, with hopes of transferring to AFI.

Loren has been making videos and short films since he was a kid. More recently, he has become engaged in larger filmmaking endeavors – starting with promotional video jobs and leading to his attendance at the highly selective UCLA Digital Filmmaking Institute. At UCLA, Loren directed his first film with a full crew, the short comedy “Do You Believe in Magic?”, which received selection at multiple film festivals from Los Angeles to Pennsylvania.

He has most recently gone on to write and direct "The Mark", a ~20 minute dystopian/suspense Short Film. The Mark has seen selection at numerous film festival, garnering many awards including the title "Best Young Filmmaker" at multiple festivals.

His greatest filmmaking inspiration is Stanley Kubrick, and his favorite contemporary director is Alfonso Cuaron. His favorite films are 2001: A Space Odyssey and Children of Men. He aspires to a future career in filmmaking, and hopes to someday write and direct feature length films.

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Director Statement

"Ramen Day' is a short film I made shortly after moving into student housing in LA. I shot it as part of a short film contest for the Santa Monica College Film Club. For the contest, we had one week to create a short film with the theme being "cooking/food". Having just moved into a dorm room, my options for "cooking" were limited solely to a few measly cup-o-noodles.

So, I decided to use the noodles primarily as a narrative tool. The noodles are not all too interesting so much as the context which surrounds them throughout the story is. I wanted the Ramen to essentially act as an independent observer to the two distinct character's lives that these noodles travel through over the course of the day. We see these character's through the impartial perspective of the Ramen.