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Slice of Life

A rookie survivor of a failed vegetable save mission now has to survive the hardest mission of them all: a vegetarian night market.

  • Emma Nebeker
    Director
  • Emma Chai
    Director
  • Emma Nebeker
    Writer
  • Emma Chai
    Writer
  • Emma Nebeker
    Producer
  • Emma Chai
    Producer
  • Emily Choi
    Producer
  • Andy Pineda
    Key Cast
    "Parker Choi"
  • Emma Chai
    Key Cast
    "Nayoung Napa, Gurgling Mushroom, Sliced Tomato"
  • Matt Kim
    Key Cast
    "Oswald Onion, Chef Jeon, Chef Wang"
  • Sonny Santana
    Key Cast
    "Chef Zhang, Eric Chen"
  • Daniela Estevez
    Key Cast
    "Chef Chen"
  • D Seo
    Motion Design
  • Emma Nebeker
    Motion Design
  • Jasper Nolan
    Motion Design
  • Pietro Montagnese
    Sound Design
  • Sonny Santana
    Sound Design
  • Vanessa Nakasone
    Character Design
  • Daniela Estevez
    Character Design
  • Emily Choi
    Character Design
  • Bee Rodriguez
    Character Design
  • Elina Huang
    Character Design
  • Elaine Chen
    Character Design
  • Frenchie Mariñas
    Character Design
  • Kelly Chen
    Character Design
  • Alby Esparza
    Character Design
  • Yuanlin Jing
    Character Design
  • Krystle Liu
    Character Design
  • Freya Zhao
    Character Design
  • Oth Khotsimeuang
    Background Design
  • Rebecca Li
    Background Design
  • Emma Chai
    Background Design
  • Emma Nebeker
    Background Design
  • Freya Zhao
    Background Design
  • Fio Sims
    Background Design
  • Cathy Sukojo
    Background Design
  • Kelly Chen
    Prop Design
  • Emma Chai
    Prop Design
  • Alby Esparza
    Prop Design
  • Yuanlin Jing
    Prop Design
  • Oth Khotsimeuang
    Graphic Design
  • Emma Chai
    Graphic Design
  • Emma Nebeker
    Graphic Design
  • Alby Esparza
    Graphic Design
  • Melanie Kwon
    2D Animation
  • Daniela Estevez
    2D Animation
  • Emily Choi
    2D Animation
  • Emma Chai
    2D Animation
  • Emma Nebeker
    2D Animation
  • Gaby Gomez
    2D Animation
  • Wen Everitt
    2D Animation
  • Frenchie Mariñas
    2D Animation
  • Elina Huang
    2D Animation
  • Freya Zhao
    2D Animation
  • Yuanlin Jing
    2D Animation
  • Kylie Villanueva
    2D Animation
  • Dane Lee
    2D Animation
  • Brissa Corona
    2D Animation
  • Bee Rodriguez
    2D Animation
  • Jamie Williams
    2D Animation
  • Ziyue Xu
    2D Animation
  • Sarah Kim
    2D Animation
  • Emma Nebeker
    Storyboards
  • Emma Chai
    Storyboards
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Animation, Horror, Thriller, Gore, Asian, AAPI, Women-Directed
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 1 second
  • Completion Date:
    April 18, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - ArtCenter College of Design
  • 1st Hokkaido International Film Festival
    Hokkaido
    Japan
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles Student Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • South Central Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Cinemaking International Film Festival
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    South Asia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Squish Movie Camp
    Rotterdam
    Netherlands
    European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Golden FEMI Film Festival
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Emma Nebeker, Emma Chai

Emma Nebeker was born and raised in Austin, Texas where she grew up eating barbecue breakfast tacos, square dancing, and dancing with 4 foot long mums at homecoming. She suffers from middle child syndrome and left handism (aka being a south paw). Emma is an ArtCenter College of Design and Warner Bros. Discovery Intern Alumni, where she has worked on award-winning series such as Batwheels, Harley Quinn, and Velma. Emma specializes in storyboarding and production for TV animation, and she is currently an Assistant Production Manager on DC Super Powers.

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Director Statement

Slice of Life was born in the homework margins of a DND class. Technically it was called Dynamic Story and Concept, but everyone knew it as the class where you’d get college credit just to design your Dungeons & Dragons character. Not feeling drawn to any traditional DND class, Emma Nebeker had spent her 14 week course developing a bok choy character—really just a last minute record of her most recent outdoor garden clippings. It wasn’t long before her classmates started to realize the flavor potential of her character: doodles of said bok choy were drawn, chopped up, skewered, boiled in Chinese hot pot, smashed, and killed in other unfortunate but delicious instances.

Initially pissed off by the disrespect to her character, Emma had soon realized the humor and charm in torturing a humanoid vegetable. Storyboards, more animatable character designs, and compositing tests were made, and an unnamed bok choy soon became the lovable Parker Choi we know today.

Later on, in a Thesis Short Film course, Emma Chai had reached out to Nebeker to pursue co-directorship in making Slice of Life happen. One Discord and Google Drive server, 15 group chats, 2 visual development and animation courses, 4 recording sessions, and several hundred text and email exchanges with each individual team member later, and our 2D character animated and photo background multimedia masterpiece was completed.