Film, music & digital production
From short films with friends to campaign shoots and on-location news coverage: learning by making, then taking on the production.
Starting with a camera
The first tools were gifts: a small camera from a member of his church and a computer from his uncle. Edward Jiwon Oh used them for a middle-school film project. Soon he was making sketches and short films with friends, discovering how much he enjoyed the work of bringing an idea to the screen.
The films also became a way into Los Angeles’s Koreatown creative community. While making music videos through a local boba shop, Oh met Eugene Choi. He approached Choi about joining a production, sent a résumé, and began working on set. Oh remembers Choi as his first mentor in the industry.
Learning on set
On K-Town season two, the assignment was often whatever needed doing. Oh moved equipment, helped the crew, and shot additional angles and B-roll. The work gave him an introduction to professional production from the ground up.
Choi’s introductions led to ISA TV and Koreaboo. For content associated with AT&T’s Take Your Shot campaign at ISA TV, Oh recalls taking on planning, directing, producing, shooting, and editing, working alongside a creative director and a second camera operator.
Different work, different responsibilities
At Koreaboo, his responsibilities lay on the news-coverage side of K-pop events. Oh says he coordinated crew and schedules, handled pre-production logistics, and directed coverage on location. The outlet was covering the concerts; his role did not extend to organizing them or editing that coverage.
Paid product shoots through Masterhand Media followed, including mochi-donut content for a Koreatown boba shop. He also directed and edited short comedy series for YouTube. Across those settings, the attraction remained the process: assembling people and tools around something they could make together.
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