The Last 3 Minutes
Director: Po Chan
Producer: Shane Hurlbut, Lydia Hurlbut
Writer: Po Chan
Cinematographer: Shane Hurlbut, ASC
Editor: Vashi Nedomansky
Synopsis:
The Last 3 Minutes William Turner is a weary sixty eight year old office Janitor who lives a lonely life, without family and friends. He never likes to interact with other and keeps everything to himself. He has forgotten by the world. "Behind every ordinary person, there is an extraordinary life." One night, as William working in the office alone as usual, he suddenly jolts, struck by a lightning chest pain. He drops to the ground and a raw crystal falls off his pocket. In his death throes, William reaches desperately for the crystal and holds it up to his eye. He loves looking at the world around him through this prism, but this time he sees more than he expected. He sees his whole life flash back in front of his eyes, in reverse, through the crystal.
Biographies:
PO CHAN Writer & Director Po Chan was born and grew up in Hong Kong. She started her career in the music industry in Hong Kong at the age of 17. She worked in promotion, music video production and music concert production. She then moved onto work with Actor, singer and passionate filmmaker Andy Lau. Working with Lau producing films opened her heart to the passion of filmmaking. In 1996 after her younger sister, who was 9 years old, was brutally murdered on a street. Po made a promise to her to pursue her passion and never give up on her dreams. She moved to California that same year. In 2004 Po started working with Shane Hurlbut, ASC as his assistant. Nine feature films later including “We are Marshall”, “Semi-Pro” & “Terminator: Salvation. She worked closely with Hurlbut in designing, organizing and budgeting the camera, lighting and grip departments. In 2009, Po co-directed two projects with Hurlbut for Terminator: Salvation, one was a series of three minute short films that were launched once a week leading up to the theatrical release of the film, the other was a pre-show entertainment piece for the Terminator: Salvation Roller Coaster ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain. In 2010 Po wrote and directed The Last 3 Minutes for Canon camera. Po is currently working on the screenplay for her next feature project.
SHANE HURLBUT, ASC is an accomplished cinematographer, a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who has lensed seventeen additional features including "Terminator: Salvation," "We Are Marshall," "Greatest Game Ever Played," "Drumline," and the upcoming "Act of Valor" and "Kin.” He recently produced and shot the short “The Last 3 Minutes.” Hurlbut has always put technology second to story telling. The consumer DSLR from Canon defines him as a true innovator. Hurlbut mastered this device by turning it into a cinema rig capable of producing digital film. Shane’s also been recognized by Canon as an Explorer of Light and by the Tiffen Company as an ImageMaker.
