By name: "portfolio" description: "Patrick's completed works across all formats — scripts, short films, Gen AI video, virtual production, and YouTube comedy. Reference for taste calibration, technique examples, and project-specific context."
Portfolio
This folder contains Patrick's completed creative works. Each file documents one project: concept, synopsis, vault lessons, and craft protocols derived from that work.
When to consult this folder
When Patrick references a specific past project; when calibrating tone or technique against real examples; when a task requires understanding what Patrick has actually made, not just what he believes.
Files
| File | What It Contains |
|---|---|
| project-2001-rankin-bass.md | Gen AI style-transfer — 2001: A Space Odyssey in Rankin/Bass stop-motion; how changing material changes emotional register. |
| project-bad-together.md | Live-action short (DP role) — teen romance using bi-polar lighting to engineer nostalgia through anachronistic visual language. |
| project-cheap-clinic.md | Early YouTube sketch — one-man-band alienation comedy through absurdist encounters with hostile institutional bureaucracy. |
| project-childhood-dreams.md | USC application film — Patrick's thematic manifesto on wasted potential; late-stage revelation reframes all prior events. |
| project-facade-pilot.md | Web-series pilot — prestige pitch deliberately executed as DIY chaos; the Incompetent Genius archetype. |
| project-golden-chalice.md | Virtual production short — dark fable where a character gets exactly what they want at the cost of their soul; the Midas Protocol. |
| project-hippos-lament.md | Hybrid virtual production / Gen AI musical short — Weaponized Melancholy: sincere emotional stakes inside a ridiculous premise. |
| project-indian-flash.md | YouTube superhero parody — meticulous format copying with absurd content substitution; primary High-Stakes/Low-Brow example. |
| project-iron-lithium-x.md | YouTube mock-documentary — elaborate pun setup where buildup dramatically outweighs payoff; Shaggy Dog deadpan structure. |
| project-its-a-secret.md | USC directorial pitch — tragedy from universal recognizable shame; the Projection Protocol. |
| project-kaiju-crisis.md | Gen AI dark comedy — genre subversion and absurdist contrast delivering satire through shock and tonal mismatch. |
| project-kwame-and-the-mouse.md | Virtual production comedy — prestige technology weaponized for stupid content; the Shitpost Protocol. |
| project-life-after.md | Feature screenplay — sports drama on identity collapse; Patrick's signature anchor for earned-hope arcs under the Law of Irreversibility. |
| project-man-who-couldnt-stop-singing.md | Live-action short (CTPR 473) — musical cringe comedy; theatrical fantasy colliding with awkward social reality. |
| project-messi-toy-story.md | YouTube parody — context hijack applying children's animation to football rivalries; earliest remix muscle example. |
| project-narnia-anime-opening.md | Gen AI anime opening — Narnia IP reimagined; first proof-of-concept for Patrick's remix aesthetic. |
| project-nikes-dark-secret.md | YouTube subtitle remix — corporate satire using real Nike footage to deliver absurd confessions; Authority Hijack technique. |
| project-one-last-game.md | USC thesis short film — father-son tragedy; designated tone standard for dramatic narrative; permanence over sentimentality. |
| project-peanut-butter-cookies.md | Live-action satirical short — epic score hijacked to inflate trivial cookie baking to apocalyptic stakes; Audio Hijack Protocol. |
| project-pen-spinner.md | YouTube deadpan comedy — delusions of grandeur destroyed by objective reality; mockumentary absurdism with cinematic sincerity. |
| project-power-of-teamwork.md | Virtual production sports anime parody — comedic shadow companion to Life After; Shadow Work technique. |
| project-quantum-montage.md | Gen AI video essay — high-velocity meditation on time and entropy; Epiphany Mode aesthetic. |
| project-stan-akira.md | Gen AI montage — Akira high-art anime fused with lo-fi street audio; prototype for Aesthetic Collision. |
| project-trash-grannies.md | USC documentary — dignity-preserving portrait of elderly recyclers in Hong Kong; resilience against systemic abandonment. |
| project-unnamed-pilot.md | TV pilot script — mythic fantasy on identity through names as power; signature myth project for fantastical worldbuilding. |
Usage
Do not open all files. Use the descriptions above to identify the one(s) relevant to your task.