Narrative Filmmaking Examples — Leah Kay

Narrative
Filmmaking
Examples

“Hot Asphalt” 2025
Director

Winner of the Silver Award, Best Student Short at the Los Angeles Independent Shorts Awards

“ROACH!” 2024
Director, Editor, Producer

A girl with red hair and a pink tank top looks in the mirror of a dark, dirty bathroom. Her reflection is replaced with the image of a giant cockroach

A young man in a white tank top lays on his back upon a mattress. He smokes a cigarette and is surrounded by lace curtains, fruit, a CD player, and a stuffed bunny wearing a dress. He looks out at the red-haired girl with low eyes

The image of a girl wearing glasses is distorted by VHS rewinding. Her face is filled with pink light

“Primaveral” 2025
Director, Production Design, Editor

The portrait of woman in a yellow field of grass is perched on a cluttered desk. Behind it is a vintage floral lamp and lace curtains.

A woman holding two mugs smiles. Her hair catches the sunlight.

A woman stands in a dark room with a concerned look on her face.

“Part of a Balanced Breakfast” 2025
Production Design Lead

On a red and white gingham table cloth sits a yellow cereal box labeled "Sun Flakes", a blue cereal bowl, and a yellow-gloved hand pourig a gallon of milk. In the background, a yellow wheat field stands out against the bright blue sky.

A man with dark, unkempt hair sits awkwardly on a couch. He is wearing a red tie and an all-yellow suit, and holding a matching yellow bowler hat.

Milk and blood pour out onto the floor and is illuminated by the light from a refrigerator. In the puddle is a yellow rubbery ducky and a foot wearing a crew sock.

“It’s Alright” 2024
Director of Photography, Co-Editor

the title "It's Alright" hands above two people hugging in the dawn light.

The view of a man driving from the back seat. The sun can be seen rising through the windshield.

“Retrospective” 2025,
Director of Photography, Production Design

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