Juan Ablan is a multimedia storyteller and creative technologist with 8 years’ experience in film, interactive media, games, and software. He is passionate about emotionally driven narratives and hands-on creative production. He loves to create meaningful stories that resonate emotionally and combine creative storytelling with technology to innovate in media and entertainment.

Juan Ablan

Juan Ablan is a multimedia storyteller and creative technologist with 8 years’ experience in film, interactive media, games, and software. He is passionate about emotionally driven narratives and hands-on creative production. He loves to create meaningful stories that resonate emotionally and combine creative storytelling with technology to innovate in media and entertainment.

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Juan Ablan is a multimedia storyteller and creative technologist with 8 years’ experience in film, interactive media, games, and software. He is passionate about emotionally driven narratives and hands-on creative production. He loves to create meaningful stories that resonate emotionally and combine creative storytelling with technology to innovate in media and entertainment.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Content Creator at Canadian Musicians Cooperative
July 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Designed graphic content to promote company events and created original videos for social media.
Digital Media Assistant at UBCO Student Union
August 31, 2022 - April 29, 2023
Created video and photo content to promote and capture student union events for social media.

Education

Bachelor of Media Studies, Minor in Computer Science at University of British Columbia (UBC)
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025
Bachelor of Media Studies, Minor in Computer Science at University of British Columbia (UBC)
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025

Qualifications

MSU “Art for Games” Specialization Certificate
June 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023
Completed online specialization in concept art, pixel art, and 3D game art workflows.
CalArts Music Theory Certificate with Honours
June 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023
Completed online course: Approaching Music Theory – Melodic Forms & Harmony.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Gaming, Education, Software & Internet
    paper You And I

    [Steam Link is Here!](https://www.twine.net/signin
    [My Portfolio page on the project!](https://www.twine.net/signin

    An interactive film in which the player controls the decisions of a man named Mark who has gotten lost in the woods alongside his friend Ace. However the more time the two spend together, the stranger the two become.

    Unlike traditional “choose-your-own-adventure” stories, the player’s role shifts from simply choosing outcomes, to uncovering different “truths” about Ace; however, while the player can interact with Ace in multiple ways, it becomes increasingly difficult to truly grasp who Ace is or what the relationship between Ace and Mark really means. To explore these facets of Ace and Mark is to confront the question of whether we, as the players, can ever truly know enough to decide. And yet, to move forward, we always make some form of judgment.

    So, “You and I” asks: how will you view Ace? How will you view Mark and Ace?

    “You And I” was apart of my eight month Capstone project for my Bachelors of Media Studies degree, and is released onto Steam.