This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 26, 2025.Directed by, written by, and starring Zhu and edited by Stephania Dulowski (Tendaberry), the film follows a drifting Chinese American cam girl, Rebecca, struggling to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father.Zhu offers a vulnerable performance as Rebecca, who is both yearning for connection and vigilant about maintaining her emotional and physical safety, while co-producer Rachel Sennott is abrasively funny as Rebecca’s more grounded best friend.We sat down with Dulowski for an inside look at how she used Premiere Pro and Frame.io to craft a story that offers a nuanced, nonjudgmental approach to sex work, while also raising important questions about the commodification of intimacy and fragmentation of family. Working closely with Zhu and the rest of the creative team, Dulowski said Frame.io’s integration with Premiere Pro was crucial to the team’s collaborative workflow: “Using the ‘Review with Frame.io’ feature within Premiere Pro was especially helpful as I could ingest everyone’s comments on the exact frame they left their notes on. It’s fantastic and a game changer for remote collaboration.”Read on for a behind-the-scenes look at editing BunnyLovr.How did you first get involved with this project?Neon Heart Productions, one of the production companies behind Bunnylovr, recommended me to edit the film after our collaboration on Tendaberry, which premiered at Sundance 2024 in the NEXT Category. Tendaberry was a multiyear editorial process...
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