To start off, this short was the last shoot my group (Placeholder Films) had done for DGM - 2110, with the Professor being Dallin Cerva. I was incredibly nervous essentially the entire time we were working on mine, from beginning to finally showing them in class. However, during previous productions in class and directing this one, I learned its something that I have got to keep doing. Regardless of difficulty and problems, actually going out and being involved in making a film is an experience like no other I have ever felt. Seeing something that I had involvement in actually come to fruition is a lot of fun!
I remember learning I was going to be first AD on this production, and I was excited for it! The Shining is one of my favorite films and recreating it, even in such a small scale form was fun! This was our only project in the class where we worked with children, and having to overcome the hurdles of herding children, and working with them to create something convincing was new for me, but it was a great day. I am honestly just proud to have been a part of something that others and myself enjoyed.
This video was for an assignment for a history class, and I very distinctly remember reading the details, seeing what others were doing and thinking to myself "Im going to give this one 110 percent" This was early on in my college career, and during a class that was not even part of DGM, but it was one of those first moments I had where I realized I am way more capable than I think I am. Making a video essay that sets out to elicit an emotion aside from humor was a new challenge for me, and I hope to tackle it again.
This video was an assignment for Jenny Mackenzie's class of DGM-1520-002. Setting out on my own to make this video I wanted to have some kind of surprise to spice things up. Turning in just a normal How To video seemed boring to me, so naturally there had to be something bizarre included.
Watching my own work is sometimes hard, but I am proud of this one simply for the absurdity of its visuals. This was another assignment for Jenny Mackenzie's documentary class of DGM-1520-002. The greatest compliment a friend gave me on this video is that it reminded them of a Whitest Kids You Know sketch. And I am still proud of the absurdness of the clementine being ripped apart, only to be perfectly intact in the next shot still tickles me. That was a very conscious detail I pushed for and I am so glad to see how it turned out.
This project is a bit different, essentially me and a few other friends wanted to put out a small voice over project for a friends on-going webcomic. Part of why I wanted to do this was simply they needed help on an artistic project, and I had the opportunity to give it. Even though I was hardly given any direction, I still was happy to be part of it and learn new things.