3-Hour Shoot
Last week, we were assigned to write and shoot a film in a total 3 hours. While it seems there’s only so much you can do in 3 hours, I was excited by the challenge and tried to film an [...]
Nitelife: Finalizing the Mask
My producer and I finally got the finalized mask for our upcoming short, “Nitelife”. It’s an original design we had custom-made.
Wrapping Up Stan
I say farewell to “Stan”, probably my most extensive and ambitious project to date. A lot of challenges were posed throughout this production, forcing me to expand my imagination and [...]
Stan: Day 2
One of the most difficult challenges a filmmaker can be given is to make a simple, mundane task seem compelling. For the song “Stan”, the titular character spends most of the song [...]
Pre-Pro: Nitelife
While I continue to make progress on “Stan”, slow and steady that it might be, I’ve also been working on pre-production for an upcoming independent short that I plan to direct [...]
Stan: Day 1
After being undecided on songs for our project throughout the semester, I finally settled on “Stan”, Eminem’s cautionary tale of fandom. One of my favorite hip-hop songs of all [...]
Moving Pictures(Without the Movement)
It’s easy to take for granted just how important motion is in cinematically telling a story. However, that’s what I came to realize while shooting my first individual project with the [...]
The Bright Side
As is with any creative endeavor, there will be obstacles. Ridiculously frustrating obstacles that will make us want to pull the hairs out of our heads and become a STEM major. For anyone [...]