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Editing & Directing
Save the Day
(Remake)
December 2019
This short film is a remake of a film I made in High School that won the International Thespian Society "Superior" Award for the short film category. This remake served as the final short film I shot in college and was directed, written, and edited by myself.
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The original short film has the main character fight a wizard in a comic book to gain the confidence he needs to ask a girl out in the real world; in the remake, I changed this to a VR video game to put a new spin on the concept.
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The short film allowed me to show off my knowledge of aesthetics and editing. The real world is shown to be desaturated and blue and is also presented in a combination of deep and flat space to make the audience feel uncomfortable. Meanwhile, the VR world is an oversaturated red and uses almost entirely deep space to create a sense of excitement and that the main character is moving towards fulfilling his need of gaining confidence. Costume design played into this as well, with the real world being blues, except for the love interest, who wore red. By the end of the film, the real world's colors are more saturated and are red to signify the main character's change, and he even dons red himself before he asks out his love interest. The whole VR sequence was shot with a green screen and designed using Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Illustrator.
Creating Conversations: Charlotte's Grande Disco
July 2019
Being an intern at Susie Films gave me a chance to have a lot of hands on experience. One of these experiences was working with the other interns to create a video about the importance of public art in Charlotte, NC.
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Each intern pitched in where they felt they were best skilled for the project. I volunteered to edit the video and do the graphics and title work where necessary.
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The project consists of B-roll of the Grande Disco sculpture in Charlotte, on-the-street interviews, some stock footage and music from Susie Film's library, and title work by myself. The video was edited 4 times for minor changes until it was approved by Susie Films to be posted on their social media.
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The video was edited by myself, directed by Alanna Farr, produced by Ciera Thompson, and filmed by Jacob Piller. Including editing time, this 1 minute short took 2 weeks to produce.
Design for America @Elon
Launch Video
June 2019
In 2019, I was contacted by Dr. William Moner, the faculty member in charge of overseeing the project to include Elon University in the Design for America program, which is a national organization dedicated to problem-solving important issues.
Dr. Moner requested my assistance in editing together the launch video for Elon to showcase to the executives of DFA that Elon was worthy to become a part of the DFA program. The video clips and narration I was given to compile this project were based on Dr. Moner's student team's proposal to create a map for disabled prospective students taking tours on campus.
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I created this video with upbeat, stock music to create a sense of wonder and exploration. I also tried to use the most cinematic and exciting shots I was given to be able to make this video feel as though it was progressive and moving the viewer toward the goals of the DFA Elon team. After the submission of this video, Elon officially became part of Design for America in June, 2019.
Head Hunters
Short Film
May 2019
For my final project for Producing for the Screen, I worked with JJ Law, who acted as a producer, and worked on audio and lighting for the project, to create a comical short film about a guy joining a video game competition to impress the people around him. I co-wrote the script with Camden Rose and I directed and edited the short.
A lot of the shots between the lead guy and girl were intentionally made close-up, often telephoto shots, to symbolize the bond growing between them during the 80s montage. Meanwhile, the final tournament scene was constructed as a wide shot to have a sense of the audience and excitement for the finale.
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Much of the short consists of the 80s montage, which was a lot of fun to film. It consists of quick shots in the sequence that were constructed as a homage to the 80s as well as video games. A lot of nerds were involved in this project, which made it fun to write, film, and edit.
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