UNSEEN (August 2024)
Role(s): Writer, Director, Editor
Software Used: Premier Pro, After Effects
Things Learned: Color Grading, Quick-Thinking, Camera Mumbo Jumbo, Lenses.
Hardest Roadblock: The original set was at a grocery store, when we arrived on location they revealed that due to a mishap, we wouldn’t be allowed to film there. I managed to scramble together this location as I was on a 3-hour filming time limit.
Hallway Surfer (August 2024)
Role(s): Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor and Background Actor.
Software Used: Premier Pro, After Effects
Things Learned: Filming motion, Color Correction, Sound Design
Hardest Roadblock: One of the central characters was miscast and I was forced to almost cut them from the movie entirely. Much of the meaning and symbolism of the film was removed but I was able to still salvage the movie.
TENANT (August 2024)
Role(s): Actor, Crew
Director: Charles Barone-Shaw
Things Learned: Acting, Voice-overs, Filming in Nature, Working on someone else’s movie
Hardest Roadblock: My friend and the director, Charles, wanted an “Apocalypse Now” type voice-over and I struggled to mimic it. It took us many hours of sitting in a room to get the final product.
Don’t Fret (August 2024)
Role(s): Writer, Actor.
Director: Annabelle Rosenbluth
Things Learned: Working in a professional setting, Dealing with limited time and filming on location.
Hardest Roadblock: The stress of acting in front of an entire class of my friends.
Writer’s Block (September 2024)
Role(s): Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor and Actor.
Software Used: Premier Pro, After Effects
Things Learned: The issues with filming in low light, overlaying video, filming closeups
Hardest Roadblock: With little ability to change the lighting in the room, I struggled to light the scene. In hindsight, a better location could have been chosen.
SPEED (August 2024)
Role(s): Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor and Actor.
Software Used: Premier Pro, After Effects
Things Learned: Puppet Tool, Basic Animation
Hardest Roadblock: I had no knowledge of the principles of animation or anything that comes with animating puppets. I tried my best to make the sign look like a spring and after laughing at the result, I decided that the laugh was enough.
Sharknado 8 (July 2023)
Role(s): Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor and Actor.
Software Used: CyberLink PowerDirector 19
Things Learned: Chroma-keying, Working as a team, Software limitations, Music design.
Hardest Roadblock: Organizing a group of people especially when they are in inflatable shark costumes.
Lights, Camera, Dysfunction (June 2024)
Role(s): Writer, Editor, Actor
Software Used: Final Cut Pro
Things Learned: Finding loopholes within School Rules, Final Cut Pro
Hardest Roadblock: I don’t normally use Final Cut Pro and the effects I wanted to do were pretty difficult. I’m extremely proud of what I achieved even with the software limitations.
Tomorrow Never Lives (January 2024)
Role(s): Writer, Editor.
Software Used: Final Cut Pro
Things Learned: Final Cut Pro, Distorting photos to make them look like videos
Hardest Roadblock: This is my first time using Final Cut Pro. It’s a less powerful tool than Adobe software so I struggled with coming up with doable ideas.