Letter to An Aspiring Filmmaker

Letter to An Aspiring Filmmaker

1) How do you promote your films/works? This is often the most difficult part of the process. The way I see it, today, you have three avenues:  1) Try to collaborate with somebody who already has a following on social media, or similar connections (i.e. a music video for a musician).  2) Take advantage of film festivals and [...]

Sixteen Hours [Exhibit + Short Film]

Sixteen Hours [Exhibit + Short Film]

The ExhibitSixteen Hours is a collection of anecdotes from a single day’s journey through a dust storm, wildfires, and numerous detours into unexpected spaces in the northwestern United States. This particular installation features a gallery of twenty-five prints, custom framed behind museum glass, alongside a simultaneous presentation of a short film featuring an ambient score [...]

How to Compress Video without Compressing Audio

How to Compress Video without Compressing Audio

Why do this? Simple answer is, if you want to achieve the highest possible quality audio at the "4K option" on Youtube and Vimeo without a bulky file size. This is a particularly great method for making album videos such as this (video is 55 minutes long, featuring high-resolution audio and one image on loop). Secondly, [...]

The Protest of an Unabashed Film Purest

The Protest of an Unabashed Film Purest

Stanley Kubrick once famously stated, "If it can be written or thought it can be filmed." Being one of the most critically acclaimed directors of all time and having produced such timeless cinematic experiences as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining, one would suppose that succeeding directors would have pursued Kubrick's charge. Unfortunately [...]