TITLE: Bad Dream (Music Video Snippet)
YOUR ROLE: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Animator
TYPE: Experimental
CAMERA: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
SOFTWARE: DaVinci Resolve 18.6
SPECIFICATIONS: 3840×2024, H.264
DURATION: 1’04” (0:00-0:57)
CLASS: FMX 331 – The Creative Triangle
PROFESSOR: James Leming
SEMESTER / TERM: 2024 Spring Semester
INSTITUTION: The University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: This music video comes from my Creative Triangle class. It is my group’s third project and was super fun since I had a ton of ideas for shots, transitions, and set design. I had a great time forming a vision and sharing that vision with my cinematographer and production designer to create something beautiful.

TITLE: Ready or Not (Scene Recreation)
YOUR ROLE: Gaffer, Grip, Editor, Colorist, Sound Designer
TYPE: Narrative
CAMERA: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
SOFTWARE: Adobe Premiere Pro 2023
SPECIFICATIONS: 3840×2160, H.264
DURATION: 4’36” (3:07-3:54)
CLASS: FMX 324 – Cinematography
PROFESSOR: Warren Cockerham
SEMESTER / TERM: 2023 Spring Semester
INSTITUTION: The University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: On the set of this film recreation, I was a member of the grip & electric team, and took over as key gaffer for part of the production. I also did all editing for the film besides the assembly and file naming. I worked on the colors to find a good balance of color temperatures between the Vū LED Volume and our talent, and I created and mixed all of the foley sound in the edit.

TITLE: Big Deal (Music Video)
YOUR ROLE: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist
TYPE: Narrative / Experimental
CAMERA: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
SOFTWARE: DaVinci Resolve 18.6
SPECIFICATIONS: 3840×2160, H.264
DURATION: 3’20” (0:39-1:24)
CLASS: Independent
SEMESTER / TERM: 2024 Spring Semester
DESCRIPTION: In this music video short film, directed by me, spiderblush is singing of her struggle to get over everything that has happened to her, and she struggles to get out of the space she’s trapped in, with no clear exit in sight. I was able to get some creative shots and edit the scenes in this film in a unique way.

TITLE: Nothing Wrong with Wishing
YOUR ROLE: Editor, Colorist, Sound Designer
TYPE: Narrative
CAMERA: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
SOFTWARE: Final Cut Pro X
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920×1080, H.264
DURATION: 7’58” (6:18-7:33)
CLASS: Independent
SEMESTER / TERM: 2023 Spring Semester
DESCRIPTION: Penny is a college freshman attempting to adjust to her new life at university. However, fitting in may not be as simple as it seems…

TITLE: Bigger Man (Music Video)
YOUR ROLE: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist
TYPE: Experimental
CAMERA: Canon Rebel T7
SOFTWARE: Final Cut Pro X
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920×1080, H.264
DURATION: 2’18” (0:00-0:22)
CLASS: Independent
SEMESTER / TERM: 2023 Spring Semester
DESCRIPTION: This was the first music video that I directed for spiderblush, and was one of my first opportunities to do the cinematography for a project bigger than myself. I also got to play with a couple of experimental editing techniques for the first time.

TITLE: Can’t Go Back Home (Music Video)
YOUR ROLE: Co-Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist
TYPE: Experimental
CAMERA: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
SOFTWARE: Final Cut Pro X
SPECIFICATIONS: 3840×2160, H.264
DURATION: 3’14” (0:42-0:59)
CLASS: Independent
SEMESTER / TERM: 2023 Fall Semester
DESCRIPTION: This music video was especially fun because I got to collaborate with spiderblush’s creative vision, and we decided to film in various spaces to show the message of the song in a visual form. No matter where she goes, spiderblush can’t go back home. I also enjoyed being able to play with the colors a bit in this piece, as well as the digitally-added light reflections and diffusion.

TITLE: Castles
YOUR ROLE: Editor, Sound Designer
TYPE: Trailer
CAMERA: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
SOFTWARE: Avid Media Composer
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920×1080, H.264
DURATION: 0’53” (0:00-0:34)
CLASS: FMX 343 – Advanced Post-Production
PROFESSOR: Dana Plays
SEMESTER / TERM: 2023 Fall Semester
DESCRIPTION: This trailer was a short project I created for Advanced Post-Production. My goal was to create a tense scene through music and off-screen dialogue.