I directed a video for Demand Media as part of their video R&D testing out new formats. This one was aimed at taking more of an Alton Brown tone, but with a bit more visual flourish. The 3D egg diagram section at the beginning was done by Joe Howes at FolderingRain.com, he’s great to work with […]
The Independent is a print publication for entrepreneurs, bloggers, freelancers, small biz owners, and more. This shoot came together rather quickly and the window for filming was rather slim since one of the founders was in town for only a couple days. We managed to come up with a style, but unfortunately didn’t settle on a script, so […]
This is a minidoc that we produced for “High on Austin”, an upcoming park for food trucks and off-the-leash dogs in South Austin. It came together very quickly and we had plenty of obstacles pop up along the way, but the client was a pleasure to work with and gave us plenty of space to figure […]
This was a labor of love. Actually, the first short film that I’ve ever made, it wasn’t intended to be anything more than a quick shoot for the sake of finally writing/directing/acting in something. We had time to kill, so let’s do something! My friend and frequent collaborator Elissa Marie had given me a zombie makeover […]
A while back I made some GIFs that never ended up getting used, so I thought I’d throw them up here. These are “life hack” type of GIFs.
I’ve been working with The University of Texas’ English Department to create some videos as curriculum aids. This first video illustrates a 6-step process to help students critically read literature. It runs longer than I’d certainly wish, but it still manages to flow rather well. To help maintain engagement we put most of the budget […]
Editing in Spanish isn’t the easiest of tasks, but after being contracted to edit some TurboTax videos in Spanish I made use of my basic-level knowledge of the language and was able to implement the established TurboTax style guide and graphics package.
“From MTV on, the speed of editing has increased, and that is now entering into narrative editing. People are not relying on good shots to tell the story, and I don’t think you can sustain that kind of cutting for the full length of a film.” – Thelma Schoonmaker I recently directed a video for […]
“The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed.” – Ken Burns I had so much fun shooting this interview and fashion show. A few days before Austin Fashion Week Carleen Nicole put on a benefit fashion show featuring local Austin designers, models and artists. Shooting live events is […]
“Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.” – Mark Romanek I shot this video for my great friends Dave and Bianca for their wedding. Well, I shot the first half of it. Unfortunately this […]
This was certainly a passion project, a lot of blood, sweat and tears poured in. Produced in conjunction with 360 Studios, and co-directed with M. Andrew Barrera, I’ll let the product speak for itself. Enjoy!
“I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn’t go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is.” – Don Bluth This was an unexpected project that came at the last minute and was ultimately executed from script & storyboard to final render in […]
“Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.” – Hayao Miyazaki I did the post-production work on this for Demand Media’s new division that is based out of Ireland and geared towards a developing online market. Working with their marketing department’s point-man, he handed me footage to edit […]
“The fact is, you don’t know what directing is until the sun is setting and you’ve got to get five shots and you’re only going to get two.” – David Fincher I directed this fan-based political ad for political blog Dawn of the Weak. This was my very first time wielding a camera and […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMf4jX4bPsg “In my opinion, it’s more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it’s better to start with something real.” – Michel Gondry I directed this music video for Language Room, it’s what I consider to be my […]
eHow contracted me to edit roughly 20 short form videos using their Minecraft footage, narration, graphics package and style guide. While not wildly difficult to edit, there’s small moments of fun to be had when cutting to a voiceover. Here are a few of the videos I edited: