What I love about this the most is that there’s no indication as to whether the teddy bear is floating away or if its floating down. It’s caught between a moment of translation and is dependent on the viewer’s brain to make a “snap judgement.” This was never my original intention, but I find it refreshing how new discoveries can …
Mini Golf is a fake trailer I co-wrote and directed as a means of promoting the Five16 Film Festival (held annually at the University of Northwestern – St. Paul). The short is a docu-comedy about Wayne and his “devoted” catty Peter taking mini-golf to driven new levels, regardless of those it effects. If you’d like to check out our script, I’ve included …
The Catalyst was a short promotional trailer I was asked to help out on by the director Jared Myers. My primary roles were: on set help and special effects. The special effects shots were done using Blender(as a 3D modeling tool) and Adobe After Effects (as a compositor).
This was an animation I was commissioned to create for introducing the Animation category at the Five16 Film Festival (hosted by the University of Northwestern – St. Paul). I was given about 2 weeks and free reign to come up with an intro. The only constraints were the time and the length had to be below 20 seconds. All the …
In the year 2036 a company called SERN builds a sleep machine that will drastically reduce the amount of time needed to sleep allowing for better economical use of ones time. However, with the use of these machines, SERN also made it impossible to sleep without them giving them worldwide control within a matter of days. This short story follows …
This was a long take exercise. How we did it: As soon as it started Laticia ran the fog machine in front of the door. As Jonathan approached we turned off the fog machine for better sound. When Forrest opened the stall, Jordan crawled right past him and hit under the sink. Next, I passed the camera across the sink …
A boy follows his normal daily routine, as he begins his 106th day of searching for his parents. The short was produced in one week, by 7 students of The University of Northwestern – St. Paul. (Left to right: Andy, Patrick, Jazmine, Becky, Lauren, (myself) Jonathan)
This is my 2017 demo reel. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email through my contact page. 🙂