Experimental Video

Caution: somewhat explicit (or icky) imagery.

May not be suitable for all audiences

I was director of photography for this dark and disturbing character study of a psychotic parking lot attendant. Written and directed by Laurie Ann Pokin, starring her mom and Paul Punzo.

The lesson learned from this project (well, two lessons):

• Backlit smoke in slow motion can make anything cool
• The strongest impacts are made when you're not afraid to just put it out there

My final for both Camera Techniques and Lighting class. Starring Stacy Simental, Natalie Johnson and Michael Hale.

I miss those funky old Art of Noise videos. Of course they would say "colour" instead of "color". The score is called "Approximate Mood Swing no. 2" from "The Seduction of Claude Debussy" album. Go buy a copy for the full retail price. It's amazing.

I've been an Art of Noise fan forever. The very first recording I purchased with my own money was their "In Visible Silence" cassette, which is in frequent rotation on my iPod to this day.

I like to think that they've been working toward creating this song for 20 years. No. 2 makes me very happy :-)

My excuse for making this was a color theory assignment in camera techniques class. This short features Natalie Johnson, assisted by the Dereks, the Michaels, Kirsten, and everyone in my lighting class.

Starring Natalie Johnson. Assisted by Ben Yennie.

Persephone wiles away the afternoon before being taken for her annual stint in Hades.

This was an exercise in using various lens lengths, and rack-focus practice. This was also my first experiment with the Panasonic HVX200 P2 (yay -- real overcranking without film) and my first experiment shooting in HD (720p/24).

It came out well enough I thought I would share. Enjoy :-)

I've started an amusing project at work. My coworker and I are creating a composite portrait of some of the kids taking summer class. The thing above is our first test -- there are 11 faces, of which you see a composite of five at a time. At no point do you ever see a single individual's "real" face. They're constantly replacing each other so the thing mutates while you watch it. Sorta cool, sorta creepy depending on the mood you're in.

Probably the weirdest thing I've created. An exercise for one of my early classes that didn't quite work out as scripted.