Here’s my interview with Film Courage discussing the first steps to making a documentary. We also discussed ‘Concussed: The American Dream’, the just released new documentary which is now Available on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and on DVD through Amazon.
Film location of The Fast and the Furious on Domenigoni Parkway
This is a video breakdown of a scene from The Fast and the Furious (2003). The scene was filmed in Hemet, CA. on Domenigoni Pkwy. In this video I breakdown the direction the cast is traveling and the differences between shots where the vehicles are driving the opposite direction. The majority of people will have no idea they’re driving on the same road in both directions in the scene but through the fast-pace editing it all achieves the directors vision for the scene despite the misdirection of the film staging. I wouldn’t call this a blooper because the scene successfully plays out without the viewer noticing. Enjoy!
Week 16 of TBT for 52 Weeks - Music Video Storyboards
Week by week every Thursday I will reflect on previous experiences I've had creating videos over the years. In Week #16 of TBT for 52 Weeks I talk about music video storyboards I created for Monkeys In Space "Whiskey Kings" back in 2011.
Brittany Wise - The Voice (Submission Video)
A little over 2 weeks ago I began working on this video submission to be sent to The Voice. Here's the video I shot and edited, enjoy!
Looking Back at 2013
This is a highlight video of some of the work I shot and edited this year.
I'd like to continue editing something like this together every year as I have done in the past. Checkout the first 'Looking Back' video from 2009 below.
Make your ideas happen before somebody else does.
This week Eminem's music video 'Rap God' was released. I took notice of a scene within the video that reminded me of a visual idea I wanted to make a reality 3 years ago. As soon as I heard the song 'Whiskey Kings' by Monkeys In Space, I started to visualize what the music video would look like. I had the song playing on repeat while I was running on a treadmill, and as time went by I came up with a concept. I got off the treadmill and sketched out storyboards for a music video. In the image below you will see a screenshot of one of my storyboards next to a scene from the Eminem music video. I was a bit shocked when I saw this because it's exactly what I had envisioned for the 'Whiskey Kings' music video. Read more about the project in this blog post I wrote a little over 2 years ago.
It's frustrating to see an idea you envisioned in your head, being done by somebody else and in this case that somebody else is Eminem! There are many reasons why my idea didn't come to life, mostly because of a lack of communication and expressing my idea to the band. Funding was also an issue, I don't believe I was employed at the time and I had this grand idea to create a music video on absolutely no budget. As an independent filmmaker it's difficult to risk sacrificing your vision with no budget just for the sake of making a video. I would have funded the video myself if I could have and in the future I plan on doing so with projects I have a passion for like I did for this one.
Watch the entire storyboarded music video below.
