When director Nick Moore approached me to be the editor of his latest and highly stylistic music video, I was ecstatic. The two of us, along with cinematographer Brian Loewe, developed a style that was uniquely “rough around the edges”, giving the audience an overwhelming feeling of being “a little too drunk”. We pulled back from the polish of our usual work together to lean into fast editing, warped pictures and match cutting.
For several weeks leading up to the shoot the director and I tested several styles for our vocals potion of the clip. We decided to emulate a digital version of a SnorriCam. We achieved this through careful camera tracking designed to allow us to manually track the singers face through a tool named Mocha. This along with some edge warping and displacement mapping created a unique and dizzying vibe to those clips (along with lots of intercutting). The whole crew loves this clip and we think this music video is a signpost of more creative experimentation in the future.
Poster Boy Complete! Trailer Launches Online.
With the post production now wrapped on Poster Boy, the production and marketing team at Sway Pictures are hard at work sending off screeners to festivals around the globe. The 25min short has been a pet project for much of the team over these last few months and we are stoked to see it go out into the world.
During the 3 month part-time vision edit, the director and I saw the project develop through its infancy and into a tight and creative cut that mirrors the story themes and delivers audiences directly into the world. Working closely with this creative team has been an amazing experience and we all hope the film lands well.
With the completion of the film, we now also have a fresh new trailer to go along with it. While we cannot link the full film yet the trailer is out now and linked below.
Shakes Continues Its Run in the Festival Circuit.
This week the short film Shakes has continued its festival run with a screening at the Backyard Film Festival and selection into the Long Island International Film Expo. It’s exciting to see my visual effects work traveling to so many festivals and for the film to receive so many good reviews across its screenings.
You can catch Shakes the Long Island International Film Expo on the 13th - 20th of July