Movie reviews, film making tips, and behind-the-scenes insight into various video productions.
STORY The story represents a personal real-life account of a friend’s journey, told using the metaphor of a silkworm spinning a cocoon. The tragic story of the silkworm is that in order to extract the silk to create fabrics, the cocoon must be destroyed, preventing the silkworm from ever becoming a moth. We wanted the […]
When Emily Thomas came to me with this very personal story that she wanted to express in video form, I instantly could imagine how we could shoot this in a dreamy, cinematic way! At the time she already had a director who was working on it, but a few weeks later, when that director dropped […]
When the artist B. Good came to me with the concept of duplicating himself and playing two different characters in one scene, I was really intrigued! I knew that if done the right way, this could be a really cool, dramatic, and cinematic music video. By the end of the video, we reveal that the […]
Today the new music video I directed for DUBSTUY RECORDS premiered– a funky lo-fi street style vid following sneakerhead vocalist Senior Wilson on his journey to search for the perfect sneaker. We begin our story in Times Square, New York City, then move on to Queens just a few train stops away. Before working on […]
Directed this newest music video for Dubstuy Records! Producer Von D and artist Jahdan Blakkamoore express a political allegory for our times. The video was based on a concept and treatment created by Cyril Dosnon (creative director and illustrator for Dubstuy Records‘ releases). The original plan involved a MUCH longer table and a cast of […]
I met Cellus Hamilton one hipster night in Brooklyn when I decided on a whim to do a live painting performance at a local venue. Cellus happened to be a performer, and approached me while I was painting to introduce himself. Just a few weeks later, we would be shooting our first video together that […]