Film…

Film is what I decided to pursue when it came to a formal education. I had taken an interest in making home movies when I was a child with my siblings, something millions of other former children can say the same for.

The side of film I prefer is the post-production side. This has always been my favorite, since it’s when all the pieces come together to make a coherent sequence, conveying an idea to the audience.

Skills

Every new project I work on, be it a YouTube documentary or student film, has brought with it new skills to learn and apply to my other projects. I take every single opportunity from writing, to shooting, and editing and an experience to learn and make the next project better.

Skills & Software

Everyday Use

  • Final Cut Pro

  • Pixelmator Pro

  • Apple Motion

  • Logic Pro

  • Audacity

  • OBS

  • iWork (Versions 14)

  • QuickTime X

Supplemental & Previously Used

  • Adobe Premiere

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Audition

  • Davinci Resolve

  • Gimp

  • CapCut

  • Microsoft Office

  • MacOS 11+

  • Ubuntu Linux

  • Handbreak

  • Final Draft 13

Legacy

  • MacOS 8

  • MacOS 9

  • MacOS X (10.0-10.9)

  • DOSBox

  • Windows 10

  • Windows XP

  • Adobe Photoshop 4

  • Sony Vegas 14

Skills on Set

  • Sony FX3

  • Boom Operation

  • Gaffing

  • AD

  • AP

  • PA

  • Cable Mangement

Post & Pre Skills

  • Cutting

  • Audio Production

  • Light color grading & correction

  • SFX

  • Foley

  • Motion Graphics

  • Design

  • Writing

Films I’ve Worked On (so far)

IMDB

This was the first short I crewed on and edited. This isn’t my finest work; it’s one of my worst, but I did the best with the tools provided. Looking back on it, I should’ve cut the film down to four minutes instead of the twelve-minute snooze-fest the film ended up being.

IMDB

This is one of the stranger films I worked on. The whole thing was shot over a weekend, with a rushed script and little direction on what should happen. The film was going to be over 20 minutes without cutting scenes. We killed our darlings and cut significant portions of the film that added little to the overall plot. It's a gross body-horror film, more reminiscent of a 1950s B-movie than a true horror film. Since I’ve seen it hundreds of times while editing, it plays out more as a comedy to my peers and me.

This was the first film I made for a project, but it took on a life of its own. It’s still probably one of my favorite shorts. Andrew, who is the “Hunter,” believed this was going to be like the Blair Witch movie, and I, who played the Gnome, also believed it was going to be like the Blair Witch movie. As it turns out, neither of us had seen the movie, but we both assumed we had. The whole movie was shot in the Michaux State Forest, on the Snowly Mountain trail, mostly known locally as “The trail to get onto the fire tower.” We had a lot of fun with this project, and I still hold it in higher regard than most other projects I’ve worked on. Although I’ve made many shorts before this, I consider this the moment I started to take it more seriously, and it possible career path, since I went out and bought lav mics and wrote a short script for it.

During COVID-19, we all had a lot of time on our hands. Due to there being no reasonable ways to get a job as a 15-year-old in Franklin Co., PA, my brother, a close friend, and I set out to make a western film. This film came out as Christian’s West. A mess of a neo-western, following Christian Wood-west on his quest to avenge the lone cowboy after he met his end at the hands of the Elusive Pink Bandit. This was a much more traditional film than The Big Hunt, and I hold it in high regard for being the first film I took into consideration for cinematography and editing.