Artist Profile

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As a student based in Monterey, I’ve worked in many different areas on a variety of projects, and am always looking for exciting new opportunities that force me to think outside the box. I love applying my creativity and pushing the boundaries of what I’m capable of doing.

Please take the opportunity to browse through my site, have a look at my projects, and explore my resume. If you’d like to learn more about my inspirations, interests, or past projects, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Artist Portfolio

Check out my artist portfolio. Each of these projects has contributed to my personal and professional development, and I have enjoyed each role tremendously. Want more info? How about a reference? Get in touch and let’s work together.

Time is Through

September 2023 - December 2023

Starting with the sound of a clock ticking I quickly storyboarded a visual representation of what it felt to be dreaming. I rushed to record and unfortunately it turned out horribly however, I kept working on the concept. I got a hold of a tripod and tried again to make it feel as though I could manipulate the idea of time for viewers watching and show them the inside of dreams. After taking it to post and making a quick soundtrack and color grading the piece was ready. This film premiered at a Film Festival at CSUMB.

Chirp

September 2023

A Cricket's Chirp is an experimental exploration of the death and stardom of, you guessed it, a dead cricket. The making of this project the finding of a dead cricket at work and a flashlight. I had fun experimenting with lighting and the different effects I could make within the limitations of my materials. In post-production I found a sample of a cricket chirping online and started my sound designing process in a music software. Splicing and detuning I eventually made a melodic reprise of what I felt was a cricket's life story in a language we couldn't understand.

Death of a Dream

November 2023

Like a lot of my projects this one started with sound. I had been listening to a CD I had picked up earlier called sixth in senses by xbxrx and really liked the message of the song Regret in particular. Going back to classic punk roots with Dead Kennedys and the Ramones the song had anti-war ideas in it and the album was against our government's policies towards war. I found a video to be the star of my video, a pro-war propaganda video about nuclear weapons that the United States had made to inform citizens that nuclear weapons weren't bad and that they should bomb Japan. They presented it in such a nice and packaged manor I knew I just had to contrast it with the onslaught of media that we saw around the time that xbxrx was around. I wanted to show the direct results of all those deaths was MTV and Britney Spears with no consquences to the United States.

Mrs. No Name

October 2022- May 2023

Mrs. No Name is a project that is close to my heart.

I had been inspired by a student film from Stanford called Hotel 22 and decided to make my own observational documentary feeling that it was an intimate way to make the audience feel closer to the people on screen. As my first film that I ever created I used a Black Magic Pocket Camera and a Zoom H6 with a boom and went over to my friends for their band practice. The premise was simple, capture the creative process in music. In post I had hours of footage to sort through most unusable and the audio was a complete mess. I worked tirelessly for about six months editing the piece together from the sound to the color. Honestly, it never felt complete. Every time I would go to edit, I would see things to improve upon or have new ideas, I discovered how excruciating it can be to have an idea and not be able to bring it to life. Through much struggle I got the film to a point where it satisfied me. When finished it premiered at a Film Festival at CSUMB.