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“Son Of The 11th Hour”
Darkness and light. Contrast. Inner conflict.
@arri Alexa 35 with @angenieuxlenses Optimos.

“Drive All Night”
Indie filmmaking is hard! Shooting this film was a great experience, even with all of the challenges. It’s important to see opportunity where others might see a setback.
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“Drive All Night”
Make bold choices. Stick to them.
@arri Alexa XT with @sigmacine Zooms.

“All That’s Left”

There environment was a character as much as the people, so I used closeups very sparingly. The handful of times when they happened, they needed to make an impact.
Shot on @blackmagicnewsofficial Cine 12K and @tokinacinemausa Vista C Primes. Lit by @aputure.lighting. #cinematography #filmmaking #lighting #makingmovies #directorofphotography

“All That’s Left”
A memory. A ghost. In my life, I’ve realized in retrospect how certain moments or people exist more in a sort of “silhouette” in my mind. I wanted to capture that feeling in this film.
Shot on @blackmagicnewsofficial Cine 12K with @tokinacinemausa Vista C Primes. Lit by @aputure.lighting.

“All That’s Left”
Bleak. Simple. Restrained. I wanted to do as little as possible with the camera, so all the focus would on the actors. This one is close to my heart.
Shot on @blackmagicnewsofficial Cine 12k and @tokinacinemausa Vista C primes.

“Drive All Night”

Feature film shot on @arri Alexa XT and @sigmacine Zooms. We moved lightning fast on this one, and it ended up being a really fun exercise in making bold decisions to pay off quickly.

“Drive All Night”

With a 1 ton van and a couple @litepanels Geminis I had to make this bright restaurant look like a moody diner.
Shot on @arri Alexa XT with @sigmacine zooms.
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Probably the most colorful film I’ve ever shot.

Shot on @arri Alexa XT and @sigmacine zooms. Lit by @litepanels. #cinematography #filmmaking #directorofphotography #lighting

DIXIELAND

Shot on @arri Alexa 35 and @atlaslensco Mercuries.

Starring Tony Todd and @philiporazio, who both delivered tender, powerful performances.

It’s the quiet moments in Historic films like this that interest me the most. How do people go about daily life and tasks, the mundane, in the midst of earth shattering events?

It’s never by accident.
With rare exceptions, even the simplest looking shots have thought and intentionality behind their execution.
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The Thorn
We moved so fast on these setups because we had so much material to get through each day. My team and I developed very efficient plans for our approach to every lighting scenario, so that we were never left experimenting until it looked good. We had a methodology that would get us to the visual language we wanted in every setup, and get us there quickly.
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