The wonder years.
I wanted to write some candid memoirs concerning my work experience and journey in independent film.
I began as young as I could hold a camera. It fascinated me. My brother and I would hook up two VCR's and make little edits of videos we shot around the neighborhood. We were inspired by cheap movies on TV and creature features. We adventured through the surrounding forests and try to emulate our favorite movies Goonies and Jurassic Park. We relied on our imaginations for a good time.
When I got to high school there was a media technology program and I fought to be the first freshman admitted to the program at A&M Consolidated with George Hamilton. When he retired my junior year Mr. B took the program over and we got a grant for $250,000 to buy cameras and editing equipment. We started a film festival and I took to nationals in VICA competitions for editing and shooting video. I ended up also earning a Pixar/Imation scholarship for my work in digital media where I was awarded by the president of the national arts council.
I dropped out of college and quickly entered the industry working in the local cable market. I had runs at smaller production houses and a tele-cine house where I got my first taste of working with 16mm & 8mm film.
I began as young as I could hold a camera. It fascinated me. My brother and I would hook up two VCR's and make little edits of videos we shot around the neighborhood. We were inspired by cheap movies on TV and creature features. We adventured through the surrounding forests and try to emulate our favorite movies Goonies and Jurassic Park. We relied on our imaginations for a good time.
When I got to high school there was a media technology program and I fought to be the first freshman admitted to the program at A&M Consolidated with George Hamilton. When he retired my junior year Mr. B took the program over and we got a grant for $250,000 to buy cameras and editing equipment. We started a film festival and I took to nationals in VICA competitions for editing and shooting video. I ended up also earning a Pixar/Imation scholarship for my work in digital media where I was awarded by the president of the national arts council.
I dropped out of college and quickly entered the industry working in the local cable market. I had runs at smaller production houses and a tele-cine house where I got my first taste of working with 16mm & 8mm film.
The big jump. Life as a freelancer.
A friend named Jon Mayfield was working in Houston during the Hip Hop explosion of the early 2000's when he called me to come work as a camera assistant. Before I knew it, I was loading 35mm film cameras and working with Panavision quality equipment.
People started to download music, and the entertainment game was changing. I was working for a few directors and watched as the project budgets began to shrink. I was working with a director named Mr. Boomtown and he was so inundated with edits that I took a stab at post production and had a knack for it.
My post production work brought me to Los Angeles with the Zamani brothers where I got to work in a studio that was constantly being used by various productions. This is where I studied most of the techniques I use today.
The DSLR camera revolution and the RED camera changed the game again. A high-end cinematic look became accessible to any film maker. With a good understanding of story telling and technical savviness anything was possible.
People started to download music, and the entertainment game was changing. I was working for a few directors and watched as the project budgets began to shrink. I was working with a director named Mr. Boomtown and he was so inundated with edits that I took a stab at post production and had a knack for it.
My post production work brought me to Los Angeles with the Zamani brothers where I got to work in a studio that was constantly being used by various productions. This is where I studied most of the techniques I use today.
The DSLR camera revolution and the RED camera changed the game again. A high-end cinematic look became accessible to any film maker. With a good understanding of story telling and technical savviness anything was possible.
The sum of collective experience.
I entered the industry in the year 2000 and it has been an amazing journey.
When I turn on the television and I see something I helped make, it makes me feel satisfied, and inspires me to work harder.
When I turn on the television and I see something I helped make, it makes me feel satisfied, and inspires me to work harder.
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