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Wild Man

We wrote, shot, and edited this film in 8 hours as part of the annual Marin School of the Arts One Day Film Challenge. We wanted to create something witty and unique. Our film is about a man named Tim who flees the constrictive walls of society for a more peaceful live in the wild.

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After Dark

This film is about a girl waiting for her friend at a dark playground. She is haunted by a mysterious figure, and as more details are revealed, she begins to fear for her life.

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2018-04-05

While making my horror film, which is about lost footage, I have been struck by the ability of artwork to convey fear and tension in a way that words alone cannot.

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If One Wakes

Inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem, "Dreams--are well--but Waking's better," this short film critiques societal awareness and consciousness through the dichotomy between dreams and wakefulness, day and night, that's been flipped on its head, where intimidating, perhaps terrible, yet undeniable realities of our world are preferable to artificial, misleading dreamscapes.

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Stress Stages

Stress is complicated your either able to deal with it or it really hits you. My short film shows the different stage that you can take through stress, for this film it would be for a high school student like myself. The two side to side mini films show the difference in a student’s beginning of the week to a students end.

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Balloon

I created a video as part of a series of videos that depict themes of comfort, childhood, and memory. Through juxtaposition and sequencing, I link the stuffed animal and the balloon together, making the balloon a symbol of comfort.

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Wings of a ButterFly

I created an animated short about a butterfly who desperately wants to alter themself in order to resemble other people they finds attractive.

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