Even with a new release each year, the iPhone 5S will always be my favorite point and shoot camera. I rocked that camera, shooting photo and video, for years until it finally gave up the ghost after taking an unfortunate fall from my shorts pocket into the wet sandy water of the San Diego coast.
Those days of capturing summer adventures, dastardly dares, and hilarious candid moments were formative to who I have become. I owe these last 4 years at college and especially who I hope to become to my 14-year-old self; for being so interested in remembering the world around him in its own special light. However, Video Production was not always Plan A.
After learning about Human Resources as a Strategic Organization emphasis and nearly graduating and shipping off for a Masters in business, my adventurous soul yearned for something different and could not be anchored to a career that I wasn’t truly passionate about. Video Production has become my passion over the last year and I am equally grateful for the things I learned about community involvement, ethics & legal issues, persuading people to care, and the many other disciplines I studied. If anything these principles have only made me into a stronger, more informed videographer and filmmaker as I dig to understand how video can be an answer to peoples problems.
I have never created a documentary before, but after watching movies like Free Solo and Meru by Jimmy Chin I felt inspired to take on the challenge of creating a run and gun 3 part docuseries. I wanted to focus on people in Rural Idaho who contribute greatly to society but aren’t necessarily your Doctor or Lawyer that many people imagine when they think of the backbone of society. I learned so much about planning. I had to plan locations, clients, time management, style. This all made my project flow smoothly and allowed for me to see how I could create quality work at an industry level standard. I also got to flex my creativity in post-production and grew immensely in the 70 some odd hours I spent creating this finished masterpiece.
I felt that this experience taught me to rely on myself and to take a leap of faith even if I didn’t always know where I might end up landing.