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When I was gearing up to shoot Take a Little Time last spring before COVID, the only to-do I had under art/props was “find silverware set; engrave a knife.” I … Continue Reading Take a Little Time – Art/Set Design, Props
Pulling Daisies is Lilly Adams’ senior film for COMM 438, the same class I made Take a Little Time in. I served as director of photography, sound designer, composer, and … Continue Reading Pulling Daisies
In the Take a Little Time equipment article, I talk about what COVID did and didn’t change in the film equipment policies at Penn State for the Fall 2020 semester … Continue Reading Building a Dolly
From “The Communicator,” Jan. 2021: https://communicator.bellisario.psu.edu/article/student-adapts-leads-team-as-it-completes-film-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic
At the onset of my work for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS), I knew I needed to animate their logo before stepping into anything else. … Continue Reading AAFPRS Logo Animation
The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) had to go fully virtual for their September 2020 Annual Meeting (three guesses as to why!). What normally would’ve been … Continue Reading AAFPRS 2020 Virtual Meeting
Wheat used to kill me. Now there’s a pandemic for that. Director’s Statement I grew up with a camera in one hand and an Epi-Pen in the other. My first … Continue Reading WHEAT-19
Midnight On Canvas was due by midnight, online on Canvas (in January 2020). So there’s the title off the rip. But more significantly, with this piece for my COMM 445 … Continue Reading Midnight On Canvas
him. is a narrative (/experimental?) piece written and directed by Lilly Adams. Affected by this Arcade Fire piano track from the Her score, Lilly wrote the piece to the track. … Continue Reading him.
Quackhead is my final project from my COMM 339 experimental film class. I planned, shot, and edited it over the span of a week in December 2019. Initially, all I … Continue Reading Quackhead
Two Outta Three is a project I tackled in November 2019 for my COMM 339 experimental film class. The assignment was simple: creatively incorporate a projector into a short piece. … Continue Reading Two Outta Three
Whisper/Scream is a piece I made in November 2019 for my COMM 339 experimental film class, where the assignment was to “construct a visual representation of whispering or screaming, or … Continue Reading Whisper/Scream
Throughout my entire time at Penn State, I’ve been heavily involved with FOTO, a special interest org that raises money for Penn State THON in the fight against pediatric cancer. … Continue Reading $F,OOO,OOO.TO
Me Or That Toast is an experimental piece I created in October 2019 for my COMM 339 class. We had to find or write a haiku, and center a piece … Continue Reading Me Or That Toast
Fight of the Loom is a stop motion project I shot in September 2019, and finished the following month for my COMM 339 experimental filmmaking class. The initial concept centered … Continue Reading Fight of the Loom
This is a piece I worked on as part of my Summer 2019 internship with Blue Lion Multimedia. The storyboarding was done by Dave Galen, who shot the footage along with … Continue Reading RKN