The Record Collection is an online web series and television pilot co-created, written and directed by myself, that is centred around two friends setting and breaking a series of bizarre world records. This intro was shot on a high-speed camera at 300fps and features vinyl records being smashed over peoples heads. The costumes are meant to reflect a 70's funk style era, as the series is fueled by the power of funk found in many vinyl record collections.
Services: Live action direction, writing, editing and post color/effect treatment.
Pepto Puppets is a series of four :15 second spots I wrote and directed for a Pepto Bismol online commercial contest. The creative brief asked for four spots featured around various holidays, the times where you need Pepto the most. The puppets were hand crafted by myself and many others and easily took the most work out of the entire production. At any given time during the spots, there are at least 5 puppeteers piled on top of each other under the table. The spots won 5th place.
Services: Writing, live action direction, puppet design
Vampires is a music video I shot for the band The Abandoned Buildings. The concept was written by myself and involves the lead singer of the band revealing that he is a vampire and eating up his bandmates on by one in classic vampire styles. This was shot in late October and was extremely cold during production. Shot on Panasonic HVX200 on Stedicam.
Services: Writing, live action direction, editing and post color/effects
Dream is a 30 second spot created for Yamaha Motors as part of an online commercial contest through the website Poptent. The creative brief specifically stated that the spot could not show any traditional items to sell outboard boat motors that had been used in their previous advertising, including water. I chose to take the direction to the extreme and leave it up to the viewer to create the images in their own mind.
Services: Writing, art direction, editing and post effects
Lunch Money Day is a short film written and directed by myself for the web series The Record Collection. It involves setting a world record for The Longest Time Inside a Paper Bag in support of the charity Second Harvest. The 11ft tall bag was placed in the center of Dundas Square in downtown Toronto, Ontario, where Sam Stilson attempted to stay inside without food or water for as long as possible.
Services: Art direction, logo design, branding, web design, motion graphics
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