Introduction Questionnaire

I think the first time I looked through a lens, being that my preferred media is video, was when I was eight or nine. I knew I was capturing special moments within my family, I understood that there was some amount of control as far as what the "audience" would perceive. High school fleshed out This simple cut and dry process in to an intensive process. Derrick Sims taught me the basics of film production. Its been a long time since I learned the meat and potatoes of the filmmaking process, but I can confidently that I have am beginning to develop my own personal process. The why of all of these anecdotes is more difficult for me to determine. Perhaps it was how important it was to my parents to document our early years as new and developing residents in America. To me video and the advent of "Home Movies" is as synonymous with white picket fens and apple pie. To me video is like a looking glass. Through this looking glass the audience is engaged by characters usually working to resolve a problem. The amount of control and the possible prolific nature of these choices is appealing. My grandfather was an actor from the Silver Screen and I never got to meet him in person. I never really got to meet him, perhaps my video work has been some sort of psychic message to him about my life. Maybe I feel that if I share a spot in the collective unconsciousness along side him then I will have lived along side of him. Im not sure that the last three or four sentences make much sense but I think that is the gust of the why. I try really hard to source all of my concepts within personal experiences, intrigues, curiosities, and the niches that make me who I am. I feel creating work that can stand the test of time must be made through you and not through the means of production. I feel the difference between popcorn and a seven course meal is the love that the cook puts into the process. Anyone can pop microwaved popcorn, but only a skilled craftsman with a lot of love can cater to the president or a king. That last food metaphor was jumbled but basically the difference between Work and Art Work is the passion of the artist and the context that they inject or place their work in. I love reading and enjoy watching films of ever age, color, and length. I was in boy scouts in high school and discovered my love for music, video, and most digital means of entertainment when I was young. When I think about making media I pour out everything that make me whom I am today. I learned to tie knots and widdle wood, My Father taught me to weld at eight, one summer when I was a kid I got lost in the woods, and again when I was in high school. The one skill I'm best trained in, at the risk of sounding ridiculous, would be taking risks that lead to adventures and, as of late, these adventure usually end with a screening. Cannot type at a thousand words per minet, but I can take the clicking of a keyeboard and make it into a rhythem. I do not know how to paint classically but I know how to capture ambiance and video to open a window to that specific time and space.