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Mini Documentaries

Check out a few of my mini documentaries, created during my time in graduate school at Montana State University.

 

(more to be added)
 

Each film explores a unique concept and reflects the creative interests that drive my work — from character-driven storytelling to immersive visual worlds.

01

Flow

Run Time - 02:53
Completion Year - 2023

Logline:

A mediative look into the natural landscapes of water.

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Synopsis:

A peaceful meditation on water flow usage within natural landscapes, using haptic visuality, ethnographical sound, and visual techniques.

02

A Sensory Experience

Run Time - 02:53 
Completion Year - 2022

Logline:

An immersive insight into the intricate wonders of macro cinematography, while mixing an ethnographical soundscape alongside the visuals. Subject of focus is fire and ice (heat -vs-cold).

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Synopsis:

A world apart from human interaction comes an experience like none other. Extreme temperatures react against one another shown in the confinement of a film. Extreme close-ups using macro cinematography help memorize people watching things transform into something unique from a different perspective.

03

Alter

Run Time - 3:00 
Completion Year - 2022

Logline:

Past memories and moments watched through the lens of a smartphone.

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Synopsis:

A first-person POV of their past adventures through the lens of a smartphone. The film illustrates the usage of video within an environment and how it alters the person experience during those critical moments. 

04

Land of the Shining Mountains

Run Time - 03:30 
Completion Year - 2022

Logline:

A time breaking short, characterizing the peaceful mediation of the western Montana landscape through the big sky's.

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Synopsis:

This film switches the perception to cloudless wonders, involving the surrounding western Montana landscape.

05

Concentrate

Run Time - 02:20 
Completion Year - 2022

Logline:

An Immersive experience into the wonders and co-existence between nature and humanity in a recreational site in western Montana.

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Synopsis:

A piece about the natural environment mixing alongside humanity. The short elaborates on the essence of taking breaks from everyday norms and be apart of nature as nature has adapted to humanity. 

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