OP_ED

As a Video Producer for IHS, I have worked with a small team to develop a series of op-ed style mini-documentaries. These videos, produced fully in-house, are meant to showcase some of the great research faculty in our network have been publishing.

We Don’t Have Community Policing. That’s No Accident. was the second video in the op-ed series and the first video where I acted as lead producer. As half of a two person team, this required researching and pitching the topic, contracting and directing videographers, conducting interviews, scripting, narrating, editing and animating.

PROCESS / NOTES

After getting my BFA in graphic design, making the quick pivot to video production was not...the easiest. With the guidance of my [very patient] supervisor, I have gained experience in all aspects of the video-making process and been a part of some really fun productions.

NEW_SHOES

On this tour, Vince Staples would release a limited run pressing of remastered songs on vinyl, a portfolio book of projects completed by students in the arts program, and an experimental documentary of life in Long Beach, California.

PROCESS / NOTES

Vince Staples has always been a fascinating rapper to me because he will rap candidly about committing murder in the same verse as an incredibly apt political take. I created this project to give more tangible weight to the major themes of his songs: the beauty and grit of Long Beach, gangbanging as a child, and Blue Suede Air Jordans (yes, I tried to buy a pair.)

PEAK_PISCES

Equally an absurdist response to the trend toward expedited psychoanalysis as it is a deeply Piscean excuse to talk about moping.

PROCESS / NOTES

This project started with sincere reflections on addiction and considering to what degree we are products of circumstance, ultimately culminating in a sign that I should really call my therapist. Doesn’t anyone else have an incessant need to unpack all of their behaviors and trace them to a specific moment just to have something to blame?

PFUCK_PFIZER [BUT TAKE YOUR MEDS]

Using absurdism to critique the toxic message that fueling depression is a “necessary evil” for making meaningful work, DEPRASINE gives a legitimate platform to a damaging position and mirrors the severity of the line of thinking it follows.

PROCESS / NOTES

Making DEPRASINE by Pfuck evolved from a grounding exercise during which I played a song at random and spent the entirety of that song focusing on a single sense, guided by the lyrics and melody. Writing that made me cringe. But that’s what happened! Somewhere down the line, I got really fed up with romantic pictures of depression and the notion that sadness is required reading for worthwhile art.

CURIOUSER_AND_CURIOUSER

To properly evoke curiosity, Crystal and I worked with conference directors to develop a visual identity around commonplace journals kept by 18th century philosophers. Primary deliverables included save the dates, programs, name-tags and water bottles.

WHY_UF

During my time with the UF EM communications team, I collaborated with our web designer, developer and the director of communications to redesign and maintain the University of Florida Admissions website, which garnered hundreds of thousands of views each year. This included designing the Why UF page from the ground up.