Connie Pineda | Official Music Video | Grandeza de Dios

Here I made a cool little “ranchera” style music video for Guatemalan singer\songwriter Connie Pineda. It’s called La Grandeza de Dios which means the greatness of God. We decided to film everything outdoors to give the video that out in nature type feel. This was filmed out in Silverado Canyon on a Sunday and we had the video posted up to Youtube and Facebook by Thursday.

We initially had a concept to do this video very effects-heavy with green screen tricks and creative transitions but decided we wanted to make it look more organic and take advantage of how green everything looked that day.

Enjoy!

Justin Flores | Official Music Video | So Long, Friend

Here is the video I made for Justin Flores. It’s a mashup of two songs: From afar by Vance Joy, and So Long, Honey by Caamp. We filmed it over two days. One day in the studio and the other day at Silverado Canyon here in Orange County, California. The audio and all the outdoor scenes were recorded on a Samsung Galaxy cellphone. Most of the B-roll was shot by Justin on his gopro camera. I used the Canon XC10 to film the studio scenes. It was a lot of fun working on this project. Enjoy!

Katrina Stone – I Like It – music video

Here’s another one I shot all in slow motion and using the spider steady stabilizer. I didn’t have shot list or story in mind. I just shot a bunch of footage and then I found a song that would go good with it and cut the video to the music. I learned one thing as a director though and that’s the fact that I need to make sure I direct. I didn’t tell my actress anything other than to walk around and I would follow her. However, I learned that to get better footage, I really need to be directing and telling the actors what it is I want to see and what shot I’m trying to get. I finally did start doing that and I think the video came out pretty great.

Larry and the Lamplighters – 7th Heaven – 1958 Chevy Impala

Another friend of mine with a really cool car. I convinced him to take a detour into Brea Canyon where I knew I could get some really cool shots of the car. I already had this song in mind when I was filming because it was the only 50’s sounding song I had a license to. I didn’t really keep it in mind when I got my footage but I made all my cuts according to the music. This video came out really cool. I shot the entire thing in slow motion though and playing back all the footage can get a bit tedious. I’m not that big a fan so I will use slow motion sparingly. The whole thing was shot using my spider steady stabilizer.

Katrina Stone- Your Favorite Song – music video

I got a new spider steady for my camera so I took it out to the Huntington Beach pier and shot a bunch of footage. I didn’t have a story in mind or any type of shot list. I didn’t even have a song in mind yet. I got all the footage home and then started looking for a song that inspired me. I found this song by Katrina Stone and it started shaping a story in my mind. I edited the footage according to the beats of the music and pretty much every edit happens on a beat. I really like this video.