During the 2020 quarantine and well into my freshman year of college, I created a stop motion racing series called the Nano Speed Cup Series. It was the result of approximately 400 hours of work spread across 7 months with 729 custom graphics and 29,905 individual stills. Originally created in 2013 and rebooted in 2015, I never thought I'd have the chance to see this project through, so please enjoy the culmination of patience, persistence, and most importantly: boredom.ย
The 78 Returns is a video covering one of the greatest days of my life; where I got to drive around the Pikes Peak International Raceway and take a ride in one of my all-time favorite NASCAR race cars.
The Five is a short documentary-style film I made depicting five significant NASCAR races in 2000 and 2001, marking the death of a racing legend and the beginning of what he'd leave behind.
One of my most popular stop motions, the Elly Productions Shootout, took about 5 months to complete and marked my first use of green screen and custom graphics. Beyond that, it was a fun project to share with two of my closest friends. (Rest in peace, Noah.)
With my dad serving as the P.A. announcer for the Colorado National Speedway, I had the chance to record some footage of the 2020 ARCA Menard's West Series race and create this short video to the tune of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire".
The eventfulness of the 2020 NASCAR season inspired me to create this music video to the tune of the Black Keys' "Strange Times".
This is a stop motion remake of one of NASCAR's greatest races: The 1992 Hooters 500. It was the first race for Jeff Gordon, the final race for Richard Petty, and the site of the closest championship battle in NASCAR history. This was my way of contributing something not only to my own community, but the entire racing community as well. It took a little over 3 months to complete and consisted of about 10,000 stills.
This is a "paint scheme reveal" video I created for my SimRacing team: Adrenaline Motorsports.
This was a video I made out of sheer furiousness towards a particularly controversial NASCAR finish.
This was one of the first scripted videos I created, covering events and accomplishments of my favorite driver's charity organization.
This is by far my most popular YouTube video: a stop motion skit using NASCAR diecasts and construction paper sets (I can't stand to watch this video all the way through, but maybe you can!).
Odds are that the only reason you know me is because of this video. It's far-removed from my usual style, but it's captured the attention of viewers from all across the world!
Littleton Resident Video
I created this video as a partner project with the City of Littleton, who were looking to implement short films into their museum exhibits and wanted to use this video as the basis for moving forward. Due to COVID-19 and the closure of my high school's film program, we never made it past this video, but it was still a great experience.
Heritage High School "Shadow Day" Video
This video was made as an introduction to the incoming freshmen at our high school that were taking part in the "Shadow Day" program. This video was normally created by school faculty, so it was a huge honor to work with the Heritage Ambassadors and create this short introduction.
HHS Eagle Media "Launch Video" ~ Fall 2019
Every semester our high school film class would make a short video introducing each member of the class, and not only did I have the privilege of editing it, but I also got to ride a razor scooter around a NASCAR race track. (How many people can say they've done that?!)
The Spamalot Video!
Of all the videos I created with my high school, this one takes the cake as my "magnum opus". This 16-and-a-half minute behemoth of a video features various segments all pertaining to our school's 2019 musical: Monty Python's "Spamalot".