Projects

Films

**due to restrictions with submitting to Film Festivals, highlighted films are completed but unable to be posted publicly, please email me at myackulak99@gmail.com if you would like a link to view the film

Every Loss a Hurricane (Assistant Director, Producer, Boom Operator, PA): TBD

Picking Petals (Producer, Executive Producer, Editor, Boom Operator, Camera Operator): TBD

The Key (Producer, Executive Producer, Boom Operator): TBD

Lost & Found: Pocket Dimensions (VFX Artist, Boom Operator, PA): TBD [still in post-production]

Spectral Reflections (Writer, Director): TDB [still in post-production]

VR Laser Heist

This is the final project for IMDM327 (Fall 2023) at the University of Maryland. This project is a Virtual Reality Heist utilizing a webcam and the MediaPipe plugin for Unity to allow for full-body tracking within VR. Participants are placed within a virtual room, where they will then be advanced from one side of the room to the other, while navigating through a laser maze to reach the jewel that they are trying to steal so that they can complete the virtual heist. 

Project Website: link coming soon

VR Escape Room

This is the final group project for CMSC498F (Spring 2022) at the University of Maryland. This project is a Virtual Reality game where the user must find clues to escape from the map. While searching for these clues, they are being pursued by a grim reaper entity that is trying to catch them. The game was designed to have 3 levels, however due to time constraints of the class, only Level 1 was fully implemented. Levels 2 and 3 are only conceptual in their devlopment (level designs and plans are included in the documentation).

Project Website: https://sites.google.com/view/vrescaperoom/home 

VR Garden of Eden

This is a semester long group project (Spring 2023) that was completed for IMDM290 at the University of Maryland. This project is a Virtual Reality enivronment where the user is placed into an open garden that they can explore. As they explore this space, they discover a series of "glithces" which exist as anomalies within the "realistic" presentation of the garden. As they explore the garden to find all of these anomalies, they eventually are able to "escape" back to reality.

Project Website: https://ungardenbonafide.cargo.site

Wedding Video

This is a video that I shot and edited for my cousin's wedding in the summer of 2022. I captured footage throughout the recpetion and the ceremony, which I then edited together based on what was requested.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/-Hihm6KUTgk

Solar Savior Video

This video was a project for my ARTT255 class (Fall 2022) at the University of Maryland. For this project, we had to create a short animated film using Adobe Illustrator and Premiere Pro. I created all of the characters and settings in Illustrator and then edited the video in Premiere Pro.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/MiqCYww2-yk

Family Videos

In High School, I created videos to highlight my family's summer vacations. These are mostly montage style and primarily consist of music being played over a series of video clips. 

2017 Video Link: https://youtu.be/ah2coLqEHaE 

2019 Video Link: https://youtu.be/_5p0ZrXEIOE 

YouTube

My YouTube channel contains a variety of videos showing off some of the work that I have completed over the last few years: https://www.youtube.com/@myack9912/featured

TikTok

My TikTok account also includes a few videos that showcase my abilities with video editing. I have linked some of the prominent ones here:

• https://www.tiktok.com/@myack99/video/7105508051171675435?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7233858346639050286

• https://www.tiktok.com/@myack99/video/6991940024942054661?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7233858346639050286