Trailer for my feature film טלנובלה [Tel-a-no-vel-a]. The trailer was designed to build suspense for the full-length film by utilizing sound bites from particularly dramatic interview subjects.
This trailer was filmed on a JVC HM-100U camcorder and a Sony Alpha 6300 DSLR. It was edited on Adobe Premiere CS6. The trailer was edited in under ten hours for an honors thesis at Clark University.
Trailer for a short mockumentary titled Administered by an Egg (2018). The trailer builds the outline for the short film and gives a sample of its host and a handful of interview subjects.
This trailer was filmed on a JVC HM-100U camcorder and edited on Adobe Premiere CS6. The trailer was edited in under twelve hours for a Social and Cultural Documentary course at Clark University.
Written, filmed, edited, and released within a twenty-four-hour period, Nightmares is my first attempt to transition to the pen name of S.G. Cummins in the filmic medium. The short film follows the nightmares of a girl named Alice following her transition to a college atmosphere.
The film was shot on a JVC HM-100U Digital Camcorder and edited on Adobe Creative Cloud 2016 Premiere Pro. A glitch effect is experienced at 00:02:03 to give the viewer a disoriented feeling in an attempt to strike physical empathy between the viewer and the film's lead character, Alice. The film was produced for the Clark University Film Production Society’s 2016 October Challenge and shot on location in Worcester, Ma.
Filmed on a 720p Panasonic Camcorder, this film follows the fictional day of an unnamed character being followed by his opera-obsessed roommate. The film was edited on Final Cut Express 4 over a period of two weeks. Life’s Little Tragedies (2015) has been entered into and finalized in: The International Film One Film Festival based out of Atlantic Highlands (2015), One Minute Film Festival (2015) located in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and Lighthouse International Film Festival (2016) located on Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
Written for a high school project, this film’s production was expedited to accommodate the deadline of the first annual Project FX Basie Film Festival. Almost a Silent Film (2015) follows the story of an unnamed silent film star who walks down a street where he encounters a youth unfamiliar with silent film Culture. With the help of the writer and a studio audience, the unnamed star teaches this confused young man grammar and the truth behind his existence.
Almost a Silent Film (2015) was shot on a Panasonic 720p camcorder and reformatted in editing to give the aspect ratio traditionally seen in pre-1930’s American Cinema. Additionally added for this effect were black bars and spots to give the appearance of film degradation. The film was edited on Final Cut Express 4 over a period of three weeks. The film was nominated as a finalist for the 2015 Project FX Basie Film Festival.