Hero5 + Karma Launch / GoPro

Client . GoPro Camera
Role .  Editor / Motion / Compositing / Color
Date . 2016

What an honor, to be part of the team behind the Launch Video of GoPro, arguably the most important piece of content GoPro makes every year. A massive undertaking by teams all around the world, the Launch Video is the yearly "stoke piece" that plays to the heart of GoPro and it's fans. 

This year's launch was an especially challenging one as this video was still being filmed 2 weeks prior to the launch. Editing was done in 16-32 hour shifts over a month, day in day out until just hours before public release. The amount of dedication and craftsmanship GoPro editors put into their edits is beyond compare in any production I've been a part of. 

Every shot has been carefully chosen, every shot as been color corrected to perfection, every spec of dust removed, every background element has been poured over and composited to present you the clearest and most beautiful image possible. This is why no one believes me when I say that yes, everything was actually shot on GoPro. 

Best of 2015 / GoPro

Client . GoPro Camera
Role . Editor
Date . 2015

Literally my first day on the job at GoPro was to review the nearly 300 videos they made in 2015 and compile a highlight reel! What an education in the GoPro cinematic style this was. Their use of motion, seamless editing and point-of-view camera angles requires a completely different approach to editing than I was used to. 

Keep Drifting Fun

Client . WR+Co.
Role . Camera / Editor
Date . 2011

A long time friend, and mentor, Will Roegge asked me to help him put the finishing touches on his grassroots drifting documentary Keep Drifting Fun. Him and his cohort Joshua Herron had been traveling the country in a VW Bus covering small drifting venues and cultures. 

I was brought in to help edit the final piece, and to help film and edit the final segment in Phoenix, AZ. 

Falken Porsche GT3 RSR Testing

Client . Falken Tire
Role . Director / Camera / Editor / Color / Graphics
Date . 2011

Falken Tire began racing in ALMS while I was their Multimedia Specialist. Their first year was a constant struggle, but they reinvested in the program for their sophomore run and wanted to document their race for a win in 2011. Here, I directed a piece on their testing in Sebring, Florida of their new Porsche GT3 RSR. 

We had a closed course for some car-to-car filming and I was in charge of a second camera operator for this shoot. All motion graphics (including the opening 8-bit intro) editing and color were done by Skylar Smith.