Applying for new jobs, I figured it was time to rework the ol' reel. I hate making reels and "marketing myself", so whenever I find the creative energy to actually make a reel, I jump in and just knock it out that day.
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FREE TREES!
Last August, I started working with City Plants, Save the Drop, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on a series of short videos promoting an exciting initiative - sending a free tree to any resident of Los Angeles who wanted one. The service delivered one free tree to your door, and some key components to get started in planting it yourself. The videos were designed to introduce citizens to the initiative, and to show just how easy it can be to plant a tree in your backyard.
There's information on how to grow your tree tall and strong for years to come.
We even examine how trees fare much better in a drought than a lawn, consuming less water and providing a significant benefit to any homeowner.
I'm excited to have been a part of this project, and glad that programs like City Plants exist to help bring shade (and fruit) to communities in LA that need it the most.
If you want to learn more, check them out at cityplants.org, and savethedropla.com.
I also made versions of all three videos in Spanish! Check them out here!
Star Wars Night!
Star Wars fireworks night has quickly become one of the great annual events on the A's calendar. Since 2011, the scruffy-looking nerf-herders of the East Bay gather in the Coliseum for a night of baseball, a momentous and exciting pyrotechnic display, and most importantly, lightsaber bats.
Thankfully, this year was no different. I made this (thoroughly silly) video for the A's using 5 minutes of random highlights provided by the team and clips from the Star Wars films. I even threw in some footage from the Episode 7 teaser trailers. Holler if you hear me, Ball Droid fans!
I also designed these holographic-styled scoreboard animations.
I traveled from LA to Oakland just to enjoy the game and the fireworks show. The game was back-and-forth throughout with an electric and delightfully nerdy atmosphere, big home runs for the A's, and a great diving catch from center fielder Billy Burns leaving fans with a moment they won't soon forget. The night was capped off by bombastic booming pyrospectacular from geniuses at Pyrospectaculars. The A's might not be headed to October this year, but a ticket to an A's game is still a guarantee for a good time.
Oh! And my finished graphics looked, if may be so bold, gorgeous on the A's brand-new Daktronics video boards!
