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2 DAYS LEFT until LOCKDOWN releases on Facebook and YouTube! Until then let's meet the people who shaped light across every frame of the film.

Gaffer: Tony Engaldo @
Grip: Logan Goverman

These guys are the backbone of the lighting/grip/electric/whatever needs getting done department. The true workhorses on set who set up every light and stand. I was blessed to have these guys working on the film.

3 DAYS LEFT until LOCKDOWN releases on Facebook and YouTube! Until then let's meet the people were behind every decision and solved problem.

Producer: Matthew Looney
1st AD: Erin Martinez .martinez97
2nd AD: Ethan Spotts

These are my right hand guys and gals. Everything from logistic to how the set runs day to day Matt, Erin and Ethan made sure that everything was going smoothly. And even when it wasn't they had a cool head to solve problems and bring everything back to a productive, cooperative set. (But honestly we didn't really have any problems thanks to them)

4 DAYS LEFT until LOCKDOWN releases on Facebook and YouTube! Until then let's meet the one man Sound Department and the Post-Sound Team! Dun dun dunnnnnn!

Location Sound Mixer/Boom Op: Alex Bennett
Sound Designer/Foley: Kevin Waczek
Sound Mixer: Ryan Waczek

Alex really did it all. Juggling up to four actors at a time with the boom is a lot for one person to handle but he did it without any complications.
After doing the sound design and I needed some help taking my design to the next level. In comes my (not so secret) weapon my brother Ryan. He took my sound design and gave it that extra sparkle to make everything gel together. I couldn't have asked for a better sound team.

5 DAYS LEFT until LOCKDOWN releases on Facebook and YouTube! Until then let's meet the people in charge of HMU, Wardrobe and Set Design!

Hair and Makeup: Nikki Powell
Wardrobe and Set Design: Rey Romero

Two people put a lot on their shoulders and absolutely rocked it. I really leaned on Nikki and Rey to do what they do best. Nikki expertly blended multiple looks for this film from beauty to bruising and everything in-between. Rey designed each character look and reshaped our location into a lived-in set that transported the cast and crew deeper into the story. Thank you to Nikki and Rey for transforming our actors into characters and locations into sets.

6 DAYS LEFT until LOCKDOWN releases on Facebook and YouTube! Until then let's meet the Camera Department!

Director of Photography: Trevor Neuenswander
1st AC: Matt Knowles
2nd AC: Mitch Hernandez

Trevor brought the film to life with beautiful lighting and silky smooth camerawork. Matt pulled focus and was tack sharp day in and day out. Mitch did everything in-between from slating to dolly grip to jib operator! I'm so happy I was able to have them on this project.

Haven’t posted in a while because I always forget to take photos. But this time we had snapping some awesome BTS. Swipe to see my mobile 6K rig —>

Didn't go to work today so I made this video instead!haha

I shot a music video for Ryan from the Indie Music Academy a couple weeks ago and I thought we were able to make some pretty cool images with a budget of 0.00 dollars.

In this video, I breakdown three shots from the music video, how I did them and how you can too!

Give it a watch and let me know which shot is your favorite!

Three Low Budget Music Video Shot Ideas In this video we talk about some cool low budget performance music video shot ideas. These are some shots I used in my latest music video that I filmed for R...