still one of my favourite little passion projects to date. it makes me so happy to be able to combine different things i’m passionate about (typography, storytelling & editing) into cohesive ideas that look beautiful. this title sequence is a perfect example of that 💛
Feb 16, 2024
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Cut together from footage of another assignment. A memento of a formative summer abroad. I learned to color grade on this project; my friend, a colorist, coached me through the whole process. An artist I'd followed online since middle school allowed me to use his music... every piece that went into this video makes me feel warm
Feb 16, 2024
I filmed a music video with 7 of my friends just south of Quebec City, Quebec in the remote village of Armagh.
It was pretty unplanned as we were actually just going there because our friend Mary Chen was doing a photoshoot with Taylor and Mila and suggested we make a music video while we were there. so the day before the trip I asked my friends Mira, Ellie & Oscar to bring a camera we could use, and I brought 3 more. In total we had shots from 5 cameras, 2 digicams, 1 hi-8, 1 DSLR and one camera I dont really know what to name it (I dont really know much about cameras). When we pulled up after the 4 hour drive from Montreal (Thanks Liam) I started looking for spots on google maps, I found some rapids that looked cool so we went the next day while the girls were shooting. The location turned out to be way more than just rapids, in walking distance there were like 5 different uniques areas that we were able to film at. My favorite locations had to be the ATV track that had a big pile of garbage mixed in with what seemed like metal wire. Why was there so much metal wire? Why was it set on fire (from the look of it)? It was perfect. While walking there we came across a beautiful field of lichen (I had never seen lichen like that before) it was incredible, these white green coral looking things growing from the ground leading to basically a cliff (the one I jump off at the end of the video). I tried sitting on it and laying down but my butt got all wet so I just put it on my head instead. There were other locations, but those ones struck me the most. The video came out pretty cool to me.
Jan 19, 2024
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started as a passion project with work and ended up having an incredible time. we filmed in a very desert type environment and was all about sustainability. i learnt so much. it isn’t the most perfect thing in the world but the lessons ive taken from it are truly priceless
Dec 19, 2024
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I adore finding a random video from like 2005 and reading through the comments the way a historian would examine an old manuscript from the 1700s. Are these people still active YouTube users? Or are they forgotten accounts? What did @jjlwis mean by "awww im gonna miss rob too!!!" ? Who even is Rob?? Anthropology in the digital age... so many questions... it's fascinating.
The important thing for me is not to add new comments. I feel like I'm disturbing an old archeological dig site and my sticky modern commentary will make the video crumble away into oblivion. More importantly, I don't want the algorithm to suggest the video to a bunch of people who will spam the comments section– major yuck 🤢
Jan 25, 2024
early 80s to early 2000s truck models are the perfect sizes imo. current trucks are transformer-sized behemoths that could easily crush normal vehicles into smithereens upon impact and i legit don’t know how those things are even street-legal. also, idk if it’s their design, reliability or the nostalgia factor per-se, but there’s a certain sazón those older trucks have that newer ones don’t.
2024 Ford F-150? 🤮🤢
1980 Ford F-150? 🫦🫦
Feb 9, 2025
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with social media being this pervasive entity that has weeded its way into our daily routines for the past 20ish years (plus a global pandemic that really solidified those habits), many young adults today have spent a large amount of their lives living online. it has become the new norm and i’m not gonna pretend i’m above any of this because it’s so easy to fall into it (i am literally writing this rec on my phone whilst it’s a perfectly sunny day that i should probably go out to enjoy).
with that being said, in the larger scheme of life, being in your 20s is still in a weird way the beginning stages of your life. it’s a period to try new things, make mistakes, learn from them and develop an identity that’s independent from the environment and people who raised you. though you can learn to do some of those things online, they don’t hold a candle to actually experiencing those things for yourself in real life.
all in all, the best way to not sleep thru your 20s is to prioritize in-person experiences that allow you to get a better understanding of yourself and your values. whether that be getting your first tattoo, moving to a new city or country, exploring your personal style or taking up hobbies you couldn’t or would‘ve never done as a kid, this is an important formative time to venture out and get a sense of who you truly are.
Sep 30, 2024