For those who don’t know I’ve spent the last seven years of my life devoting whatever time I have in developing a feature film script, doing research, reading, watching movies, writing and re-writing.   It’s going to be a small indie drama, filled with heart and humanity but also raises questions on society and sexual identity.  It’s going to be quite controversial in its subject matter, and provoke talk and emotion.  It’s exactly why I chose to be a filmmaker. 

Coinciding with this, the next few months will serve as a major transitional shift in my career, as I am entering into a major opportunity in the film industry, creating my own films, as well as playing a major role in the development of other features.  I will make a formal announcement on this as soon as everything gets ironed out.

In all these past few years, I’ve taken the time to build my craft whenever possible.  Even with the music videos, I’ve used any and all opportunities to tell stories and block and build mini-scenes that evoke emotion and meaning.  I am a proponent that music videos can serve as a great building block in building the craft of directing, but only if you focus on that direction and take it as such.  Directors such as David Fincher, F. Gary Grey, and Antoine Fuqua have all taken that approach in their music video careers, as well as I have, albeit a lot more silently.

Examples of this can be seen in a lot of the Gospel music videos that I have directed over the last two years.  The Gospel genre and message allows for strong but familiar stories to be told, and my job has been to accomplish these stories genuinely and as originally (or at least as inspiring) as I can.  Here’s some work of mine that uses music videos as a form of cinematic storytelling: