As I was about to leave for Atlanta last week for the second round of the 2011 Formula Drift season – I got an email from a friend asking a favor. Someone had cancelled on him for an important shoot and he needed a POV camera operator. Being a user and supporter of Contour HD...
Category Archives: Automotive
Recent Work – Dubai 24h 2011
Need for Speed – Team Need for Speed @ the 2011 Dubai 24h Production Company: Need for Speed Project: Document Team Need for Speed’s run at the 2011 Dubai 24h race. Dividing the 24 hour endurance race into 4 segments: Day, Dusk, Night, and Dawn – to help show the progression of time and the...
VOW – Matt Powers FD Long Beach
Matt Powers in-car Formula Drift Long Beach 2011. Shot on Contour HD cameras. For Team Need for Speed. 1080/30p.
Recent Work – RTR-X Dyno Session
The Mustang RTR-X sounds as good as it looks – amazing. A 1969 Ford Mustang with a present day Ford Racing 5.0L Coyote Engine – breathing with Kinsler Individual Throttle Bodies and controlled by a MOTEC stand-alone ECU. Which allows the tuner to adjust cam angle through the ECU and uses the Ford’s cam position...
Recent Work – Grabs
End of February, beginning of March 2011 and I found myself deep in a production on the east coast. Working with friends on a small crew, we shot 8 days in a row – for a client in Virginia, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Rig shots, chase cars, POV cameras, and plenty of interviews. Here is...
Recent Work – Need for Speed Shift 2 Realism Trailer
Last year, I directed the Cinematic sequences in the upcoming Need for Speed Shift 2. Now since the game has been announced and details are being released – I can finally talk about my experiences! The marketing video up top contains live action footage of mine from many different events last year. Team Need for...
Project 240sx
I’ve owned my 1995 Nissan 240sx since early 2008. From 2008 – late 2010 it was my daily driver. It was a project car for Rice Boy TV – where we added Enkei RPF1′s (18 x 8.5 (rear) & 18 x 7.5 (front)), an AEM intake, Magnacore wires, plugs, NRG short hub, NRG quick release,...
Recent Work – Shift 2 Unleashed Career Intro
Need for Speed – Shift 2 Unleashed Career Intro Production Company: Need for Speed Project: Using in-game capture from Shift 2, along with footage of the Team Need for Speed BMW Z4 GT3 and Vaughn Gittin Jr’s Mustang GT Competition drift car, with interview footage of Vaughn Gittin Jr. – to create an overview of...
Recent Work – SUMO Power Retrospective
Speedhunters – SUMO Power Retrospective Production Company: Speedhunters Project: Three rounds of FIA GT1 championship edited together to highlight SUMO Power’s inaugural season. Role: Director, Camera, co-Editor, Colorist. Music by Ekstrak. Shot on the Canon 7D &Panasonic HPX-170. Converted to Sony XDCAM HD422 50mb/s codec. Edited in Final Cut Pro. Graded in Magic Bullet Looks.
Recent Work – Chris Forsberg 2010
NOS Energy Drink – Chris Forsberg 2010 Production Company: Keep Drifting Fun Project: mix interview segments of professional drifter Chris Forsberg with footage from the 7 event Formula Drift season. Role: Director, Co-Camera, Editor, Colorist. Additional camera by Joshua Herron. Music by Run Sheng. Shot on the Canon 7D, Canon T2i, Contour POV, Panasonic HPX-170...
Recent Work – Will’s Car Cast
Recently did an interview with Will Cannady of Will’s Car Cast. Listen in to find out about how I got started in automotive filmmaker, what’s a medium monster, and more Keep Drifting Fun.
Recent Work – Ask Team Need for Speed
Team Need For Speed/Speedhunters – Ask Team Need for Speed Production Company: Speedhunters/Need For Speed Project: Pose a prompt to the Speedhunters audience and ask for questions to the drivers of Team Need for Speed. Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist. Filmed over the course of 6 months – covering Formula Drift New Jersey to Formula Drift...
Quick Snaps – Stills from Current Projects
Thanks to Day Light Savings time, I got an earlier start than usual on my Sunday and started working on a few edits. The following are screen grabs from a quick assembly – for Chris Forsberg’s year in review video for NOS Energy Drink. They’re all from FD Long Beach and represent an event –...
VOW – Mark Winterbottom Qualifying Bathurst 1000
Bathurst is an amazing circuit in New South Wales, Australia. It is home to the Bathurst 1000 and this year’s qualifying pole was won by Mark Winterbottom. This in-car run and helicopter chase footage give you a great sense of the elevation changes on Mt.Panorama. Plus the track’s high speed straights – especially running down...
Recent Work – Behind the Scenes – Speedhunters
Team Need For Speed/Speedhunters – Behind the Scenes – Speedhunters Production Company: Speedhunters/Need For Speed Project: Interview and create a narrative thread that familiarizes the Speedhunters audience with the team that creates the content. Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist. Shot on the Canon 7D and the Pansonic HPX-170. Converted to Sony XDCAM HD422 50mb/s codec. Edited...
Recent Work – GT3 CLIMB: preview
My first trip up Pikes Peak was with Rhys Millen in a Ford Focus rental car. We were scouting locations and camera positions for the 2009 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb short film I was creating to document his run. That film would later be called Climb Attack, a play on Hill Climb and Time...
Recent Work – Introducing Team Need for Speed Drift
Team Need For Speed – Introducing Team Need For Speed Drift Production Company: Speedhunters/Need For Speed Project: Introduce viewers with the Team Need For Speed drivers Matt Powers and Mad Mike Whiddett. Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist. Shot on the Canon 7D and the Pansonic HPX-170. Converted to Sony XDCAM HD422 50mb/s codec. Edited in Final...
Recent Work – Jeff Zwart sets Pikes Peak record
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb – Jeff Zwart’s time attack championship winning and record setting run. Project: Record in-car footage of the the Porsche GT3 Cup racing up Pikes Peak during the PPIHC. Role: Director, Editor, & Colorist. Shot with the Canon 5D MII. Edited in Final Cut Pro. Graded in Magic Bullet Looks.
Recent Work – Porsche GT3 Qualifying Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb – Jeff Zwart’s record setting qualifying run Project: Record in-car footage of the the Porsche GT3 Cup racing up Pikes Peak during the Friday qualifying session. Role: Director, Editor, & Colorist. Shot with the Canon 5D MII. Edited in Final Cut Pro. Graded in Magic Bullet Looks. After reviewing the practice...
Recent Work – FIA GT3 Silverstone
Team Need For Speed – FIA GT3 Silverstone Production Company: Speedhunters/Need For Speed Project: Document the first FIA GT3 race of the 2010 season at Silverstone. Utilize interview footage to create a narrative around the weekend’s events. Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist. Shot on the Canon 7D and the Pansonic HPX-170. Converted to Sony XDCAM HD422...