As my exploration of soundscapes and naturalistic audio is a recent addition to my creative practice, I haven’t had much experience applying these techniques to film settings. However, I thought it would be beneficial to include some related work. Here are two films I shot and edited a few years ago that may provide context for my more current endeavors. I want to be transparent and admit that I hesitated to include some of these pieces, as I don’t believe they fully showcase the sophistication of my recent projects. Nevertheless, I decided to include them because they help contextualize my work and express my enthusiasm for the intersection of various creative mediums.

• The first film is a collaboration I did recently with my girlfriend Lilly Patterson, an incredibly talented animator and overall storyteller. For this project I exclusively arranged and produced the backing music and was largely focused on creating a minimalist, lighthearted but emotionally impactful accompaniment to the visuals and diagetic audio that Lilly created.

• The second short is something I created over a weekend many years ago for a class at the University of Colorado Boulder and I think it just further contextualizes my affinity for utilizing ambience as well as instrumentation to bolster the emotional impact of the simple narrative.